Wala nang balita tungkol kay Mister Supranational Philippines 2024 Brandon Espiritu mula nang i-deactivate nito ang lahat ng social media accounts niya noong Hunyo 12, 2026.
Naging biktima siya ng cancel culture at nakatanggap ng matitinding batikos dahil sa kanyang komento sa social media na: “Tell that to all the frontrunners for the Philippines. This country wouldn’t have a chance on the national stage without us 'halfies.'”
Nakumpirma na deactivated ang lahat ng mga social media ni Brandon dahil sa "man-on-the street interview" sa kanya ng content creator na si Eren Wayne Jr. sa Osaka, Japan.
Sa interview, ibinahagi ni Brandon na naninirahan siya sa Pilipinas at nagpunta sila sa Japan ng kanyang ina para ipagdiwang ang kaarawan nito.
Binanggit din ni Brandon ang karanasan niya sa Pilipinas, at ang Osaka raw ang “healing place” para sa kanya.
Read: Brandon Espiritu deactivates social media amid "halfies" issue
Sumang-ayon din si Brandon sa sinabi ni Eren na mas gusto nito ang Osaka kumpara sa Tokyo.
Saad ng model/pageant winner/entrepreneur: “I just feel like a little solo trip, keep my head right, re-center.
"Like, Osaka is kind of like a healing place for me, actually.
"I like Tokyo, I think people should go there. But I think Osaka just have everything that Tokyo has and it’s cheaper. The people are a little bit more nice."
Bagamat sinasabing random interview ang isinagawa kay Brandon, mabilis siyang naglabas ng saloobin tungkol sa kinasangkutang isyu kahit hindi naman ito tinatanong sa kanya.
Lahad niya: “Actually, I came here, to be honest with you, I’ll be real. I do a lot of content too. I was doing lifestyle, fitness, wellness content for, like, ten years.
“And I also own businesses in Manila and all these stuff, like wellness club, café, and bar, and then a beach club.
"But I went through some public backlash, like, last week when I dropped a comment on Instagram.
“And it wasn’t supposed to be ill-intent but it just blew up and I was, like. so infamous for, like, two weeks online... like crazy backlash so I deactivated my stuff.”
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TAKING A BREAK FOR TWO MONTHS
Plano raw ni Brandon na magpahinga sa social media sa loob ng dalawang buwan na resulta ng mga masasakit at mapanghusgag komento mula sa mga Pilipino na muhing-muhi sa kanya at may panawagan na huwag na siyang pabalikin sa Pilipinas.
Saad niya: “I am just taking a break from social media for, like, two months and that’s kinda wild here too.
"I just wanna take a break, I am doing so much work on socials.. I don’t have even socials anymore.
“From my 500,000 followers to now just not doing content at all."
Marami raw nagalit sa kanyang komento tungkol sa "halfies" at napagtanto niyang arogante ang dating nito sa iba.
Inamin niya ang kung saan siya nagkamali at ngayon ay kailangan muna niyang magpahinga.
Saad ni Brandon: “A lot of Filipinos got really mad about that. They thought that I was basically saying full Filipinos are less than half-Filipinos in general.
"But I was just basically speaking in context about pageantry.
“But I will say, like, it was an arrogant comment. I should have not dropped that and I do respect my country, my people....
"I definitely see where I went wrong but, yeah, man, I gotta take a break."
Ayon pa kay Brandon, confident siya kahit may pinagdaraanan dahil daw sa Panginoong Diyos.
“If this goes out to Internet, I just want to let everybody know like if sh*t hits the fan — whether it’s money, your career, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, anything external or you can’t control — you could still find confidence in God, in your faith...
“I am only here, you’re only here because of our faith and, like, without Him, I’m not confident at all.
"So you can take anything away from me but you can’t take that away from me," pahayag niya.
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