ni Mercy Lejarde @Showbiz Talkies | November 16, 2025
Photo: YT Karen Davila & TikTok Paul Nebres
Nagsalita na si Issa Pressman matapos makatanggap ng matinding bashing online dahil sa inamin sa relasyon nila ng aktor-singer na si James Reid sa panayam ng mahusay na broadcast journalist na si Karen Davila sa kanyang YouTube (YT) channel.
Nagsimula ito nang kumalat ang mga video at pictures online na siya ang naging dahilan kung bakit naghiwalay sina Nadine Lustre at James. Tinawag din siyang ‘ahas’ tulad ng kanyang ateng si Yassi Pressman.
Unang tanong ni Karen, “Issa, this is your first sit-down interview. What made you come out today and talk to us?”
Saad ni Issa, “When I found out about Emman’s (Emman Atienza) case, I was so sad. I was stalking her and I was sitting… I’m so sorry for crying.
“I know where she was and I look at her and alam mo ‘yung parang she looks so happy. She’s so bright and brilliant. And it hurts me to know that bashers, strangers, people from afar took that light away from her which is not right. And that’s not okay.
“So me speaking up right now, actually I know it might attract more noise. It’s going to call on more of the bashers to give more judgement, to criticize me more. But then I’m here so that if I could save more lives by doing this video, even if it risks more hate for me, then I'll do it.”
Dagdag na tanong ni Karen, “How did Emman’s passing resonate with you, with your own life?”
Saad ni Issa, “The bashing gets so loud and so intense and once it gets really in your head, once it breaks down all of your walls and it gets to you, at a certain point when you feel so sad and lonely and dark and weak, ‘di mo kayang labanan, eh. ‘Pag ‘di mo na kayang labanan, you are going to give up.
“That’s what I did. I gave up at a certain point. I did give up because I just felt like there was just nothing when they took everything from me and I felt like I was nothing. Ewan ko, parang sumuko na lang ako. Umuwi ako and then I went to… I think James. I was with my sister, my sister thought that I was with him.
“And then I went home and I attempted and I didn’t tell anyone. But I still woke up the next day and I felt like baka this is not yet my time. God is telling me not yet. And I woke up and I was so sad that I let myself get to that point. And I don’t think I could have pulled… I had no energy to pull myself out. But I had James to pull me out. And James really, really helped me to just get back to myself again. Even if I couldn’t stand he helped me. He helped me lift myself up so that I could fight this. And we fought it together.
“But not everyone has someone like James, someone in our lives who could help stand up when it’s the hardest. Who could make us see love when it’s the hardest to love, to forgive when you just can’t forgive anymore. So I’m here now because I want to put a stop, to make a change, and maybe inspire someone that someone else can help us and that person who could help could know how to help and for these bashers to stop.”
Tanong ng mahusay na journalist na si Karen, “What happened after people knew that you and James were together?”
Saad ni Issa, “When I met the biggest love that I’ve met in my life came the biggest challenge. Actually, before we went out in public, I messaged Nadine pa.
“And then of course, out of respect for them, I told her, ‘We started dating and I really want to see where this is going to go.’ And then she was kind of saying, ‘Good morning. To be honest, that’s been a lifetime ago but I appreciate you telling me. I wish you guys the best of luck.’
“From then on, everything’s clear, everything’s good. ‘Let’s go out in public na.’ And so we did.
We went to a Harry Styles concert ‘cause it was so casual, nothing to hide. Suddenly all the bashing came again. First it was like online 2020, ingay. Ang daming… like lahat ng accusations nila noong 2020 bumalik. ‘Yung negative. Just so many DMs in my emails, my Facebook (FB) comments, Twitter (X), TikTok (TT).”
Sey ni Karen, “That’s cyberbullying.”
Sagot ni Issa, “Yes, that was cyberbullying.”
Well, bakit naman kasi ang daming bashers na hindi nag-iisip kung nakakasakit na sila?
Isip-isip din ‘pag may time, mga bashers. Reminder lang ni yours truly, may batas na sa cyberbullying kaya baka kayo ang mapahamak.
“HINDI perfect ang journey,” ito ang sinabi ng mahusay na businessman at aktor na si Marvin Agustin nang balikan niya ang araw na gumawa siya ng isang dish na naging dahilan ng paglakas ng negosyo niya.
Sey ni Marvin sa social media post niya, “Exactly five years ago today — nasa garahe lang ako, holding this cochi, hoping it would turn out right. Hindi perfect ang journey, hindi madali, at hindi laging maganda… pero worth it talaga.
“Hindi lang ito tungkol sa isang dish or sa negosyo. It’s about the character it built in me, the discipline, the heart and the grit.
“Nakakatawa isipin na dito lahat nagsimula, sa usok ng garahe, sa trial and error, sa dasal na ‘Sana maging crispy.’ Pero ito rin ‘yung mga moments na nagpapasalamat ako… kasi kahit ang daming sablay, pagod, at uncertainties… I didn’t stop.
“Thank you sa lahat ng sumama sa journey na ‘to.”
Congratulations, Marvin Agustin dahil sa sipag at tiyaga mo kaya naman successful businessman ka.
‘Di ba naman, Jolina Magdangal?
Pak na pak ka d’yan. As in pak, wapak, tumpak genern!
