Pinky Amador threw shade at radio host Anthony Taberna after visiting his restaurant to buy ‘fake news,’ following his claims that Senator Risa Hontiveros, too, made insertions or amendments to the 2025 national budget.
On her social media pages, the screen veteran drew laughs among her followers when she shared a video of her visit at one of Taberna’s restaurant branches, in which she could be seen walking toward the store’s cake shelf where a variety of goodies are displayed.
Amador then told the person taking the video, ‘Bibili sana ako ng fake news.’ (I was planning to buy fake news.)
The camera then panned to the restaurant’s signboard before focusing again on Amador who flashed a smile and a V hand sign.
She added in the caption, ‘Ingat po tayong lahat sa mga papapakin natin. Maging mapanuri sa mga balita, iwasan ang pagpapakalat ng maling impormasyon.’
(Let us all be careful with what we consume. Be critical of the news and avoid spreading false information.)
While Amador did not expound on her remark, it noticeably came after Taberna claimed on his radio program that Hontiveros made insertions in the 2025 budget. Taberna made the claims amid the corruption allegations now hounding other members of the Senate.
Taberna later on claimed in his program there was ‘nothing wrong’ with amendment insertion, unless a lawmaker received a kickback for pipelined projects.
Hontiveros vehemently denied making insertions, saying she even opposed the passage of the controversial 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). As part of the minority, she and former Sen. Koko Pimentel were the only ones who did not sign the national budget.
Amador’s video has so far garnered over 46,000 Facebook reactions and more than 4,400 comments-most of them were from netizens who apparently approved of the actress’ remark.
Taberna has yet to respond to Amador’s post. He has limited commenting on his platforms.