Kris Aquino expresses support for Gilas: ‘Hindi ba natin sila pwedeng damayan at suportahan?’

On Instagram Tuesday evening, Kris Aquino couldn’t help but make public her support for Gilas after the unfortunate ‘basketbrawl’ incident on Monday night.

“I felt compelled to make a stand,” read a portion of Kris’s message before going straight to her point: “The team is suffering enough, and they have given so much effort for our country. Hindi ba natin sila pwedeng damayan at suportahan ngayon na kailangan nilang maramdaman na ang mga Pinoy hindi nang-iiwan ng kapwa Pinoy?

“Wag naman sanang mabura ng ilang minute sa isang gabi ang lahat ng magagandang alaala nung mga panahon na dahil sa #GILAS nagging taas noo tayo,” Kris wrote.

 

There was a time this quote gave me the strength to stay strong despite the negativity. “Do not judge. You do not know the storm I have asked her to walk through.” It was a more than 3 hour roadtrip to get to my Bataan location for later’s morning shoot- i saw that the GILAS brawl against ???????? was all over the news. I read some of the critical comments, and i felt compelled to make a stand... i don’t claim to be close to them, but @coachot has been kind to me, i’ve seen Coach Jong at the Meralco Chapel, but i’ve never met @tbvrome07... But we did watch what transpired over & over again, even in slow-mo... The team is suffering enough, and they have given so much effort for our country. Hindi ba natin sila pwedeng damayan at suportahan ngayon na kailangan nilang maramdaman na ang mga Pinoy hindi nang-iiwan ng kapwa Pinoy? Wag naman sanang mabura ng ilang minuto sa isang gabi ang lahat ng magagandang alaala nung mga panahon na dahil sa #GILAS naging taas noo tayo. (P.S. kung pipili lang ako ng coach & teammates sa kahit na anong mabigat na trabaho, sa nakita kong #unity & #bayanihan nila- sila ang pagdarasal kong maging kakampi.” ????????

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Jul 3, 2018 at 10:43am PDT

Gilas coach Chot Reyes screengrabbed a portion of Kris’ slideshow video showing the quote “Don’t mock the pain that you haven’t endured”, posted it on his IG account, and thanked Kris for “standing with us.”

 

From the bottom of our #Puso we thank you for standing with us @krisaquino #??????????????

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Jul 3, 2018 at 7:59pm PDT

On Monday, Gilas Pilipinas and the Australia Boomers got involved in a brawl that saw nine players of Gilas and four players from the Boomers ejected from the game. Australia won the game 89-53. — LA, GMA News