'I'm hurt,' Gretchen Barretto says of 'prima donna' tag

"I’m hurt," Gretchen Barretto said in reaction to a report that she had been tagged a "prima donna." A feud erupted between actresses Barretto and Dawn Zulueta during a recent product shoot, a report posted on Thursday at the Philippine Entertainment Portal website said. Talk about the feud started after Gretchen and Dawn finished shooting an ad for Pantene shampoo which they endorsed together with Ruffa Gutierrez and Angel Aquino, the report said. Apparently, Dawn was peeved with Gretchen's prima donna attitude when they were doing the pictorial. The story said that it started when Gretchen, with a group of aides, arrived with several bags containing beauty products and her shoes. Her aides reportedly gave her all their attention all during that time which apparently irked Dawn. After the shoot, an exchange of text messages between Dawn and Gretchen ensued which reportedly reached the point where one said "you’re not rich," which was answered by a message saying "you’re not married." The two actresses have had an earlier spat when Gretchen felt that Dawn sided with Imelda Cojuangco, the mother of Tony Boy—Gretchen’s partner—during a tiff. In an interview over GMA-7's showbiz talk show S-Files on Nov. 19, Dawn refused to talk about the recent spat. However, she said that they have already talked about the issue and that they are both okay. But in an exclusive interview with PEP and YES! at the Holiday Inn in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, on Nov. 23, the actress told PEP’s Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon that she was very "hurt" by the prima donna tag. Citing the Merriam-Webster website, Maglipon wrote the meaning of "prima donna" as "a vain or undisciplined person who finds it difficult to work under direction or as part of a team." In the interview with Maglipon, Barretto said: "I'm not fighting with anyone. I don't want to have enemies. I like to be happy and I like people around me to be happy. I admit I got emotional about this in the beginning when I first heard about it, but I'm over that. More than anything, I am hurt. That's the feeling I have now. I'm hurt." She added: "First of all, I don't think the mole [who spread the story] knows what the meaning of prima donna is. When I accept a project, I come to the set ready. Everything I need, I have prepared. I have special food [atis, papaya] because I'm on a special diet to keep my weight [down]. I bring these in Gourdo's plastic boxes. They're just plastic, what's the big deal? ...I feel I don't have to explain why I have a microwave! It's only around two thousand pesos. That's just for heating my soup! What's so prima donna about that?" For the full story, visit the PEP website at www.pep.ph. - GMANews.TV