‘Hindi ko kayo dini-discredit’: Rendon Labador apologizes to Vice, Ion, Michael V.

Controversial "motivational speaker" Rendon Labador, who recently lost all his social media platforms apparently due to the mass reporting by netizens angry at the tirades he has directed at a number of well-loved celebrities such as Coco Martin, Vice Ganda and her partner Ion Perez, Nadine Lustre and Michael V., sat down with veteran showbiz scribe Ogie Diaz on the latter's YouTube channel to explain his side.

Labador said his abrasive talk on social media is not personal — he has nothing against the personalities he has targeted, whom he doesn't know personally, he said. But as the self-proclaimed "Boses ng Masa", he wants to correct the mistakes of people in the limelight so they could be good examples to the public. And his "laging galit"  way of calling them out is just his tough style, said Labador, so he could challenge them to change for the better.

Pointedly chided by Diaz that he seemed to come off as "perfect" and better than everyone else, not to mention being a clout-chaser, because of his penchant to slam well-known personalities, Labador acknowledged that his harsh words may indeed have hurt some people, and that he is learning to recognize his own shortcomings.

In the end, Labador extended an apology to the people he had blasted — but still with the caveat that he had no ill intentions whatsoever, and just wanted to "motivate" them to overcome his broadsides and become stronger.

"Kung nasaktan ko man kayo, kay Vice, Ion, sa lahat ng artista, Michael V. — I'm apologizing at wala akong masamang intention sa inyo. Hindi ko kayo dini-discredit. I'm thankful sa mga nagawa ninyo. Ang gusto ko lang matulungan,magising. Sana kasama ko kayo sa pagbago ng Pilipinas," he said.

The next days and weeks should see whether Labador's charm offensive would see the return of his social media platforms, which he said has made social media personalities like him become the dominant forces in the current mediascape while traditional or mainstream media has become "laos" (outdated), fated to — another bold declaration — disappear in five years or so.