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Juan Miguel Severo airs dismay after a mall offered him to perform in exchange of a free meal

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<p>Actor and spoken word poet Juan Miguel Severo took to Twitter to lambast a mall who offered him to perform in exchange of a free meal.</p><p>An organizer invited him to perform in celebration of Buwan ng Wika.</p><p>“A mall invites me. To perform. For a free meal. And to ‘further promote’ my craft. I know I’m poor but b*tch???” Severo wrote on Twitter.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A MALL INVITES ME.<br/><br/>TO PERFORM.<br/><br/>FOR A FREE MEAL.<br/><br/>AND TO “FURTHER PROMOTE” MY CRAFT.<br/><br/>I know I’m poor but bitch???</p>— Juan Miguel Severo 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheRainBro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRainBro/status/1157235144928817152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>“Fellow spoken word artists: If you receive the same message, do everyone else a favor and say no,” he added.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fellow spoken word artists:<br/><br/>If you receive the same message, do everyone else a favor and say no. <a href="https://t.co/jirtK6KIPu">pic.twitter.com/jirtK6KIPu</a></p>— Juan Miguel Severo 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheRainBro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRainBro/status/1157238404377014272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>He shared the message of the organizer who said, “Was wondering if you and your team would be agreeable on an exdeal (meals) in return.”</p><p>“Seriously? Just free food? A mall. Inviting artists. To perform. For food? Sorry, I find this invitation disrespectful to my craft and to artists,” he replied.</p><p>“Be better. You don’t celebrate Buwan ng Wika by exploiting artists that promote our national languages all year long,” he added.</p>

Juan Miguel Severo is an actor and a spoken word poet who got offered to perform in exchange of a free meal.