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Issa Pressman on bashers: ‘I cannot control them’

Issa Pressman opens up about how she deals with her bashers.

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Issa Pressman candidly admitted that she hasn’t been checking any mean comments about her and her relationship with James Reid on social media. The celebrity influencer shared that she doesn’t pay attention to her bashers as she feels “secure” with her partner.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Issa and James publicly announced their relationship after they were spotted together attending the Harry Styles concert in the country back in March 2023. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/9/22/issa-pressman-on-james-reid-we-re-obsessed-with-each-other-021" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/9/22/issa-pressman-on-james-reid-we-re-obsessed-with-each-other-021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Issa Pressman on James Reid: ‘We’re obsessed with each other’</strong></a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In an interview with ABS-CBN News during the premiere of <em>Lisa Frankenstein</em> in the country last February 6, Issa shared how she could be more open about her relationship with the public as compared to before. The couple are used to getting several hate comments. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Nakakatakot before. It feels relieving. At least ngayon nakakahinga na ako. It was quite tough, it was really rough. Now I just feel that there is more love around,” she shared.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She added that James has been helpful all throughout and has been her source of strength during the first few months of their relationship. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Ang galing niya mag support. I don’t think I’d be able to get through all of these if not for him, the support, security that he’s able to give. Not everyone knows but he’s very, very wise. The words that he gives to me are fulfilling. You feel secure, you feel safe,” she added. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/9/20/james-reid-issa-pressman-open-up-about-challenges-in-their-relationship-1030" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/9/20/james-reid-issa-pressman-open-up-about-challenges-in-their-relationship-1030" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: James Reid, Issa Pressman open up about challenges in their relationship</strong></a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With James&#x27;s support, Issa has learned to not pay any attention to the bashers anymore. She claimed that she is in control of what she sees on social media and wouldn’t spend any energy on negativity.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I don’t put my energy into that. I cannot control them naman di ba? I cannot control how they speak or what they want to say. But what I can control is how I accept those things,” she continued. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Issa revealed in the same interview that they haven’t talked about settling down yet and wants to take their relationship slowly.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Wala pa kasi I’m 26 and we discussed together na we’re building like a good foundation with each other. And we want to go through like all the experiences, step by step,” she said. </span></div>

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Issa Pressman on bashers: ‘I cannot control them’

Drew Acierto

Published February 08, 2024 07:36 PM PHT

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