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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/18/20230118-alex_2.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/18/20230118-alex_2.jpg"/><figcaption>Photos supplied by Allan Crisostomo’s employer</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – A couple of days after a clip of Alex Gonzaga smearing cake icing on a waiter went viral, the vlogger and host has personally apologized to the server. </p><p>In a short statement released to ABS-CBN News on Wednesday, the server ,Allan Crisostomo, revealed that Gonzaga went to his work on Tuesday to say sorry for what she had done to him. </p><p>“Last January 17, 2023 around 6:30 PM nasa work po ako. Pumunta po si Ma’am Alex kung saan po ako nagwowork,” Crisostomo narrated.<br/> <br/>“Then nag apologize and nagsorry siya saken tapos konting kwentuhan at sinabi ko po sa kanya na ok na po yung nangyari. Ok na po kami.”</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/18/letter_2.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/18/letter_2.jpg"/><figcaption>Photos supplied by Allan Crisostomo’s employer</figcaption></figure></div><p>On her social media, Gonzaga also issued a statement expressing apologies to Crisostomo, as well as to her family.</p><p>&quot;On my birthday, God taught me a hard and important lesson. Humility, kindness and better judgment,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;I am truly sorry, Kuya Allan.&quot;</p><p>&quot;To my family, I am sorry for causing you pain and embarrassment. I will rise from this a wiser and better person,&quot; she added.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Alex" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/01/18/20220118-alex.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Earlier, Gonzaga’s camp released their side of the incident through her family’s publicist Peter Ledesma.</p><p>According to Ledesma&#x27;s statement furnished to TV5’s MJ Marfori, the waiter in the video is one of the servers of a catering service which the Gonzaga family regularly taps every time there are occasions or family events.</p><p>As such, the family, especially Gonzaga’s mom Pinty, has supposedly grown close to the waiter. Ledesma stated Gonzaga would never do what she did to someone she does not know.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/18/23/alex-gonzagas-camp-speaks-up-over-viral-birthday-video">Alex Gonzaga&#x27;s camp speaks up after drawing flak over viral video</a></li></ul><p>On Tuesday night, Gonzaga’s name, her husband’s and the word “bastos” were among the trending topics on Twitter Philippines. </p><p>This as she drew flak over the clip during her birthday celebration which was originally posted on Dani Barretto’s Instagram Story. </p><p>Several netizens were able to capture and repost it even after the video expired. It irked many social media users, many of them calling Gonzaga ill-mannered.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1Wl87YsqE4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A couple of days after a clip of Alex Gonzaga smearing cake icing to a waiter went viral, the vlogger and host has personally apologized to the server. 