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‘I will forever stand by it,’ Nadine Lustre says of endorsing Leni Robredo

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Nadine Lustre (right) poses with Vice President Leni Robredo during the latter’s Bulacan rally in April. Team Leni Robredo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/05/11/20220511-nadine.jpg"/><figcaption>Nadine Lustre (right) poses with Vice President Leni Robredo during the latter’s Bulacan rally in April. <em>Team Leni Robredo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — “I will forever stand by it.”</p><p>These were Nadine Lustre’s words on Wednesday pertaining to her endorsement of Vice President Leni Robredo’s bid in the presidential elections.</p><p>The screen superstar was responding to a follower who tweeted her, “I told you so,” regarding her being a vocal supporter of Robredo and the latter’s running mate, Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.</p><p>“I hate to say that, ‘I told you so.’ When it comes to acting I’m a fan totally. You can read all my posts. You’re less experienced to test political water,” the fan told Lustre.</p><p>The actress answered: “Thanks! But, ‘I told you so’? I don’t even know you.”</p><p>“It’s not about Leni or BBM,” the follower responded, referring to presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. “It’s about politicizing your career. Thanks for responding anyway, now you know me. I was with your producer in [your] NY concert.”</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I have no regrets. I made that decision and will forever stand by it.<br/>Thanks producing our show but doesn’t change the fact that your “I told u so” was very uncalled for.</p>— Nadine Lustre (@hello_nadine) <a href="https://twitter.com/hello_nadine/status/1524184093885616128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Lustre responded: “I have no regrets. I made that decision and will forever stand by it. Thanks producing our show but doesn’t change the fact that your ‘I told you so’ was very uncalled for.”</p><p>When another follower pointed out to Lustre that the person was not her producer, and was merely a companion of her concert producer, she tweeted, “The nerve of this person.”</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/25/22/why-president-nadine-is-endorsing-leni-robredo">&#x27;Madam Leni, I got you&#x27;: Why &#x27;President&#x27; Nadine is endorsing Leni Robredo</a></li></ul><p>Lustre, 28, was among the most visible celebrity supporters of Robredo and Pangilinan, twice performing at their rallies and starring in a meme-themed video endorsement backing the vice president.<br/> </p>