Bernal is set to mount visuals for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). As part of the team, Bela’s name was included in the list as well as Piolo’s.
With the spread of the document online, a netizen tagged Bela in a Twitter post to ask if she was DDS after knowing that her home network franchise renewal was not approved by the Congress.
The netizen was curious asking if she wasn’t a DDS then why her name was on the list. Bela explained she was unaware that the shoot they had for Liter of Light will be used for the SONA. But as soon she found out, Bela went home immediately.
I was told we were going to shoot for Liter Of Light (which we did)…but as soon as I found out that us being there could have any connection with the SONA, I went home alone, immediately, because I have no participation in it anyway.
In an article, Bella was there for her friend Illiac Diaz, the founder of Liter of Light movement and not to be part of Bernal’s project for SONA.
But then, their names were included among those approved by the Palace communication team to go to Sagada to shoot the video. However, the Sagada local government denied their request to shoot.