Eric Nicolas admits performing at BBM-Sara rallies is out of necessity

The Happy ToGetHer star felt no shame in admitting that he only joins BBM-Sara rallies for monetary gain, noting that it’s necessary for his family to survive.

Just a few days after the multi-awarded actress, Elizabeth Oropesa swore no one gets paid for performing at BBM-Sara rallies, another artist unabashedly came out in the open and practically disproved the actress.

Oropesa recently said that she is willing to get amputated if there is evidence that BBM-Sara artists are indeed getting paid,

“Ipapaputol ko ‘yung dalawa kong pa. Gagapang na lang ako kung binabayaran kaming mga artista (I will have both my cut off. I’d rather crawl if any one of us really gets paid)” he said in a statement. There have been reports that performers at various grand rallies of presidential aspirants have been getting paid. Toni Gonzaga, one of the main endorsers of presidential campaign of the defeated 2016 vice-presidentiable, Bongbong Marcos, reportedly got paid PhP120 million pesos for her endorsement. The former PBB host, however, denied the allegations and even asked participants of her Ninong’s rallies “Bayad po ba kayo? (Are you guys getting paid?”

In spite of these denials, however, Nicolas seems to have not gotten the memo when he posted on social media that he only joins BBM-Sara rallies out of necessity. In a facebook post, he shared: “Walang masamang tinapay para sa akin…trabaho para mapakain ang pamilya ko. Minsan lang to at hindi na ko bumabata.Mabuhay ang lahat! (I don’t see anything wrong about it. It’s a paying job that can feed my family. It’s a one-time event, and I am old. Good wishes to everyone!).

It remains a mystery, whether or not Nicolas is also a supporter of Marcos’s presidency. What’s striking, however, is the fact that he chose to perform at a Marcos rally over other presidential candidates.

That choice seems to suggest that Marcos is the only candidate who pays performers, or it can also be he is the one who pays more. Let us wait for other artists to speak up, then, and whether Oropesa will indeed have her feet amputated.