Senator Imee Marcos said plans for the third installment of the Maid in Malacañang film series are unlikely to push through, admitting they no longer know how to end the story.
The senator made the statement as director Darryl Yap faces two counts of cyber libel filed at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court over alleged defamation of actor and TV host Vic Sotto in connection with the trailer of the controversial film The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma.
Yap directed Maid in Malacañang and its sequel, Martyr or Murderer, both centered on the Marcos family.
“This third one, it’s difficult. We don’t know how to finish it anymore,” Marcos said at the Pandesal Forum hosted by Wilson Lee Flores at Kamuning Bakery on Monday.
She added that Yap refuses to back down from the controversy but believes he is capable of handling the case. “Darryl won’t stop. He just needs to be careful, but he’s smart enough to fight it out in court,” she said in the vernacular.
Marcos also confirmed that she has not been in communication with her brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., due to growing tension between them.
The senator said she has tried to reach out to the president several times, even before the rift between him and Vice President Sara Duterte.
“I’ve tried very hard to maintain a relationship, but it seems that many personalities and forces with their agenda are tearing us apart. It’s heartbreaking,” she said.
She added that they only see each other in public events and briefly. The tension, she noted, started long before he assumed the presidency and worsened over time, especially during budget deliberations.
Marcos has publicly opposed the impeachment complaint against Duterte and the possible arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court.
“No Filipino should be taken out of the country and brought elsewhere. That’s not right. We know what we’re fighting for, and we have to understand what happened,” she said, recalling how her family was once forced to flee the Philippines.