Vlogger Donnalyn Bartolome took to social media to validate her struggle before she achieved her current fame and fortune.
Bartolome received criticisms for telling her followers to be "grateful" for returning back to their work after the holiday season.
"Bakit may sad dahil back to work na? Diba dapat masaya ka kasi may chance ka na pagandahin buhay mo at ng pamilya? Trip ko pa nga may work ng January 1 dahil superstition ko may work ako buong taon pag ganun. Dapat grateful kasi may work," she wrote.
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| Photo Credits: Donnalyn Bartolome/Facebook |
But her New Year post appeared to be not for everyone that cause other people and celebrities to react with surprise.
Known personalities like Rhadson Mendoza, JaninaVela, Kuya Kim, and Rendon Labador reacted to her post.
"I understand Ate Donnalyn-pero sana maintindihan rin niya na hindi ganun ka simple para sa mamamayan na maghanap lang ng work na papakililigin ka. Some even struggle to find jobs with fair wages & work hours.
"Oo, kailangan natin maging grateful, pero valid mapagod at malungkot," said Vela.
"Hindi ko to kilala pero paano umabot ng 16M followers yung ganito katanga?
"Hindi naman porket nalungkot ka ay hindi ka na grateful. Hindi ka kasi makakaramdam ng “saya” kapag ang kinikita mo ay pang “survive” lang sa pang araw araw.
"Basahin mo ulit para ma gets mo," Labador said.
"She was not even poor, she just chose to live in the Philippines from the US because she wanted to do her own thing, yun bang "kailangan kong pag-igihan to or else pababalikin ako sa America" kind. Kahit ano pang sabihin niyang "naghirap" din siya dati, she would never understand the struggles of real "poor" people and breadwinners. She's mainloy using her brief "stint" of being poor to justify her poverty porn and thirst for clout," one said.
While others tried to invalidate Bartolome's claimed that she have grown up poor, the influencer clapback at her haters by sharing some of her childhood and youthful pictures showing her family struggles.
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| Photo Credits: Donnalyn Bartolome/Facebook |
"I'm posting to let you know that yung positivity na yung hindi nanggaling sa privilege, matter of fact, it came from experience," she wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday.
According to Bartolome, her life upon arriving in the Philippines was difficult, but her mother and grandfather influenced her attitude towards work.
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| Photo Credits: Donnalyn Bartolome/Facebook |
"Sa lahat ng nasaktan, gusto ko malaman mo pinagdaanan ko din mga sinasabi niyo God knows. Nagcollect ako ng pictures. Dumating ako s point na lumuluhod ako nagmamalaawa kay GTod para may makain the next day, pangbayad sa tuition.. sa bahay, bills," she said.
"Naranasan kong wala nang trabaho kaya siguro sobra ko pahalagahan..naranasan ko magcommute sa Bus, MRT, Jeep, FX, Tricycle..yung pila, siksikan, init... alam ko talaga," she added.
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