TRENDING: Julia Barretto reacts to 'Dennis Julia' memes amid BJ Pascual-Denise Julia issue
Julia Barretto had a candid reaction to memes showing her and her father Dennis Padilla, which were apparent references to singer Denise Julia's trending issue with photographer BJ Pascual.
In a new interview with ABS-CBN News, Julia recalled her brother, Leon, showing her a derivative of a meme showing snaps of her and Dennis.
"I don't know anything about it yet. 'Di ko nagets 'yung picture. Wala akong involvement doon," she said.
But when Barretto was given a brief background of the incident, she was in awe of social media users.
"Oh my goodness!" she said. "Ang witty ng mga tao these days. 'Yun pala 'yung pinapakita sa akin ng kapatid ko kagabi."
"So parang dalawa 'yung name niya. Okay, okay, okay, that's funny," she added.
A photo of Julia and Dennis went viral after BJ detailed his alleged unpleasant experience with Denise and her team when he was asked about the "worst celebrity" he has ever worked with.
"Grabe taon-taon na lang ang issue between Denise-Julia. Sana maging maayos na," the poster joked.
Meme page PGAG also shared a juxtaposed photo of the father and daughter.
"Grabe naman yung Denise Julia," it said.
In a guesting on content creator Killa Kush's podcast on Dec. 20, BJ claimed that Denise and her team canceled their supposed shoot at the last minute and refused to pay cancellation fees.
It was Denise's team that insisted on doing the shoot before, according to BJ.
BJ noted they had to pay cancellation fees for the studio, production designer, and the stylist, though they were able to push through with the shoot with another celebrity.
After the incident, BJ said he "never heard" from Denise again.
On Dec. 24, Denise, who announced a social media "break" a day after the news broke out, said she's "pausing" her break "to clear this up" on Dec. 25 via Instagram Stories without specifying the issue.
Dennis, meanwhile, has been estranged from Julia, Leon, and Claudia Barretto, his children with his ex-wife Marjorie Barretto. The former couple separated in 2007.
In 2021, Julia did a vlog with Dennis, saying that when they would speak on the phone before, she was "traumatized" by his tone and choice of words. Nevertheless, she said she "didn't ever give up" to keep their relationship going.
Dennis has said that he's hoping to make his relationship with his children better.
