By Rjay Zuriaga Castor
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| PHOTO: PBB Connect Twitter |
Russu Laurente became the second housemate to be evicted
from the Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) house in its current season – after receiving
more votes via Kumu and text to be evicted than to be saved.
Russu, tagged as the "Bunsong Boksingero ng General
Santos City", is a 19-year-old boxer from General Santos City. He came
from a family of boxers, with his father and uncle mentoring him in the sport.
To date, Russu has garnered sports awards such as Gold Medal
in Batang Pinoy, Best Boxer in Palarong Pambansa 2017, Bronze Medal in Asian
Youth in Thailand, and National Boxing Team.
Russu was recently under fire after being revealed of
supporting the shutdown of ABS-CBN.
"Don't mock our president. As bare minimum, we will
only watch GMA," Russu wrote in a Bisaya tweet dated April 2.
"I wanted to share memes about ABS-CBN, but I have
directors and artists friends so, it's better not to," he added.
In one of the latest episode of the show, he explained that
his opinion was influenced on what he saw on social media. He said that as a
person from Mindanao, it was normal for him to express his support to President
Rodrigo Duterte.
"Nag-yes ako sa ABS-CBN shutdown kasi alam mo naman sa
social media is grabe makapag-influence. And lahat ng friends ko sa social
media is from Mindanao at alam mo naman kapag nasa Mindanao, suportahan talaga
nila yung.. alam mo na. Yung nagpasara ng ABS. And yun na influence ako, yung
side lang nila ang nalaman ko," Russu admitted on the show.
The current season, PBB: Connect is the 15th edition of the
show, which sees strangers from different backgrounds living together in one
house.
It's a franchise of the Dutch reality show, and first
premiered in the Philippines in 2005. The show has helped launch the careers of
celebrities like Kim Chiu, James Reid, and Maymay Entrata.
The current season airs every night and can be viewed on A2Z
Channel 11, the Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, Kumu, and iWant TFC.
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