Emmanuelle Atienza. Image: Instagram/@emmanatienza; TikTok/@emmanatienza Emmanuelle Atienza, the daughter of Kim Atienza , addressed the criticisms over the “guess the bill” video of her P133,000-worth dinner with friends, saying it was meant as a “joke.” Emmanuelle , in a now-deleted TikTok video , was seen dining at a restaurant with her friends, including beauty queen Krishnah Gravidez.
The clip shows each of them guessing their bill, saying whoever has the closest estimate would pay for it. Gravidez’s guess was the closest to the bill, which was revealed to be P133,423.99.
The beauty queen was then seen giving her card to apparently pay for the meal of the group. This drew flak from netizens who criticized the group for flaunting how they splurge, which came across to some as an “insensitive” move. Emmanuelle then spoke up on the matter through a TikTok video on Tuesday, Sept 24, saying the dinner was a birthday treat of her friend and was shouldered by the latter’s agency.
“I find it so stupid that I even have to address this but it has gotten to a point where I feel like I need to. One, the video was a joke,” she said. “I thought it was obvious because we were laughing and the bill was outrageously high number.
But apparently, it’s believable that I can pay that much for dinner.” “..
.Even if I had paid that much, even if we did have that much money, it is our choice and our freedom to do what we want with money that we earned,” she continue.