Rica Peralejo had some words for social media users commenting on her lifestyle.
On Threads on March 9, the retired actress shared that she had a “hater” who accused her of having a “lavish lifestyle for a pastor’s wife.”
“The accusations are so dumb. I mean how can someone be so dumb? [Example,] ‘You live a lavish lifestyle for a pastor’s wife[.]’ Sino bang tanga ang naniniwala na lavish ang lifestyle ko eh ni hindi [nga ako] bumibili ng designer bags?” she said.
Rica added that even if she did live luxuriously, she could afford it with her job as a content creator.
Before she retired from show business, Rica starred in films and TV shows, including Umagang Kay Ganda, 100 Days to Heaven, Pangarap na Bituin, Spirit of the Glass, Hari ng Sablay, Caregiver, and Paano Na Kaya.
“Sino bang hindi nakakakita mas malaki kita ko sa asawa kong pastor?” she continued, adding that she and her husband don’t indulge in designer products.
“Ang asawa ko nakatikim lang ng [New Balance] 530s ‘yan nung binilhan ko lately. Ni hindi [man lang] mahal ‘yun like Yeezys or Chanel slip-ons or other designer stuff na suot-suot ng mga pastor ha!” she said.
The former actress also wrote about how there are other pastors that one would question about where their fashion pieces come from. “But naku naman! Asawa ko? Kami? Tanga nalang ang hindi marunong mag compute.”
After her life in showbiz, Rica has been creating content and started a podcast with her husband Joe Bonifacio titled Anything Goes With The Bonis.
Previously, the former TV host talked about how she loved being seen as someone who lives a “simple” life.
“People call me simple and I think it’s because I don’t ride first class, I do budget airbnbs, and eat convenience store food when traveling. And I love being seen as that[,] as someone more like the common person than so beyond it [because] this world already has enough of that,” she wrote on Threads in January.
“Daily we are reminded of what we can never have and I don’t wanna add to that anymore. Instead, I wanna show them it’s okay to not have all of what the world sells and that it doesn’t mean we lack when others have more.”
