BY CARISSA ALCANTARA
AT A GLANCE
At the end of her Instagram story, Denise mentioned that she would speak to BJ personally about what happened.
Filipino R&B singer Denise Julia is finally addressing the controversy between her and celebrity photographer BJ Pascual.
The controversy began when BJ mentioned that Julia's team tried to cancel their scheduled shoot the night before it was set to take place. BJ decided to call off the shoot himself and paid the cancellation fees, according to the celebrity photographer during an appearance on Killa Kush podcast uploaded on YouTube.
Denise recalled on Instagram stories that her team had contacted BJ's team in May regarding a project. The "B.A.D." singer explained that BJ's team sometimes took a long time to respond, and ultimately, both sides could not reach an agreement on the budget.
"Despite us following up many times and not getting replies for weeks at a time, we were patient and pushed back our deadlines to accommodate BJ's schedule [because] we knew he was booked and busy," Denise explained. "I had to move my release date because I wanted to respect the fact that he was working and he had a lot of things to do."
Denise also shared screenshots of her conversation with BJ's manager.
"BJ's team did not get back to us about this budget despite my manager checking in and following up to make sure that the budget is doable to begin with because we can't really have a shoot date without us being sure if the budget is even feasible for them," she said.
"Because on our end, we understand if this is not something that they can work with. We would've pulled back immediately already from the start if they had only told us that this is not doable for them, that's not the price range that they can work with. We will respect that," Denise added.
The singer revealed that their initial budget of P650,000 was raised to P800,000 for the shoot, which included a music video. This was still less than the P1 million estimated by Pascual's team.
In the end, Denise explained that her manager was trying to "figure out ways to make [the shoot] work out for respect for BJ's team and their time and efforts" and said that her team didn't cancel the shoot.
"I know in the podcast they said I was the one who canceled the shoot, but in reality, my manager was still trying to make it work. He suggested pushing the shoot to a later date so that none of the team's efforts go to waste and also so that cancellation fees don't incur, but ultimately in the end, BJ's team, not us, canceled the shoot, citing the differences in our production processes," she said.
However, Denise took the blame for not reaching out to BJ after the incident happened.
"It was because I didn't know the extent of his frustrations until everything aired out on social media and it blew off of proportion. It is something that I will take with me as I move forward with work," she said.
At the end of her Instagram story, Denise mentioned that she would speak to BJ personally about what happened.
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