Brian Gorrell has proved that blogging is therapy, you don’t need a shrink. Still, there appears to be still a lot of pent-up anger and revelations that will be unveiled in his blog which has gripped Manila society by storm. Here, he replies to some of our questions begging to be answered. And okay, this will be the last of it!
Q. Your blog has become the most talked-about in town, what made you write it?
Brian: I wrote the blog out of sheer desperation. I was ignored for so long by so many people in Manila. No one cared that I had my entire life’s savings snatched away by my BOYFRIEND.
My blog has accomplished a few good things. So far,I have no money from DJ. But I have to look at the bigger picture as well. I am not selfish. It’s how come I am in the situation.
Q. What made you close th comments? We haven’t even seen the best of it yet.
Brian: I closed the comments section because my heart hurt. Its simple. I have been forced into this situation. I have been ignored and discarded. I am upset and very hurt. Devastated financially.
The whole thing started to get to me really.
But I kept thinking, 70,000 dollars. Its a lot of money for me. Everything I had.
Q. Relative to you, me and the rest of the ordinary folks, 70,000 dollars is a lot. What was the most expensive gift you gave DJ Montano?
Brian: Ha, the most expensive gift i gave DJ is my heart and soul. My spirit. My honesty.
He unwrapped them all with fever. Played with them for a while. And threw them on the pile of other old toys when he was done.
Q. What can you say to the opinion expressed by some people that you were “stupid” in ‘loaning’ him that big amount of money?
Brian: I understand that people think I am stupid. That I was stupid.
I was.
Its simple.
But I must warn others.
Because I was duped. Tricked. Swindled, Finessed. Robbed. Griftered. Humiliated.
And now I have no savings. And my HIV is not going away any time soon.
Q. Have you received ‘feelers’ from DJ ? Do you think he’s financially capable of paying you the owed amount?
Brian: I have no idea where DJ is. I imagine he is in Manila. I do not think he is capable of paying me back. Not without borrowing from another.
Q. Would you still be willing to go back to the Philippines if it means getting back the money owed you
I would never go back to the Philippines. Never.
I love the race. Admire the people. Celebrate the country.
But I would NEVER go back.
Why?
Because I KNOW the Philippines.
Thats why.
It’d really sad what happened to him. And it’s also a sad truth that he can never come back here.
hi nina
if i were in brian’s shoes, i would never go back to the philippines, either. it would be our loss, indeed, as someone who has professed to love our country can no longer come back because of some shitty things that happened to him (whether by his own commission or that of others or both). i admire brian’s boldness in coming forward, at the risk of exposing his own foibles in the process. i hope this has been a learning experience not only for him but for all the readers who had a free peek into the life of the rich, spoiled, and wasted.
Free peek indeed. Though something has to be learned from all this. Well said, Lara.
I feel bad for Brian Gorrel but I cannot judged whether all of the things he wrote in his blog are true. I’m still glued on reading his blog.
I admire him in turning down some opportunities to earn from his blogging and some donations that suggested Paypal as an option. He could have earned more than a thousand dollars by now from his huge site traffic…haha
I just discovered his blog yesterday (ang bagal ko no?) and I was totally hooked on it. 🙂 Well, so much for my Holy Week reflections. 🙂
Brian is a liar. Spread the news. he has not even shpwn the other western receipts. Look at it clearly it has many erasures and its fake.
I do not think Brian is fair being just one sided.
I’ve read his blog and I do feel sorry for him. Hopefully he can get his money back.
I suggest to Mr Gorrell stop making generalize comments about the Philippines. You have been hanging out with the wrong crowd and what happened to you must have been expected. Its the same anywhere in the world. as they say there is always a snake in the woods.
can anyone post a link of his blog? cant find it…
Brian Gorrell has now become a phenomenon..Brian Gorrell’s blog became the talk of the town..He may become famous I guess because his rantings are unstoppable.