MANILA, Philippines - Vice Ganda denied that there is competition between him and Alex Gonzaga.
There have been reports saying that Vice will have a concert this year because of Alex's upcoming concert "AG from the East: The Unexpected Concert."
"Para matuldukan na, wala po kaming issue ni Alex Gonzaga. Kami po ay matalik na magkaibigan," he said on Wednesday, at the presscon of his concert "Vice Gandang Ganda sa Sarili."
"Isa po ako sa mga unang tao na sumusuporta kay Alex Gonzaga," he added. "In fact nakakapag-promote siya sa mga programa ko. So kung may issue kami sana hindi na siya nakakapag-promote sa mga programa ko."
Vice said that somehow there's pressure on his part to show his fans something new for his upcoming concert that will happen on May 22 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
So he aims to do a lot of first time performances in his concert, which he marks with the position of the stage.
"Una po itong mangyayari, 'yong stage po nasa gitna ng coliseum," he said. "So mas madaling maki-interact sa mga tao. Hindi lang sa harap, pati mga nasa likod."
It took a year before Vice had another concert here in the Philippines. Some of the reasons, he said, are the series of concerts he did abroad and the films he worked on. He denied that it has something to do with his controversial concert in 2013, where he was criticized for name-dropping Kapuso news anchor Jessica Soho in one of his jokes.
Despite the criticisms that he went through that year, Vice said his fans could still expect a laughter-filled concert.
"Sisiguraduhin ko pa rin na masayang-masaya ang concert na 'to," he promised. "'Yong normal at natural na performance pa rin ni Vice Ganda ang makikita ninyo kasi 'yon ang hinahanap ninyo sa akin, 'yong hindi napapanood sa telebisyon. "
Vice, however, didn't deny that he learned a lot from what happened after his concert in 2013.
"Unang-una, napatunayan ko na ang tao talaga ay ang dali-daling manghusga, at ang mga tao ay madaling maniwala sa mga naririnig at nakikita nila na hindi nila nabibiyan ng kompermasyon," he said.
Despite that, he also proved that "ang mga tao, ang mga Pilipino lalo na, e, bukal sa puso nila ang magpatawad lalo na kung ramdam nila ang sinseridad ng tao."