Janno Gibbs’ directorial debut film is ‘best parting gift’ from late dad Ronaldo Valdez

A day after holding a press conference regarding the “mismanagement of the investigation and mishandling of sensitive data” related to the death of his father, veteran actor Ronaldo Valdez, Janno Gibbs reacted to the apology issued by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) to their grieving family.

“The QCPD extends its sincere apologies to the Gibbs family regarding the recent incident where a member of our police force inappropriately took a video of the late Mr. Ronaldo Valdez. We acknowledge the gravity of this lapse in judgment of some of our personnel, and we deeply regret any distress this may have caused,” the QCPD said in its statement on Monday.

The QCPD further assured that “involved personnel will face appropriate administrative charges for their actions.”

“In fairness to the police right after the presscon, (QCPD) general (director Brig. Gen. Redrico) Maranan who issued the press (statement), called me right away,” Janno disclosed during the media conference on Tuesday for his forthcoming directorial debut film, Itutumba Ka Ng Tatay Ko, at the Viva Café in Araneta City.

“He got hold of my number personally. He said to me that he watched my presscon and that he is apologizing to me personally, (saying): ‘Don’t worry. It was really wrong. I will issue a press release right away.’”

According to the singer-actor, it made them feel better and that Maranan “sounded sincere.”

Amid what happened, Janno decided to push through with the release of Viva Films’ Itutumba Ka Ng Tatay Ko on Jan. 24.

The action-comedy stars Janno alongside Ronaldo. They are joined by Louise delos Reyes, Juliana Parizcova Segovia, Xia Vigor, and Anjo Yllana.

It was his first time directing his father in the comedy that turned out to be his last film.

For Janno, it’s his “great tribute” to his dad and the “best parting gift” from him.

He hopes moviegoers will support the film.

“Aside from this is my first directorial job, it’s a comedy na feeling ko ay hinahanap ng mga masang Pilipino and of course, this is a great tribute to my dad,” Janno said.

“It’s good that I got the not-so-good details out of the way in an earlier presscon. I’m sure you’re all aware of that. I wanted to get