Filipino American sports journalist Pablo Torre apologized for wearing the Sablay, the official academic costume of the University of the Philippines (UP), during an awarding ceremony in Los Angeles. | via philstarlife
"[P]lease take this as a sincere apology for borrowing my dad's sablay—and please don't blame anyone else," Torre said in aIn his statement, Torre explained that the gala's dress code was"multicultural black tie."
"And what I tried to do was share a distinctly Asian-American honor with my family, the Philippines, and her state university," he said, adding that UP is a"truly multigenerational source of pride."Torre also lamented how social media, without context,"can be hell."
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