Kim Atienza has come out to defend his daughter Eliana after she made headlines participating in what has been described as pro-Palestine protests at the University of Pennsylvania.
Eliana has since received disciplinary action for the same.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Kim made clear his daughter is not “pro-Hamas but more of anti-genocide.”
“Eliana has always been vocal about what she believes in. In this instance, she’s part of the organization that is anti-genocide and anti-war,” he said.
As to Eliana supposedly describing herself as "homeless" after being removed from her school dorm relating the same issue, Kim said this was simply “taken out of context.”
“She was technically homeless because she was removed from her dorm. Unfortunately, that message was taken out of context. She never said she was poor,” he explained.
Kim added his daughter was not kicked out of the prestigious university as reported.
He went on to maintain that “he and the rest of his family support his daughter and her advocacies.”