Iwa Moto slams TikTok user over 'belittling' comment during live selling session: 'This is a decent job'

Iwa Moto clapped back at a TikTok user who asked whether her kids are being bullied because she's making ends meet as a live seller on the platform.

In her recent TikTok livestream, the former actress was selling products from a personal care brand when one of its viewers commented, "Hindi ba nabubully mga kids sa school na nagtitinda kayo sa [TikTok]?"

Moto took a pause and said, "Guys, 'wag na 'wag na 'wag niyong mamaliitin ang mga online sellers. We are working our a** off, we are doing our best, and we are not hurting anyone," she said during the livestream reposted on X.

She stressed that live-selling is a "decent job."

"B**ch, no. You do not do that, not here, not in my platform. Okay? So go to Pluto," she said.

Moto went on to emphasize that one should "never underestimate any job." 

"Mapa-janitor, kahit ano pa 'yan... marangal na trabaho 'to," she added, adding that working full-time as a live seller helped her finance her children's studies.

"Alam mo ba, itong pagla-live selling ko, napag-aaral ko mga anak ko sa magagandang eskwelahan," she said, reiterating, "Lahat ng trabahong tama, na marangal, 'wag na 'wag niyong mamaliitin."

Moto joined TikTok Shop as a content creator in 2023, selling a variety of products—from personal care items, beauty, and fashion to gadgets. She currently has 1.3 million TikTok followers as of writing.

Before this, she entered showbiz via the talent search program StarStruck in 2005, where she finished as first runner-up. She also played roles in teleseryes, including Valentina in the 2009 Darna series.