MANILA, Philippines – Entertainment columnist Lolit Solis insisted Thursday that there was “no malice” when she wrote about actors Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby in her column for a tabloid.

She said the two were merely “hypersensitive.”

Solis is now facing a P12-milion libel suit filed by the actors, together with her editor in Pilipino Star Ngayon, Veronica Samio.

The columnist, who submitted her rejoinder-affidavit Thursday morning at the Manila City Prosecutor’s Office, claimed her statements in the “Take It, Take It” column titled “Piolo at Sam, huling huling naglalampungan” were misinterpreted.

“She was just describing what she saw. We maintained (in our rejoinder) that it wasn’t defamatory, it was just their interpretation,” said Solis’ counsel Margarita Briones Lasam.

Solis, in her Oct. 15 column, said she saw the singers acting “sweet” at the poolside of Sofitel Hotel around 4 p.m. of Oct. 12.

Pascual and Milby complained that they were depicted as “gay.” They promptly sued Solis when she refused to retract her statement.

Actors Paolo Contis, Alfred Vargas and Yasmien Kurdi attended the hearing Thursday to give moral support to the talent manager.

In her affidavit, Solis said she never referred to the singers as “gay or homosexuals.”

“We also refuted the statements of their witnesses due to inconsistencies,” Lasang said.

Solis’ lawyer said they were hopeful the charges would be dismissed. In her defense, Samio said she included a letter from her editor saying she had resigned from her post when the article appeared.