Derrick Monasterio was also a groping victim in the recent controversial Cosmo Bachelor Bash 2015. Fellow celebrities Alex Castro and Alex Medina were the other victims of groping by a gay man and a woman respectively.
It was not immediately clear that Derrick Monasterio was also groped in the videos from the event but Derick Monasterio himself admitted that he was groped.
The 20-year-old Kapuso hunk actor shared his reaction on the groping incident: “Shocked rin po ako, kasi nung nahipuan ako, hindi ako nag-react. Nahipuan po ako sa crotch area talaga, so ang naging reaksiyon ko, ‘Okay, move on.’
“Hindi ko nakita ko kung sino. Medyo ini-expect ko naman po. Kasi nung medyo lumuhod ako, prepared ako sa kung anong worst scenario na mangyayari. So, sa mga hindi nakahipo, sorry na lang kayo.”
Derrick Monasterio shrugged off the incident and said that it was not lewd for him as it is an artistic expression. “Kasi, hindi naman ibig sabihin na kapag naghubad, hinahawakan ka. Hindi naman masasabing malaswa. Dapat makita yung totoong artist, yung totoong art sa ginagawa mo. So, ayun, hindi siya malaswa for me. Kung may ipapakita ka naman, why not? Kung wala, itago mo na lang.”