MANILA, Philippines -- Entertainment columnist Lolit Solis insisted on Thursday that there was ?no malice? when she wrote about an alleged meeting between actors Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby at a five-star hotel in her tabloid column.

She said the two were merely ?hypersensitive? when they sued her for libel.

Solis, along with her editor in Pilipino Star Ngayon, Veronica Samio, are now facing a P12-million libel suit filed against them by the actors.

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? [Piolo and Sam Caught Romancing] 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 October 15 column, said she saw the singers acting ?sweet? at the poolside of Sofitel Hotel around 4 p.m. of October 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 on 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, stating she had resigned from her post when the article appeared.