MANILA, Philippines – GMA Network news achor Jessica Soho slammed comedian Vice Ganda – whose real name is Jose Marie Viceral – earlier Tuesday for a “cruel” joke that he made about her during a sold-out show on May 17 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
In a statement sent to the Philippine Daily Inquirer by SMS, Soho said, ”Rape is not a joke and should never be material for a comedy concert.”
Soho, also the network’s vice president for news programs reacted to a whole sequence about her in the concert segment about unlikely TV celebrities becoming bold stars.
Viceral jested that, should she start making sexy movies, the pivotal scene should be a gang rape. This was preceded – and followed – by other jokes about her weight.
“Rape victims…suffer tremendously from this terrible crime,” Soho said in the statement. “The horrors they go through are unspeakable and should never be taken lightly.”
From Viceral’s camp, road manager Russ Samson said they were still waiting as of posting time for the comedian’s “go-signal” to issue their own statement or clarification.
I am not an avid fan of Vice Ganda nor Jessica Soho. It's just that for me, I think Jessica Soho is overreacting and out of context. Even in the past, 'rape jokes' are already common and is never new. It is a joke UNLESS he made fun of a particular incident in real life, then that needs to be taken seriously.
Though I did not watch the concert live, I got it from Youtube. There are far worst jokes than Jessica Soho's. I even thought that Kris Aquino would react badly for such humiliating jokes but in the end, laugh along with it (not to mention that she is also watching the concert live).
One thing also, there are a lot of one-sided reports with regards the said 'Cruel Jokes'. I wouldn't be shocked if it came from the opposing networks (GMA7 and TV5). How was that for an 'unbiased' news casting? Stupid network wars. I'm not thinking about black propaganda, really. *sarcasm* Sometimes I think it has nothing to do with the actors/actresses but to their mother network.
A joke is joke and must not be taken seriously but humiliating a person just to make the audience laugh is bad. But just come to think of it, the jester is not also perfect. Example: Vice Ganda is gay - there is no way that he will be ever become a girl, he looks like a horse. Although Jessica Soho is fat, she is witted. That's something isn't it? Vice Ganda is incomparable to Jessica Soho, not to mention that she already prove herself internationally.
At some point of our life, we also made fun of people, may it be intentionally or unintentionally. We are never different, only that they are famous. Don't be such a hypocrite.
I still wonder why he is bashed by people who are also like Vice, might even worse than him. Here are some people who post on his Facebook Likepage:
Why they can't post something meaningful and rational like this?
^ That post. I am easily pissed to those people who imitates Vice in a conversation.
Generally speaking, Vice is a bad influence. You can easily notice that many people nowadays - may it be young or old, are acting like him. Meeeeh, what am I talking about? There is no such thing as good or bad influence. It's always about 'choices' and 'decisions', either live with it or ignore it. Parental guidance is strongly advised!
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