Willie Revillame's Full Meltdown

I don't really watch TV but had the cable subscription back on after 3 years of no TV, for the enjoyment of my mother-in-law. Our kids have limited TV time. 

I must confess. Sometimes, I watch Willing Willie. I enjoy the cheesiness. I hate the lipsynching. It's thrilling to watch people win big, like a fully furnished house and lot a house helper would otherwise be impossible to procure ever by his salary alone.

But I do know that, despite the superficial, colorful carnival is a conscious knowledge that the show is so wrong in so many places. Behind the corny jokes and the laughter is a frightening truth of how Willie Revillame's show damages the psych of so many people. At the end of every show I feel sorry for my kababayans who resort to fall in line for days just to have some money. I cannot begin to enumerate how wrong it is in so many places. I have seen Willie boast an audience share as high as 60% (and that's a lot) on a Saturday.

In this video, he practically enumerated all the bad things that happened in his show.

1. Ultra stampede, 71 dead (hands down, worst-- ever)

2. Wilyonaryo cheating issue - and war with Joey de Leon

3. Cory Aquino's procession simulcast with his Giling-giling portion
4. He wanted Jobert Sucaldito fired

5. Lawsuit hayday
6. Jan Jan 

And he melts down. It never stops. Too much pointing fingers, too many excuses and ridiculous comparisons. Prepare to cringe.

If ever he decides not to return after his two-week leave of absence, I would like to think that something good has come out of this whole controversy. Poverty porn will not in any way help us as a country. Even if the masa loves him, at the end of the day, it will just further ingrain a culture of cheap sensationalism and living on false hopes. Most, if not all, need not cry in national TV while telling how sorry one's life is in exchange for what, P2,000? P5,000? Where's national pride in that? All the prizes: the houses, the cars, the millions cost very little compared to what the show earns from their sponsors--- is just a band-aid fix to our real problem as a nation. He has a very big influence on how his masa audience thinks, and that alone is the greatest damage of all. Gyrating on TV has become a socially acceptable practice accessible even to young children, especially on a primetime slot.


And I think singling out the celebs he mentioned was below the belt-- especially LEA SALONGA. A LEGEND CANNOT BE A HAS-BEEN. She's known for being very privy to her personal space but the honor she brought our country and put the Philippines at par with the world when it comes to performing has inspired many Filipinos to dream and believe at what we can achieve. Deeds like this matter, not giving alms which only lasts a day.
 ‎"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."


 And Aiza. So he's challenging her to man up? And Agot too. Is it like her fault if she cannot have a baby? That's beyond foul, man.They do have a right to make a stand. He's so full of himself, he lives in own little world where he is king, he's like a spoiled brat who goes off when things aren't played by his rules. He said he's never "outed" what really happened, but this isn't the first time I've seen him have a special moment to just rant and pour out his feelings.


Not everyone has to do a poverty porn show, and exploit the circumstances of the uneducated, poor. So to even compare what he does to what they do in their own way ,is so idiotic. I can only shake my head with this whole fiasco.