Ron Mia
Sen. Tito Sotto is again involved in trouble after making another controversial remark on his noontime show Eat Bulaga!
In the Saturday, July 9 episode of Eat Bulaga!, Sen. Sotto scolded the winner of their Bayanihan segment for her supposed drinking habit and for wearing shorts. Sotto implied that it was the woman’s fault why she was taken advantage of because of her being drunk and her clothes.
https://twitter.com/krizzy_kalerqui/status/751949042133766144
The woman was recounting her experience about being taken advantage of by a male friend when Sotto reacted, blaming the woman for her drinking and for wearing shorts. While co-host Jose Manalo and the studio audience seemed to agree with Sotto, netizens found the remark sexist and definitely uncalled for.
Netizen @ilda_talk said Tito Sotto and other male hosts of Eat Bulaga seemed to be still promoting a backward view of the world that bullying women is cool.
Male hosts of Eat Bulaga like Tito Sotto are still promoting their backward view of the world. They think bullying women on the show is cool
— ilda (@ilda_talk) July 10, 2016
Netizen @manilahugots echoed the sentiments and said Sotto is undoubtedly promoting rape culture and victim blaming.
Here are other netizens who called out Sen. Tito Sotto for his victim-shaming remark on Eat Bulaga!.
https://www.facebook.com/catcalledPH/photos/a.287337298270978.1073741829.287278678276840/304741966530511/?type=3&theater
Maybe aliens don't wanna visit us because we have Tito Sotto as a senator. 🙃
— 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐲 (@krizzy_kalerqui) July 10, 2016
Tito Sotto is so gross. There is not a day that goes by that I don't feel disgusted and horrified at the thought of him existing. Yuck.
— Sophia (@phiezzapie) July 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/irshxrvn/status/752147022270992388
https://twitter.com/Kalayaan1981/status/752145630735110144
https://twitter.com/AlyDelaRosa/status/752145242707505152
Hi tito sotto I hope you can see how many people loathe you. Shame on you and the ppl who still supports you after what u just said.
— a n g é l i q (@angeliquenp_) July 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/AttyRAtobe/status/752134843878682624
https://twitter.com/micahbuluhan/status/752128255155531776
This is not the first time that the Senator has been called out for his controversial remarks. Last year, he was also scored for telling a gay dad to go back in the closet.
He was also highly criticized for his staunch opposition to the RH Law and for plagiarizing a speech.
