Andronico Del Rosario
Richard Poon recently made waves on social media after sharing screenshots of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s performance of their single WAP at the recently-concluded Grammy Awards.
“Expect many entertainment shows to follow and replicate this so-called ‘empowering’ performance by Cardi B and Megan Stallion,” said Poon, who would later describe it as a “stripper production number.
https://twitter.com/supahotdogg/status/1371860130258546696
Netizens would blast Poon for his description, calling him “misogynistic” and “desperate for relevancy”, a slight at the singer’s career.
Again, when a man goes shirtless on-stage, he is praised. When women like Megan and Cardi B have autonomy on their sexuality on-stage, they're slut-shamed.
Richard Poon is desperate for relevancy huh
— allan (@itsenzobishes) March 16, 2021
psst richard poon pic.twitter.com/rRQzojicV3
— 강영현 🌐 (@strophoid) March 17, 2021
Richard Poon is one of those men who denigrate talented, independent, successful women to make themselves feel better & bigger.
But in reality, men who like to put powerful women down are just a bunch of insecure, pathetic misogynists.
Kaya pala ang Poon ni Poon ay si Duterte.
— Francis Baraan IV (@MrFrankBaraan) March 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/fueledbysiomai/status/1372066917565964288
Not richard poon speaking on cardi b and megan together with his flop and boring ass songs. This ain’t early 2000’s hun ure already irrelevant. pic.twitter.com/NPtR0fe8ZX
— r.e.m ☀️ (@rem_bmark) March 17, 2021
A netizen would tell him to “get out of a woman’s business”, even bringing up the fact that he married actress Maricar Reyes, who once had a sex tape scandal.
Can someone tell Richard Poon to stop acting so prude??? Her wife literally figured in a sex tape with a guy in another relationship. We can spare all women the slut shaming, it’s 2021 for fucks sake https://t.co/UZvdBsKgfM
— kae (@ifyouseekkae) March 17, 2021
Others would tell off Poon for “telling women how to be women.”
https://twitter.com/alyssaashleyc/status/1372072104846225411
not richard poon in women's business… they are not doing it for you, they are doing it for themselves so why bother? the misogyny is showing. pic.twitter.com/2s7brK86tP
— pj (@princejjjohn) March 16, 2021
They would even hit Poon for his political views, as he and wife Maricar supported Duterte’s run for the presidency back in 2016.
i think DDS got me so much that i read Richard Poon’s surname as Po-on 😭
— Caloy 🌱 (@jc_solita) March 17, 2021
Let's not forget that Richard Poon and Maricar Reyes supported #DutertePalpak in 2016. Here's an excerpt of their lengthy FB post. He is trying to be relevant again for clout.https://t.co/V47ajSnwBZ pic.twitter.com/XYXgRHiTnm
— Hanash Daily 🍵 #AtinAngWestPhilippineSea (@BIENsays) March 17, 2021
RICHARD POON, DDS TRYING OUT THE WORD "RELEVANCE" https://t.co/HA6bpuoHHW
— ALT KAPUSO (@AltKapuso) March 17, 2021
Some netizens, however, would tip the scales and say Poon did not say anything against women, but pointed more towards the performance.
I'm not a Big Fan of Richard Poon Bec he's A DDS, 😁😂 but this time I Agree with him on this, Dis Performance is almost like Stripper, Hooker , Slutty belong to the Streets looking like Performance ✌ pic.twitter.com/TqVrhZTECy
— Ëpøs (@iamcardod) March 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/iamjuandiego225/status/1372011667215642626
https://twitter.com/mauve_twt/status/1372119191277342724
One netizen even pointed out how the performance didn’t live up to what people expected from Cardi B compared to Dua Lipa’s performance from the same event.
Don't rly care for Richard Poon but ang mehhh naman tlg mung perf ni Cardi B. I dont actually see any real choreo or anything noteworthy on the performance aside from the shock value. Unlike Dua Lipa's perf na sexy din but is actually entertaining to watch.
— Lestat de Lioncourt (@biteme_lestat) March 17, 2021
Another netizen even blasted what most people refer to as “wokes” and told them to “focus on improving their shallow lives”.
Excuse me wokes ha Richard Poon accepted, respected, and married Maricar Reyes despite the controversial scandal before. Tapos siya pa sasabihan nyong misogynistic? Binabash nyo kasi DDS?
Howbout u wokes shut up and just focus on improving ur shallow lives
— Mother Gothel (@QMotherGothel) March 17, 2021
As for the performers Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, they have already shared their views on their official Twitter handles.
Before I go… y’all be acting like people force y’all to look at shit you don’t like.. if you like puppies follow puppy pages , if you like food follow food pages, if you like bad bitches follow me 💁🏽♀️ SIMPLE K BYE
— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) March 17, 2021
Stallion, who also goes by the name Tina Snow on Twitter, said people should follow pages that show them what they like.
Love it or hate it, criticize it , judge it JUST BRING THE VIEWS IN 😘 NUMBER 1 trending😉 https://t.co/l28na5XIEu pic.twitter.com/qfv2kNkwYr
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) March 15, 2021
As for Cardi B, she said didn’t care about what people thought of the performance as long as it brought her more views on YouTube.
