https://youtube/watch?v=taMVdXvEuXc City officials found it offensive when Internet celebrity Ramon Bautista referred to the people of the Davao capital as “hipon” (prawns) when he guested in an event celebrating Kadayawan Festival on Saturday, August 16. In a Facebook post, Davao City vice mayor Paolo Pulong” Duterte said he immediately called on the comedian’s attention about the “disrespect” he made towards the Davaoenos, especially to the women. This prompted the comedian-professor to return on stage and make a public apology. Im here in front of you to say my apologies because sinabi ko ang daming hipon dito. Oo nga, nahihiya po ako sa inyo because you welcomed me in your beautiful city. Andito po ako lagi at nag-e-enjoy po ako dito. Para masabi ko po yung mga na marami sa inyo ang na-offend. Ill say my sincerest apologies, sana po matanggap niyo. Andito po ako para makisaya sa Kadayawan Festival at para maging enjoyable ang gabing ito. From the bottom of my heart, sobrang nahihiya po ako sa inyong lahat. Sana mapatawad niyo po ako. Mahal ko po kayong lahat, he said, a video of which was posted on Youtube. “Hipon” is considered a derogatory remark in Filipino, which means people with beautiful bodies but unattractive faces. ‘Persona non grata’ Former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, meanwhile, is calling on the city officials to declare Ramon persona non grata.” The action, which may be done through a city resolution, would bar the Internet action star” from entering the well-disciplined Mindanao city. Attended this Kadayawan Invasion and heard this (Ramon Bautista) guy say hipon ang mga babae sa Davao. Pila sa ako mga fb friends ang konsehal.. if you do not call out this guy as a persona non grata, your [sic] doing a disservice to women all over!! P at F to you Ramon Bautista! bisita ka lang, gumalang ka,” she said in a Facebook post. On ‘digital sabbatical’ The funnyman, who’s usually active on social media, has been eerily quiet on his social networking accounts since the incident happened over the weekend. A former Youtube sensation before going mainstream via TV and movie projects, Ramon has a cult following online—amassing over 1.1 million followers on Twitter and nearly 275,000 on Instagram. The University of the Philippines film professor authored the hit novel “Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo,” which was later adapted into a film starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim. Link: https://ph.celebrity.yahoo/news/ramon-bautista-irks-davao-officials-with--hipon--joke-032257882.html
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:32:54 +0000