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'Eat Bulaga' faces inquiry over Sotto's 'victim-shaming'

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<p>MANILA - The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has summoned the producers of &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; after Filipinos online cried foul over the controversial victim-blaming remarks Senator Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto III made on live television.</p><p>The regulatory agency, in a letter dated July 11, invited TAPE Inc. president Antonio Tuviera, senior vice president Malou Choa-Fagar, and &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; creative head Jenny Ferre, to an inquiry &quot;over the remarks alleged to be insensitive to women.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">So this is the controversial remark of Sen🙄 Tito Sotto to a woman who was taken advantage by her drinking buddies.😒 <a href="https://t.co/obficLMspI">pic.twitter.com/obficLMspI</a></p>— Miss Krizzy (@krizzy_kalerqui) <a href="https://twitter.com/krizzy_kalerqui/status/751949042133766144">July 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Sotto, in an episode of the noontime show last Saturday, drew criticism when he implied that it was the victim&#x27;s fault that she was taken advantage of by a male friend while she was drunk. He also called out the woman for wearing revealing clothes.</p><p>&quot;Kasalanan ng lahat ng iyan eh ang paginom. Kababae mong tao pa-shot shot ka?&quot; Sotto asked the woman, also the winner of the program&#x27;s &quot;Juan for All, All for Juan&quot; segment.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">If you&#x27;re a man agreeing with Tito Sotto shaming that poor woman on TV, we&#x27;d better warn YOUR female friends not to get drunk with you, no?</p>— Demontita Of Manila (@mrsunlawyer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsunlawyer/status/751979118594404352">July 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;Don&#x27;t wear shorts so you won&#x27;t get raped&quot;<br/><br/>Society teaches &quot;Don&#x27;t get raped&quot; rather than &quot;Don&#x27;t rape&quot;. Charot!</p>— Ethel Booba (@IamEthylGabison) <a href="https://twitter.com/IamEthylGabison/status/752726991132962816">July 12, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Horrible remarks. Now, I wonder why did the electorate voted for Tito Sotto. Don&#x27;t let fame override necessity.</p>— Paul Lopez II (@Paul_Lopez_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Paul_Lopez_/status/752030718604120064">July 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Newly appointed MTRCB chair Eugenio Villareal said that they have noticed &quot;concerns raised over social media&quot; regarding Sotto&#x27;s remarks. He attached two articles on the issue and a post on Twitter urging MTRCB to investigate a video of the incident to his letter.</p><p>The inquiry is scheduled on July 21.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tito Sotto is the kind of gross creature you wish you never have to encounter in your life.</p>— Mikhail Quijano (@mikhailquijano) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikhailquijano/status/752000313498841088">July 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I don&#x27;t understand women who defend Tito Sotto for his misogynistic remarks. You are all supposed to call him out for it, not join him.</p>— Franchesca (@centurygoetheic) <a href="https://twitter.com/centurygoetheic/status/751994608674934784">July 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>During the &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; episode in question, the woman alleged that her male friend took advantage of her while she was drunk. She claimed to have no recollection of the incident, which led to her and her husband&#x27;s separation.</p><p>The woman&#x27;s confession prompted Sotto, as well as the other hosts, to suggest that a woman should not be drinking. The senator went on to criticize her choice of clothing, exclaiming: &quot;Naka-shorts habang nagsho-shot?&quot;</p>

The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has summoned the producers of 'Eat Bulaga' over the controversial remarks made by host, Senator Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III.