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Kit Thompson still won’t say ‘masasamang words’ in reaction to viral ‘PBB’ video

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<p>MANILA—He didn’t then, he still wouldn’t now.</p><p>Yes, Kit Thompson is aware that a video of his teenage self crying and trying not to swear has been turned into a meme on social media in recent weeks.</p><p>The clip, uploaded on Twitter by user @stacetubeza, came from the 2012 teen edition of “Pinoy Big Brother,” where Thompson, then 15, was one of the housemates.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">yung hindi lumabas sa exam yung pinag-aralan mo <a href="https://t.co/eIi5r4vlaY">pic.twitter.com/eIi5r4vlaY</a></p>— stacy (@stacetubeza) <a href="https://twitter.com/stacetubeza/status/1166674256953954305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“Gusto ko sumabog at sabihin ang masasamang . . . mga words,” Thompson, in tears, is seen saying in the video.</p><p>The original context of Thompson containing his anger was an open forum between the boys and girls of his batch. They were discussing the resulting friction of a task that had prohibited them from talking to each other.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ylELL7r7UE?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Seven years later, however, Thompson’s line about controlling his temper has taken a life of its own, with the Twitter clip being turned into a meme where users attach new meanings to the statement.</p><p>Thompson, now 22, fittingly took to social media to give his own take on the meme. This time, his frustration was with the circulation of the video.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/officialkitthompson/videos/737289026701174" data-width="auto"> </div><p>“Bakit niyo hinahalungkat mga old videos ko? Gusto ko na magsalita ng masasamang . . . words,” he said in jest, re-enacting his apparent difficulty speaking straight Filipino years prior.</p>