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'Baliw!' Ryan Bang's joke about Calvin Abueva surprises Vice Ganda

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/12/20181012-vice.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Ryan Bang&#x27;s joke about Calvin Abueva appeared to take Vice Ganda by surprise. </figcaption></figure></div><p>It&#x27;s his job to make people laugh. But there&#x27;s at least one person on &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; this Friday who didn&#x27;t find Ryan Bang&#x27;s newest quip funny -- and that was Vice Ganda. </p><p>The comedian was noticeably shocked when Bang joked that he calls Calvin Abueva his &quot;daddy,&quot; perhaps worried that this would further fuel rumors that he&#x27;s dating the basketball star. </p><p>&quot;Hoy baliw, s*** ulo ka. Ang pangit ng chika mo,&quot; Vice Ganda said, not unreasonably flustered. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1421741" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></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>For those who are not all that familiar with local showbiz, Bang fondly refers to Vice Ganda as his &quot;mommy,&quot; so it&#x27;s easy for fans to quickly put two and two together. </p><p>Couple that with last month&#x27;s questions about his relationship with the Phoenix player -- he attended one of Abueva&#x27;s games -- and Vice Ganda&#x27;s panicked reaction was understandable. </p><p>Of course, it also didn&#x27;t help that Vice Ganda&#x27;s &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; co-hosts had been teasing him over this since last week,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jxiz5fSGfM"> egging him on to greet the player</a> while they were on air. </p><p>Abueva has already <a href="https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/what-s-real-score-between-vice-ganda-and-the-beast-calvin-speaks-up-a793-20180923">clarified that their closeness </a>was because they are old friends. </p><p>He even shared that the comedian is the ninong of his son, Deandre Calvin. </p><p>It remains unclear whether Abueva is currently single, as there was no report of him and his wife, whom he has four kids with, calling it quits. </p><p>There was talk, however, of their marriage being on the rocks earlier this year. </p>

<p>It's his job to make people laugh. But there's at least one person on "It's Showtime" this Friday who didn't find Ryan Bang's newest quip funny -- and that was Vice Ganda. </p>

It's his job to make people laugh. But there's at least one person on "It's Showtime" this Friday who didn't find Ryan Bang's newest quip funny -- and that was Vice Ganda.