WATCH: Duterte jokes about being 'distracted' by DA exec's legs

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<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="1456234" 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><p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday drew laughter from the audience after he joked about being “distracted” by the legs of a Department of Agriculture (DA) senior official.</p><p>“Berna, nadis-distract ako, you close your legs. National TV &#x27;no. Nakikinig pa ba ang papa mo?” Duterte said in a speech in Malacanang, referring to Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, a daughter of former Senator and Foreign Affairs Secretary <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/05/17/ex-senator-romulo-takes-oath-as-dbp-chairman" target="_blank">Alberto Romulo</a>.</p><p>The president has previously expressed his fondness for the mestiza widow. A <a href="http://lifestyle.asiandragonmagazine.com/2015/10/15/election-or-no-election-duterte/" target="_blank">photo</a> of them in 2015 posted by a website shows them holding hands.</p><p>In an interview with Asian Dragon magazine in 2015 when he was still weighing whether to run for president, then-Mayor Duterte said, “Election or no election, Berna remains to be my ideal first lady...She’s one person I’m proud of showing to the world.”</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday drew laughter from the audience after he joked about being “distracted” by the legs of a Department of Agriculture (DA) official.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday drew laughter from the audience after he joked about being “distracted” by the legs of a Department of Agriculture (DA) official.

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WATCH: Duterte jokes about being 'distracted' by DA exec's legs

WATCH: Duterte jokes about being 'distracted' by DA exec's legs

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Published Mar 07, 2017 09:42 PM PHT

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