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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1772679948097composites 2 (1) (2).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Congress photo/Anne Curtis on Instagram</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Quezon City 4th District Rep. Jesus &quot;Bong&quot; Suntay on Thursday apologized for using a sexually suggestive example to prove a point at a House impeachment hearing this week, saying he deserved the backlash he had drawn. </p><p>Suntay on Tuesday said he couldn&#x27;t be sued for merely imagining &quot;desires&quot; for actress-host Anne Curtis while defending Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s &quot;imagined&quot; threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/4/house-panel-sara-duterte-impeachment-complaint-sufficient-in-substance-1403">House panel: Sara Duterte impeachment complaints ‘sufficient in substance’</a></div><p>Speaking to ABS-CBN News&#x27; Karen Davila on ANC, the lawmaker said using a sexual fantasy &quot;should not&quot; have been done to make a point and admitted that &quot;there could have been a better analogy.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Nag-a-apologize ako sa mga taong nasaktan. That analogy should not have been made. If people would want to judge me, yung pagkatao ko based from one statement and forget everything I’ve done in public service since 1998, then I cannot fault them,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;That mistake has been made... May backlash &#x27;yan. I deserve the backlash,&quot; he said. </p><p>Suntay, since Tuesday, has been receiving rebuke from lawmakers, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/4/women-s-groups-want-sanction-vs-rep-suntay-over-lewd-remark-1307">women&#x27;s groups</a>, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/3/4/jasmine-curtis-smith-to-qc-rep-bong-suntay-what-a-disgusting-man-0824">celebrities</a>, and the public. Some of them said he should be disciplined by the House of Representatives.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/4/women-s-panel-chair-wants-suntay-s-lewd-remarks-sent-to-house-ethics-committee-1932">Lawmakers push for ethics review over Suntay&#x27;s lewd remarks about Anne Curtis</a></div><p>Asked about a possible ethics complaint against him, Suntay said he would respect his House colleagues&#x27; actions.</p><p>&quot;If they want to file an ethics complaint, if they want to judge me, the person that I am, based from one particular statement, I respect it,&quot; he said.</p><p>He said he wished House members were also swift in filing an ethics complaint against lawmakers accused of graft and corruption.</p><p>Caloocan Second District Rep. Edgar Erice said Wednesday he believed it would be &quot;unfair&quot; for the Quezon City lawmaker to face sanctions for &quot;just one mistake.&quot; </p><p>Erice pointed out that ethics complaints concerning &quot;congtractors&quot; had been languishing before the panel and that &quot;a reprimand is enough&quot; for Suntay.</p><p>&quot;Of course, we cannot prevent a complaint by the offended party, by any women&#x27;s groups, so sa tingin ko puwede naman siguro na humingi na lang ng paumanhin si Congressman Suntay,&quot; he added. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/4/suntay-s-sorry-a-non-apology-says-zamora-says-but-nixes-ethics-complaint-1137">Suntay&#x27;s sorry a non-apology, says Zamora, but nixes ethics complaint</a></div><p>The Philippine Commission on Women on Wednesday said Suntay&#x27;s remarks were &quot;hallmarks of gender-based sexual harassment&quot; defined by the Safe Spaces Act.</p><p>&quot;And when it comes from a public official, it is a serious betrayal of public trust and a violation of the law,&quot; it said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Sw6QwV3DhE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Speaking to ABS-CBN News' Karen Davila on ANC, the lawmaker said using a sexual fantasy "should not" have been done to make a point and admitted that "there could have been a better analogy."</p>

Speaking to ABS-CBN News' Karen Davila on ANC, the lawmaker said using a sexual fantasy "should not" have been done to make a point and admitted that "there could have been a better analogy."

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Bong Suntay on Anne Curtis remarks: 'I deserve the backlash'

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published March 05, 2026 11:27 AM PHT

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