Social media personality Ate Dick calls out director Darryl Yap’s showmanship statement about presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s viral photo carrying her heels after the 3-hour-long CNN Presidential Debate on February 27.
Ate Dick wrote that the director has run out of valid arguments to attack the presidential candidate, citing that the director was making a big issue about VP Robredo’s choice to walk barefoot after standing in heels for three hours.
Nauubusan na ba ng valid argument si Darryl Yuck? This is something that makes no sense at all. Not even related to leadership or showmanship. Nakakaloka. Seryoso iyan?! Pati pagtanggal ng shoes naging issue na? Nyik. This is fart in the brain uy. pic.twitter.com/yJgQSxzv1P
— Inah Evans (Ate Dick) (@_AteDick) March 1, 2022
Other netizens chided the misogynistic views of the directors, with some women recalling the difficulty of standing in heels for hours.
hahshhahaha tangina ang daming comments about sa heels ni VP Leni tapos karamihan sa may mga say lalaki hajshjahajsha putangina niyo ba??? kung di niyo na-experience maglakad pls manahimik na lang kayo. lalo ka na darryl yap tangina mo may masabi ka lang 😭
— rai (@lTZIARITUNO) March 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/neenatwt/status/1498658039078871045
https://twitter.com/krisetteromero/status/1498541003137220608
https://twitter.com/dodon_delgado/status/1498539333279649794
Some netizens noted that Yap couldn’t find faults in Robredo’s answer during the debate that he had to resort to attacking the presidential candidate’s heels.
Darryl Yap couldn't find faults in VP Leni's answers during the debate so he decided to mock her for being tired after 3 hours of standing in heels.
Resorting to Argumentum Ad Hominem – that's the true mark of a DDS & a loyalist.
— ⚖ (@_pearsonspecter) March 1, 2022
Darryl Yap, yung pagsuot talaga ni VP Leni ng heels yung napansin mo? Sabagay wala kayong mabash kasi sobrang well detailed nung pagsagot nya sa debate. Hay ikaw ang puppet hindi siya.
Unprofessional shit
— Peanutpie (@Cannotbefound3) March 1, 2022
nakakaloka lang na wala na talagang masabi si Darryl Yap about kay Lenikaya kahit ung pagsuot ng heels eh gagawan niya ng "red flag" kuno. may showmanship pang nalalaman eh skskskk wise decision daw yung di pag attend ng debate kasi "show" lang kasi sya for them lol
— Max (@kiss_makuuu) February 27, 2022
One netizen pointed out one of Yap’s key talking points in his Lenlen Reveal video about negative campaigning.
https://twitter.com/kurtblabla2/status/1498605425679564800
Earlier, Yap wrote on his Facebook account “Alam ng true leader kung gaano tumatagal ang mga debate; na sasakit ang kanyang binti at paa kung maghi-heels siya… Showmanship is not leadership.”
Earlier, Yap’s basis that Robredo shouldn’t get elected as president because she removed her heels after a three-hour-long debate sparked various reactions on social media.