On June 30, Kapuso host-actor Paolo Contis recounted his advice to Betong Sumaya on handling online bashers.
At the media event for the new time slot of ‘Bubble Gang,’ Contis narrated how he caught Sumaya reading the online comments on the airing of the revamped ‘Eat Bulaga!’
“Si Betong, hindi ‘yan sanay sa ganiyan, tapos sensitive si Betong. Noong pilot namin, habang nagla-live kami ng show, nasa kanto ‘yan, nagbabasa ng bashing, sabi ko, ‘Hoy, bakit ka nagbabasa.’ Huwag mo nang anuhin kasi tatamaan ka naman.”
He then shared his advice to Sumaya on handling online bashing.
“Ang akin lang, ang kaya mong i-improve ang sarili mo hindi ka tatablan ng kahit anong bashing. Kasi kahit anong sabihin nila, kung satisfied ka naman sa ginawa mo, wala ng importante pa doon.
“Sabi ko nga, intindihin niya ‘yung bashing kapag binash ko siya. Hindi kasi kapag sinasabi kong, ‘ang pangit, Bets, nataranta ka kanina.’ Tapos siya rin, sila rin, kapag may mali ako, sila ‘yung pinakikinggan ko, hindi ‘yung mga tao.”
He also remembered some of the more intense bashings he got online while hosting the revamped ‘Eat Bulaga!’
“Mas marami, lalo na sa akin kasi pati personal kong buhay, ano eh. Pero, pagdating sa hosting– actually hindi naman masakit pagdating sa hosting, kasi alam mo naman– sa akin ha– alam ko naman na maganda ‘yung ginagawa ko. I do my assignment, pinag-aaralan ko ‘yung script ko. Pero ‘yung mga mamatay ka na, bakit ka ba nandiyan, para sa akin, parang okay, so feeling ninyo masama ako?
“Never akong pumatol, never. Kasi kapag pinatulan mo naman ‘yun hahaba lang.”
Earlier, Sumaya admitted in a TikTok Live that he got emotional because of some of the bashing he and other ‘Eat Bulaga’ hosts received.
As for ‘Bubble Gang,’ the longest-running comedy-gag show features a new lineup of stars with Michael V, Contis, Sumaya, Chariz Solomon, Kokoy De Santos, Edgar Allan Guzman, Buboy Villar, Ana Barro, Chesca Fausto, Mika Salamanca, and Jelai Andres.
After 27 years on the Friday late-night slot, ‘Bubble Gang’ moves to Sunday, 6 p.m. starting July 9.
