Comedienne Candy Pangilinan has been getting flak from the Igorot community lately due to her remark during her pre-Mother's Day show at SM Baguio last Saturday, May 9.
According to a thread uploaded by a forum member at www.baguiocityonline.com last May 11, 2009, Candy arrived late for the show and she supposedly greeted the crowd with, "Tao po ako, hindi po ako Igorot." Jemz, the forum member, added that Candy repeated the remark later in the show.
The said joke apparently slighted some members in the audience, and right before the show ended, Candy issued an apology. But the remark reached the Net forums, and was referred to as "racial murder."
Early this week, Candy's Multiply page also generated negative reactions from people who are supposedly members and supporters of the Igorot community.
CANDY'S APOLOGY. Candy has posted apology after apology to tell those who cried foul when she actually meant "Igorot statue." She admitted not being able to say the word "statue," but that was what she really meant.
Today, May 13, Candy updated her blog in PEP and issued an apology. Part of the blog reads:
"I am more dissapointed with myself for being so irresponsible. Even if I didn’t intend to mean it that way, I accept my mistake. No explanation would suffice now..."
To read the entire entry, CLICK HERE.
comedy at the expense of other people! it's cheap!
it may not be her intentions to hurt the igorots but she just utter her prejudice that has been in her subconscious for a long long time.
I am not an Igorot but the pain reached my heart.
HONESTLY, hindi na nga sumikat sikat ng todo yang si CANDY pero eto pabulusok pababa na naman career niya.. haha..
bhala siya.. kaya nga wala masyadong nagcocomment sa blogs niya dati kasi wala masyadong appeal...
lahat nmn tayo minsan ay may nssbi na kpg narinig ng iba, eh nagiging negative. but we didn't meant it that way. so let's not judge her.
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Okay ka din. Ilokano naman ang binanatan mo. So what is the difference between you and Candy now?
Niyahahahahahah.......
sometimes din ksi before magbitiw ng joke eh tgnan an mga taong nakapaLigid!
tama din nman sya di nman ksi sya igorot!
i mean it's common reaction to be angry. nagalit din ang mga cebuano nun dahil sa slur ni tuesday vargas, pero di naman lumaki.
notice ko lang, simula pa nuon kapanahunan ni marky, over-defensive at sensitive ang mga igorot. ipaban talaga sa baguio si candy? geezzz
kung tutuusin mas mababait sila kaysa sa mga ilokano! no offense meant here pero this is base on my experience lang. Mas humble ang mga igorot di gaya ng mga ilokano na kung umasta e akala mong tga manila, haler???
Kung ayaw niyong tanggapin, ihabla niyo sa congresso. Sonofafizzie!!!
Kahiya ka Candy, naturingan ka pa namang edukada.
And People, please, it's not about being onion skinned. Ang mga Igorot, long ago, they were not even considered people by the Spanish. Much like the aborigines in Australia or the Native Americans in the US. So, for Candy to perpetuate this SLUR is of very poor taste. NOT FUNNY. Dapat sa yo banned sa Baguio at Buong Cordillera.