00:00Tito Boy, I have a question, Madam Chair, why do we like gossip, Tito Boy?
00:09We have joy that we get when others talk about us.
00:15It's entertainment for us.
00:18Entertainment for me is a sense of power.
00:21The sense of power that I'm able to talk about other people in this light, right?
00:27Most people say that gossip is done when you're at the back.
00:30You don't do gossip in front of people.
00:32It's different.
00:33It's in front of people. It's directed.
00:35That's why I react when people say that we're the purveyors of gossip
00:39because when we do talk shows like this one,
00:42we're very research-heavy.
00:44Correct. Yes.
00:45Right? We're very research-heavy.
00:47So when they say,
00:48Is what you're saying true?
00:50For example, me and my colleagues in Fast Talk,
00:53It's a long process before we say,
00:56Wait, are we going to say that?
00:58Are we going to ask that?
00:59What is the implication of this?
01:02What are we suggesting?
01:05I did political shows.
01:07Yes.
01:08Yes, of course.
01:08The more we're polite, thorough in brainstorming,
01:13the more thorough the shows are,
01:15just like Your Honor and Fast Talk.
01:17Yes.
01:18But who doesn't enjoy gossip?
01:21Right?
01:22That's true.
01:25Don't back out.
01:26No, it's just me. I'm the only one who's quiet.
01:29Oh, the ground is quiet.
01:31Yes.
01:32There's a lot of news.
01:33Yes, I'm just like that.
01:34I don't have the right to talk.
01:35So the word maybe, Your Honor, is Madam Chair.
01:39Maybe it's not necessary, but let's talk about the present tense.
01:44A part of Filipino life and a part of showbiz is gossip.
01:49What Tito Boy said is good.
01:51It's a part of Filipino life.
01:53That's right.
01:54Because if you look at it, language in itself,
01:56Filipino as a word,
01:58we're very inclusive, Tito Boy.
02:00Let's say, for example, the word food.
02:02Yes.
02:02Our use of food is socially heavy.
02:06We eat.
02:08We feed.
02:10We eat.
02:11There's always something to do with the interaction of people.
02:13So in relation to gossip,
02:16he used the tools of the early Filipinos
02:19to pass on oral history
02:21or to describe historical events.
02:24That's why the word gossip
02:26or the word of mouth,
02:27pasahan ng chika,
02:28which means
02:30not everything is wrong
02:31or not everything is ugly
02:32or for the sake of evil.
02:34Depending on the intent,
02:35Tito Boy, am I right?
02:36Yes, and I don't know if it helped or not.
02:40Even religion came here.
02:43That's right.
02:44We're the only Catholics in our place.
02:46I think this is said in the Bible.
02:47I'm not very familiar with it.
02:49But whoever says it is wrong,
02:51because it's an out-and-out.
02:53If you're gossiping,
02:54your intent is to destroy.
02:57So when you say gossip,
03:01it's not really good.
03:02But it's important
03:04that we get the context
03:06of how we use gossip
03:09in this day and age.
03:10Especially now in social media
03:12where platforms are very open.
03:14Yes.
03:14Tito Boy, there's a new term here.
03:16It's the modern term.
03:17It's not gossip anymore.
03:18It's called Marites.
03:20People call themselves Marites.
03:23Our Marites are really different.
03:26Some are really number one.
03:27While they're leaving,
03:28they're like,
03:29where's Mare?
03:30There.
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