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, we're very research-heavy.
00:44Correct. Yes.
00:45Right? We're very research-heavy.
00:47So when they say, is what you're saying true?
00:50For example, me and my colleagues in Fast Talk, the process is long before we say,
00:56wait, are we going to say that? Are we going to ask that?
00:59What is the implication of this? What are we suggesting?
01:04I did political shows.
01:07Yes.
01:08The more we're polite, thorough in brainstorming,
01:13the more thorough the shows are, 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, because I'm the only one who only listens.
01:29Oh, the ground has ears.
01:31Yes.
01:32The news has ears.
01:33Yes, I'm just like that.
01:34I have no 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.
01:44Part of Filipino life and part of showbiz is gossip.
01:49What Tito Boy said is beautiful, that it's a part of Filipino life.
01:54Because if you look at it, language in itself, Filipino as a word,
01:58we're very inclusive, Tito Boy.
02:00Let's say, for example, the word food.
02:02We use the word food in a socially heavy way.
02:06Nagsikainan.
02:08Nagpakain.
02:10Nanginain.
02:11There's always something to do with the interaction of people.
02:13So in relation to gossip, he used the tool of the ancient Filipinos
02:19to pass on oral history or to describe historical events.
02:24That's why gossip or the word of mouth, pasahan ng chika,
02:29is not all wrong or not all bad.
02:33It depends 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. We're the only Catholics in our place.
02:46I think it's said in the Bible. I'm not familiar with it.
02:49But it's an out-and-out.
02:53When you gossip, your intent is to destroy.
02:57So when you say gossip, it's not really good.
03:02But it's important to get the context of using gossip in this day and age.
03:10Especially now in social media.
03:12Platforms are so open.
03:14Yes. There's a new term here, Tito Boy.
03:16It's the modern term. It's not gossip anymore.
03:18It's mamarites.
03:20People call him marites now.
03:23Our marites are different.
03:26There are the number one ones.
03:29Where's Mare?
03:30I have hot news here.
03:32Speaking of kinds of gossip and gossip in the Philippines,
03:37that's what you call the first honor marites.
03:40Yes, that's what I call it.
03:41She has all the juicy gossip.
03:44She's the first to know.
03:46And you're not allowed to interrupt.
03:48Yes.
03:49You need to finish that.
03:50But usually, the first honor marites
03:53heard for example that
03:55Mrs. Cora's husband saw a woman talking in the corner.
04:01That's the truth.
04:02That's what they heard.
04:04Yes.
04:05She doesn't know who, what time, she doesn't know.
04:08Everyone will provide information
04:11that's in the context of what they saw.
04:14There was a conversation in the corner.
04:16It's been a long time since other women gossiped.
04:20And the woman is white.
04:21She likes white people, right?
04:22Yes.
04:23Then, at 6 in the afternoon,
04:26she left her job at 3.
04:28Why is she still there at 6?
04:30That's the first honor marites.
04:32She has an opinion that's being added.
04:35It's not an opinion.
04:36It's presented as facts.
04:38Right?
04:39It's just a story in the corner.
04:42But she's the one who provides the reasons.
04:44Why is she still there at 6?
04:46She left her job at 3.
04:48She likes white people.
04:49This is her husband.
04:50He's the one who's included in the story.
04:53He likes that.
04:54And he's being added. I know that.
04:56It's being added.
04:58Because her brother is a high school classmate.
05:00So there's credibility.
05:02You have to build that credibility.
05:04Her brother is also like that.
05:06They're very close.
05:07Her husband is poor.
05:08He washes the dishes every day.
05:09And you know, he has 5 children.
05:11Where did he go?
05:13That's the first honor.
05:14Wow.
05:15It just started when she saw him at the council.
05:16Yes.
05:17She went to her husband's family.
05:20There's another one, Uncle Boy.
05:22Wait, before we finish that.
05:24Can the first honor marites say,
05:26I know that.
05:27Do you know why?
05:28Don't tell others, okay?
05:30She courted me when we were singing.
05:32So I know.
05:33She's so beautiful.
05:34Yes.
05:35Did she really say that?
05:37Yes.
05:38The enabler of the first honor marites,
05:40she said,
05:41Really?
05:42Don't tell others, okay?
05:43Me too.
05:44She also courted me.
05:45The second honor.
05:46There.
05:47That's why they understand each other.
05:49Right?
05:50Can you imagine?
05:51When that happens to one of their friends.
05:54It's not like that anymore.
05:55There's someone who's already traveling.
05:57They're already walking to get a taxi or a jeep.
06:01It's getting wider and wider.
06:03Yes.
06:04Because the more complicated the story is,
06:08and the more you defend it,
06:09the more credible the story.
06:11Yes.
06:12Because why would she do something elaborate
06:14if there's nothing to remove?
06:15You keep thinking,
06:16Oh, this is true.
06:17I don't want to tell others.
06:18Because,
06:19this is just our story.
06:20Because,
06:21what will I see if I close it?
06:23I'll just say that I'm telling the truth.
06:25I don't want gossip.
06:27Yes.
06:28Yes, we know.
06:30So, when we tell you that I'm not a gossip,
06:33and I don't gossip anymore,
06:34that's number one.
06:35You'll start suspecting.
06:36You'll start suspecting.
06:37You'll be the next one to talk.
06:39Yes.
06:40It's scary.
06:41Tito Boy's Marites is so good at detecting.
06:44Here, you've already detected this, Tito Boy.
06:46Good for Marites.
06:47There.
06:48I'm just concerned.
06:50Oh, that's a lot.
06:51Eugenio.
06:52I'm just concerned.
06:53That's it.
06:54Your neighbor has eight children.
06:56After that,
06:57she doesn't even leave food.
06:59She leaves the house.
07:00The kids are scattered on the street.
07:02What if there's a DSW here?
07:04There's no neighbor.
07:05I'm the only one who's worried.
07:07You know, that woman,
07:08she's like that.
07:09Suddenly, she's like that.
07:11She's like that.
07:12She has a lot of husbands.
07:13Some are fathers of children.
07:14That's right.
07:15She's like that.
07:16But I'm just concerned.
07:17She's like that.
07:18She's like that.
07:19You know me.
07:21I haven't done anything in my life.
07:24Ever since I left work and retired,
07:26every morning, I go to church.
07:28Wow.
07:29So, it's true.
07:30Yes.
07:31So, what I'm about to say,
07:32don't get me wrong.
07:34You're going to say,
07:35she has a lot of children.
07:36She doesn't do anything.
07:37Etc.
07:38And there's an addition to that.
07:40At the end,
07:41I'm not sure if it's just this.
07:43Because I heard,
07:44before they got married,
07:45she had two children.
07:47In one SEMA,
07:48she's not here anymore.
07:49Oh, really?
07:50Yes.
07:52That's a lot of build up.
07:53Yes.
07:54If I listen to it,
07:55I'm like,
07:56wow, juicy.
07:57I'm not lying.
07:58In that SEMA,
07:59maybe we were the only ones
08:00who were told that.
08:01Really?
08:02Yes.
08:03Because,
08:04my cousin was on the boat with her.
08:06Wow.
08:07So,
08:08that's it.
08:09That's really nothing.
08:10Yes.
08:11It's a different kind.
08:12Best in weaving.
08:13Your story is so good.
08:15Can you believe me?
08:17Honestly.
08:18For example,
08:19I overheard,
08:20that's really nothing.
08:22It's not in my defense.
08:24But,
08:25I remember now,
08:26I did this paper,
08:27for my masters.
08:28That's why,
08:29there's a lot of,
08:30there's this exercise,
08:31that,
08:32for example,
08:33you said this one thing,
08:34after 50,
08:35the story is different.
08:36Yes.
08:37There's a game like that.
08:38Pass the message.
08:39Pass the message.
08:40Yes.
08:41The pass the message game.
08:42That's it.
08:43That's the gossip.
08:44And then,
08:45why is there an addition?
08:46Because,
08:47that becomes an issue,
08:48of being in,
08:49of power.
08:51I also know something,
08:52that you don't know.
08:53You don't know?
08:54Do you know,
08:55that there's another child,
08:56that,
08:57there's another child.
08:58And then,
08:59there's that,
09:00when you call someone new,
09:01that they don't know.
09:02Oh,
09:03that's really something.
09:04That's it.
09:05And then,
09:06this one,
09:07I'm just rare.
09:08You know,
09:09I really don't like it.
09:10This one,
09:11swear.
09:12Like that.
09:13There's a swear?
09:14There's that.
09:15And then,
09:16I like the one from the church.
09:17And then,
09:18the good thing about this,
09:19the good thing about this,
09:20the good thing about this,
09:21is me,
09:22I'm just clarifying,
09:23I'm just concerned.
09:24Oh my God.
09:25Yes.
09:26For the welfare,
09:27not just for her,
09:28but for the children.
09:29Oh,
09:30right?
09:31Right?
09:32Good Samaritans.
09:33For the children,
09:34the whole family is ruined,
09:36but concerned.
09:37And then,
09:38how many children?
09:39That's already 36.
09:40Correct.
09:41Do you know,
09:42the people now,
09:43that are watching us,
09:44that's how it is.
09:45Huh?
09:46They all relate.
09:47There's one mom,
09:48that stood up,
09:49and said,
09:50get out of here.
09:51It's like,
09:52it's like,
09:53that's me.
09:54That's right.
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