Enter the Bandwagon

Earlier today, before the Kalyeserye segment, my wife browsed channels on TV and we saw something that was never expected of Showtime to do so bluntly. During its Advice Ganda segment, they called on a personality called "Pastillas Girl" and I became curious as to who she is.

I found out that she became a YouTube Sensation because of her instructional video about making pastillas. But even before watching, it was indicated in the title that it was a "bitter version".

So I watched the video and there was no kitchen, no aprons, no ingredients, and no props; just some girl wearing an olive-colored plain spaghetti strap and a gray background. It was no cooking show so I assumed that the "bitter" version may prove its essence.

And it did. At first, she mentioned ingredients then all of a sudden, I heard "hugot" lines coming from nowhere. But after hearing a few phrases, I already caught on the story that this is about a girl, using steps in making pastillas, to relay how she has been toyed and used by a boyfriend who plays along with different girls.

It was a bit off at first since you can already feel the hate gushing out of her gut. But worse, her simple metaphorical descriptions turned into  a whiplash of profane and crude language a little later in the vid; which I am not a fan of.

I am assuming that Showtime took her in to take a shot at raising their viewer rankings by sheltering in an online sensation and see if her presence would somehow click to the masses. I cannot tell whether their intention of helping the helpless girl is to make her happy with a love life, or to just rake in some numbers. I am not to judge, definitely.

However, comparing the status of the said "Pastillas Girl" to match that of Maine's achievements are purely unethical, malicious, maligning, and inconsiderate.

I cannot fathom that an innocent young woman, coming from a decent and God-fearing family, who became famous for dubsmashing in the sense of fun, would be compared side by side to a girl who became popular due to her hate statements and unbecoming behavior.

The Pastillas Girl could be popular on her own right. We at the AlDub Nation respect that. But to drag Yaya Dub's fame in this fiasco is one thing that we cannot take for granted. You cannot blame Maine's fans for reacting a bit off. It's a bad food to chew and she does not deserve the said insult.

As many of us here at the Nation told once before, we can brush the hate aside and live as if nothing happened. Let us just leave Showtime be and see if they would be successful in their interest in joining the bandwagon.

We AlDub You and may you be blessed in making those who were fooled by love happy with your newfound opportunity.