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HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM
LIKE KRISTETA?

Showbiz. That is the word that could best describe her. If there is one person in Philippine show business that epitomizes the word "showbiz", Kris Aquino is on top of the list. This latest episode of her life that hugged the headlines is just a clear example to her being showbiz.

How do you solve a problem like Kristeta?

Kris Aquino is one of the many personalities who does not care if her private affairs are laid open in public. What matters to her most is that she'll be always on the spotlight. No matter if people call her all sort of names for having been engaged with married man to another. No matter if her family is scandalized by the things she admitted on TV. For her those things are immaterial. As long as she is talked about (in Filipino, napaguusapan), she would be happy to jump into that opportunity.


For Kris, any issue about her, be it good or bad, is still publicity. That is very much like Kris. That is very showbiz.

Now before you accuse me of automatically jumping into conclusion. I would like to say that yesterday's turn of events is already enough for me to derive on this opinion.

What happened between Kris and Joey Marquez at the Essensa Tower in Fort Bonifacio is a private matter. And if indeed Joey physically harmed her and threatened her at gunpoint, then by all means she should report it to the authorities. There is nothing wrong with that! What is actually wrong is all these media coverage.

What happened at the Pacer compound at the Camp Crame yesterday was a show. The intention really was not to report to the authorities the alleged maltreatment done to her, that was just part of the script. The real intention was to grandstand, to have a show.

How did they do it?

First, they need the attention of the media. That is the most important part. Media people have no business at Pacer compound on that day. So what are they doing at the Pacer's compound before Kris arrived? Obviously they received a tip and that's why they were there to record and broadcast the show. Where does tip came from? Well it certainly won't come from Joey's camp, not from the PNP, but it should come from Kris camp.

The came the arrival. Kris arrived with her brother Tarlac Rep. Noynoy Aquino, lawyers Raymond Fortun and Rene Saguisag, and Mayor Jejomar Binay of Makati City. Have you noticed anything wrong with the picture? I do. Kris went there to blotter the incident. This is a very simple procedure of telling your complaints to the police officer and the police officer would record your complaint. Simple as that! I've done this before and any ordinary Filipino could do it. You don’t need all the legal expertise to do it.

I would understand if she arrived with her brother because that would be the right thing to do. But to come with your lawyers (who were not just ordinary lawyers) and with a powerful mayor, to assist you in making the simple task of making a blotter, your intention must be different. Of course the effect would have been different if Kris went there alone or with a not so known lawyer. She wants to create a bang and that’s what she did.

So everything was perfect. Media were in place and the luminaries as her escort. But that did not end there. Kris has to play her part too. And she played it well. The distraught lady and not talking the media, but making sure not to enter her vehicle immediately, linger for a while and make sure that the media can catch your supposed bruises in your arm, which is by the way very obvious if your skin is as immaculate as Kris skin is.

See everything was perfect. There is no reason why the media won't feast on it, all the elements of intrigue are present and that's what the media did.

Now you would ask me, why am I allotting some space (and time) in my blog just to talk about Kris and his affair with Joey?

Because one way of getting rid of your irritation is to write.

It bothers me that news like the leak in the Bar Exams, the appointment of Eduardo Ermita to the controversial defense post and other worthwhile news are being placed in the sideline while a lover's quarrel are given importance.

It sickens me that ABS-CBN to protect their prized talent in the person of Kris would once again (as always pala) loss its objectivity in its news and current affairs program just protect its talent. I mean, for the love of ethical journalism, what's the use of interviewing kids on your late night news program and asked them "who do you like, Kris or Joey?" Spare the kids, puhleesee! And what was the purpose of that man-on-the-street interview on Kris and Joey issue when you haven't really heard the other side of the story yet? Besides, it's a private matter and we shouldn't have any business about that!

Kris irritates me and the people who applauds her for her "honesty" by washing her dirty linens in public. Go ahead tell me about how you fell for a married men. I don't care. But broadcast it on a national TV where my five-year old niece whom I love so much is watching, that is another story. Have she taught about that? What kind or role modeling then would she give to the million of teenagers and kids who are watching her everyday?

Obviously, that won't matter to her. What matters to her is she'll be talk about. That is so showbiz!

How do you solve a problem like Kristeta?

Make her irrelevant. Let her feel that we don't approve what she is doing. That is the only way to solve the problem.

And yes, if you ask who I am inclined to believe? Call me a chauvinist, call me a pig, but I find Joey Marquez to be more credible.