Canal said the tears were fake, "I wanted to appear sad, because he thought the ball sorequired"
NR: Hmm, for me (marble) that will be put in jail for abuse and stupid.
Manila (EFE). The behavior of one of the most popular hosts of the Philippines, whichwas wiggling like a stripper to a 6-year-old contestant who looked visibly vexed as hecheered the audience has sparked an uproar and led to today asking TV5 apologies.
The Minister for Social Welfare, Corazon Soliman, condemned "emotional abuse and humiliation" suffered by the child on "Willing Willie"and expressed concern that the host,Willie Revillame, and the public did not show any pity for the child, who ended up crying on stage.
Soliman stressed that "the pictures show the boy dancing with a face of disgust"and said he could be traumatized by being "forced to imitate adult behavior in exchange for money"and "endure the taunts of hundreds of people. "
Apologizes CHANNEL HALF
Both Revillame as the television channel TV5 can be reported for violating the law of child abuse.
The TV channel has broadcast a statement of apology in which stresses that at no time intended to embarrass the guy, he insists that the tears were fake because they "wanted to appear sad, but not because they force him to do so but because he thought the dance so required and was playing the role. "
The recording of the action that has spread like wildfire through social networks,contradicts this claim when the announcer says at one point: "It is obvious that it does so reluctantly, but must do so by his family. "
The contestant, who competed for the second time and was accompanied by an aunt, belongs to a poor family and earned 10,000 pesos (162 euros or 230 dollars) with his performance in that program, allocating cash prizes, cars and other gifts to the participants on taking the stage to act.
Revillame and grabbed headlines five years ago when more than 70 people died in a stampede in line to participate in the program which then had another TV channel.
