About Jan-jan, the "Dancing" Boy on Willing Willie

[peewee_toot]

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ana ra jd ng showbiz. sakyan ang feelings sa mga tao. dili ra mn sd ang willing willie ang ing ani. rampant ni sa pinas. maybe sa ubang nasud pd...

[iProvide]

Hahayyy nalang natong mga pinoy oi....Naa jud to sayop gamay oi sa guardian ug sa show ni willie.... Makama.o jud ning DSWD dah tsktsktsk.... Alam na ang direction... heheheh.. klarex kaau mo oi....

I noticed also na every time mo dance si jan - jan mohilak jud siya.... for me i think it was just part of his dancing... Hope i can ask jan-jan about this.... hehehehe....

[THE SKULLS]

na trauma na tingali to

[peewee_toot]

saludo ko ni jan2x. tried crying while dancing... and it's F*ckin hard...

[nightzlayer]

Controversial child Jan-Jan returns to Willing Willie, says he was crying because he was afraid of ex-cager in audience

Following the backlash from a viral Youtube clip showing six-year-old Jan-Jan crying while gyrating on Willing Willie, Jan-Jan returned to the TV-5 show yesterday with his family and explained why he was in tears.

He and his father Jojo Estrada said he was crying because he was afraid of former basketball player Bonel Balingit, who was an audience member when Jan-Jan appeared on Willing Willie. Estrada said Jan-Jan described Balingit as a "kapre," a popular mythical creature from Filipino folklore.

Asked who taught Jan-Jan the controversial dance, Estrada pointed to his nephew in the audience, whom he did not identify. His nephew said it was Jan-Jan who wanted to learn the dance, and the boy affirmed this. Jan-Jan's mother Diana added that the boy has been doing the dance—to the tune of "Careless Whisper"—since he was three years old.

Estrada defended his son's Willing Willie act and denied allegations that having him perform as such was child abuse. "Kagustuhan ng anak ko 'yon. Siyempre gusto ng anak kong sumikat, mag-artista kaya 'yon ang ginawa niya para maiba siya... Hindi kasalanan ng anak ko na maging gano'n kasi ang pagkakaalam niya, maganda ang ginagawa niya."

("It was my son who wanted to do the dance. Of course he wants to be famous and to join showbiz so he did it to stand out... He's not at fault because as far as he knows, what he's doing is good.")

Estrada was visibly proud of his son's dance, even repeatedly offering to have him dance again on the show. He claimed that many Youtube users and his cousins in the US have commended Jan-Jan's skills. At one time, people in Quiapo recognized his son and asked to have pictures taken with him, according to Estrada. He said the owners of the computer shop near their house even let Jan-Jan use their facilities for free because they were extremely happy with his dance.

Asked how they spent the P10,000 cash prize Jan-Jan got earlier, Estrada said they bought the boy an mp5 player and bike.

Later, Jan-Jan danced again on the show but Revillame refused to play Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode," which the boy gyrated to the last time he was there. Instead, they played Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Revillame had to cut short Jan-Jan's performance when the boy imitated Jackson's crotch-grab move. Jan-Jan later performed Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me" with his younger sister and father joining in.

Revillame apologized towards the end of the segment on Jan-Jan. "Kung may na-offend kami, humihingi kami ng paumanhin... Ang importante, nakita nating maging masaya ang pamilyang ito. (If we offended anyone, I'm sorry... What's important is that we were able to see this family happy.)"

Yesterday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said the Willing Willie incident was a "blatant manifestation of child abuse," while the Movie and Television Classification Board said they have "referred the matter to the Hearing and Adjudication Committee for appropriate disposition."

Citing these government actions and more, Revillame said, "Ang daming problema ng bansa katulad ng bibitayin, 'yong mga corrupt. Tapos itong maliit na bagay na binastos ko raw ang bata... Wala pong gano'n at hindi ko gagawin 'yan." ("Our country has so many problems like corruption and the three Filipinos on death row in China. This is just a small issue, that I allegedly abused a child. I did not and will not do that.")

Yesterday, TV-5 also issued a statement saying the network, the show producers and Revillame "sincerely and deeply apologize" for the controversial segment.

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

^hahahahaha, mao d-ay nihilak ang bata, na'a di-ay kapre, tawn sad

[samsungster]

only in the philippines...

[flextime]

Everyone is just using this issue to further their own agenda.

Everyone cries that the child was "exploited" and the same people who are screaming bloody murder are the ones who are milking this incident for all that it's worth.

It's ironic how people are so quick to defend the child for those who would exploit him only to use him to cast a spotlight on themselves.

Anything sincere and true is not done in a public arena.

1. The person who wrote an open letter to Willie in Facebook. Why write it in Facebook? If you were sincere about your intentions, then write it to Willie himself. Or to the management of his network. Writing letters to people on Facebook is just self-promotion.

2. Everyone government agency weighing in on the issue. Don't you have better things to do with your time? Is this really an efficient use of the government's time funded by taxpayers? If someone really wants to pursue these allegations of abuse and exploitation, let it be done through the proper channels. Get back to your jobs and stop trying to get your 15 minutes.

3. Malacanang and its expression of disapproval. Seriously? There is nothing bigger on your plate that you have to waste your time and our money on expressions of disapproval?

4. Every blogger putting in their two cents and giving their unsolicited advice. Find some other way to generate traffic to your blogs.

Amen.

[ocelot]

not to mention na nag apil2x ang CHR ani nga issue.

[birdboy]

sus oi, oversensitive. himo² ug issue bisag wa gyud.