Social media personality Ate Dick calls out director Darryl Yap’s showmanship statement about presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s viral photo carrying her heels after the 3-hour-long CNN Presidential Debate on February 27.
Ate Dick wrote that the director has run out of valid arguments to attack the presidential candidate, citing that the director was making a big issue about VP Robredo’s choice to walk barefoot after standing in heels for three hours.
Nauubusan na ba ng valid argument si Darryl Yuck? This is something that makes no sense at all. Not even related to leadership or showmanship. Nakakaloka. Seryoso iyan?! Pati pagtanggal ng shoes naging issue na? Nyik. This is fart in the brain uy. pic.twitter.com/yJgQSxzv1P
— Ate Dick (Inah Evans) (@_AteDick) March 1, 2022
Other netizens chided the misogynistic views of the directors, with some women recalling the difficulty of standing in heels for hours.
https://twitter.com/itunhoe/status/1498532220302069763
https://twitter.com/neenatwt/status/1498658039078871045
Darryl Yap you're not a woman to know the struggle of wearing heels for hours, you don't get to have an opinion.
— K ♀ (@krisetteromero) March 1, 2022
We should stop giving Darryl Yap a platform to speak about politics. Ignore his misogynistic views about a strong woman wearing heels.
— Don (@_don_98) March 1, 2022
Some netizens noted that Yap couldn’t find faults in Robredo’s answer during the debate that he had to resort to attacking the presidential candidate’s heels.
Darryl Yap couldn't find faults in VP Leni's answers during the debate so he decided to mock her for being tired after 3 hours of standing in heels.
Resorting to Argumentum Ad Hominem – that's the true mark of a DDS & a loyalist.
— ⚖ (@_pearsonspecter) March 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/Cannotbefound3/status/1498457378957950977
nakakaloka lang na wala na talagang masabi si Darryl Yap about kay Lenikaya kahit ung pagsuot ng heels eh gagawan niya ng "red flag" kuno. may showmanship pang nalalaman eh skskskk wise decision daw yung di pag attend ng debate kasi "show" lang kasi sya for them lol
— Max (@mrxjhn) February 27, 2022
One netizen pointed out one of Yap’s key talking points in his Lenlen Reveal video about negative campaigning.
https://twitter.com/kurtblabla2/status/1498605425679564800
Earlier, Yap wrote on his Facebook account “Alam ng true leader kung gaano tumatagal ang mga debate; na sasakit ang kanyang binti at paa kung maghi-heels siya… Showmanship is not leadership.”
Earlier, Yap’s basis that Robredo shouldn’t get elected as president because she removed her heels after a three-hour-long debate sparked various reactions on social media.
