Shiela Guevera, the wife of Quezon City Rep. Bong Suntay, issued a public apology to Anne Curtis for the controversial statements that the congressman said during a House committee hearing.
Photo: Sheila Guevera, Anne Curtis/Instagram
In an Instagram post, Shiela asserted that she condones the analogy and the lewd remarks made by her husband.
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“I want to be unequivocally clear: My children and I do not agree with, and we do not condone, the analogy made by Bong,” she wrote.
She also denied the claims that she had laughed at her husband’s statement.
“The news circulating, that I laughed and therefore approved of what was said is false, and I will not allow that narrative to stand unchallenged,” she said.
Afterwards, the matriarch directly addressed Anne to apologize: “To Anne Curtis and her family—I am deeply sorry. No woman should ever be spoken about that way, and I understand if words alone feel insufficient. Please know that my heart goes out to you, and I stand with you.”
“Every woman—regardless of who she is, who wife or daughter she may be, or whatever her background—deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. That is a value I hold deeply and will never compromise on,” she added.
Towards the end of the statement, she appealed to the public to leave her children out of the controversy.
“I also make this appeal with all sincerity: please leave me and my children out of this. We are not public figures. My children are children. No mother should have to watch her children be targeted and harassed for something they had no part in. I humbly ask the public and the media to respect that boundary. Thank you,” she concluded.
During a House committee hearing on March 3, Bong Suntay used the actress in an inappropriate analogy to explain his point.
“Alam niyo minsan, minsan nasa Shangri-La ako, nakita ko si Anne Curtis, ang ganda-ganda pala niya. You know, may desire sa loob ko na, nag-init talaga, na-imagine ko na lang kung ano’ng pwedeng mangyari pero siyempre hanggang imagination na lang ’yon. Pero ‘di naman siguro ako pwedeng kasuhan kung ano ang na-imagine ko eh (You know, sometimes when I’m at Shangri-La, I see Anne Curtis and realize how very beautiful she is. You know, I felt this desire inside me. I get really hot and I imagine what could happen, though of course it remained only in my imagination. But surely I can’t be charged for what I imagined, right)?” the congressman said.
As the controversial remark garnered backlash on social media, the lawmaker issued an apology but insisted that he just used an analogy to “make a point.”
“It was a fictitious scenario—an analogy I made to drive a point,” he said.
“I stand by that analogy that I made but if some people were offended, lalo na Women’s Month, I’m sorry for those who were offended but if you read the context talaga, there was nothing malicious in it,” he added.
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