MANILA, Philippines – The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board on Wednesday summoned Eat Bulaga and The Ryzza Mae Show producers to a mandatory conference over “scenes allegedly insensitive and unfriendly to children.”
The MTRCB, in a statement sent to media, said some scenes shown by the two programs “palpably violate the dignity of the child,” prompting them to summon on September 5 the show’s producer TAPE, Inc. and GMA Channel 7, where both shows air.
The Board mentioned two episodes: Eat Bulaga’s July 29 episode where a host “spat juice into the face of child actress-host Ryzza Mae Dizon” and the Ryzza Mae Show’s August 14 episode where a contest winner called the child “landing bata ka.”
In the August 14 episode, Dizon reportedly replied to the unnamed winner that “she was just a child, and asking the said guest not to be harsh on her.”
“The MTRCB hopes in the cooperation of all those concerned in finding out what caused these scenes, who are responsible therefore, and what immediate and concrete measures can be done so they do not happen again,” the statement read.
The MTRCB said there was “serious and urgent concern for the welfare of children, who are most vulnerable in media and entertainment.”
