Vice Ganda slams bashers comparing his jokes to Manny Pacquiao’s homophobic remark

Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2016/021716/UP/021716-viceganda.jpg' alt='021716-viceganda.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Comedian Vice Ganda did not mince his words when he addressed critics who are attacking him for his past jokes. </div><div><br/></div><div>It may be recalled that Vice was one of the most outspoken members of the LGBT community who slammed aspiring senator Manny Pacquiao’s recent “homophobic remark” wherein he likened same-sex marriage to animals. </div><div><br/></div><div>Although the boxing champ has since apologized about the comment and with certain LGBT members accepting it, Vice maintained that he would still not vote for Manny. </div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='021716-viceganda1.jpg' width='595' height='312' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>However, despite the apology, certain netizens brought up the past controversy that Vice got embroiled in. It may be recalled that he drew flak two years ago after he poked fun about veteran broadcaster Jessica Soho getting raped. </div><div><br/></div><div>Although the two have made peace over the incident, a number of netizens thought that Vice himself is an offensive comedian. </div><div><br/></div><div>Vice via his Twitter account on Wednesday faced his bashers head on and reiterated that the current issue is not about him. </div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2016/021716/UP/021716-viceganda2.jpg' alt='021716-viceganda2.jpg' width='595' height='346' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2016/021716/UP/021716-viceganda3.jpg' alt='021716-viceganda3.jpg' width='600' height='327' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Fans of the phenomenal box office star, even made the hashtag “we love Vice Ganda” the second top trending topic on Twitter as of this writting.</div><div><br/></div><div>In the end, Vice left a meaningful tweet for his followers to ponder on.</div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center;'><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2016/021716/UP/021716-viceganda4.jpg' alt='021716-viceganda4.jpg' width='595' height='349' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

Vice stressed that a comedian’s joke is different from a politician’s statement

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