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Ms. Christy Fermin
by Rain B.
She looked at the camera with teary eyes, stroked the trophy with tenderness and thanked ABS-CBN,”ang estasyon na may haplos ng pagmamahal. Kahit ano pa gagawin ko, naririyan sila palagi”. That was more than five years ago. This year, the network knew Ms. Fermin has crossed the line, and changed the haplos into a slap.
She was never a darling to the masses, but she earned the people’s wrath when she dragged into the mess an innocent child. That was not just below the belt; it was an assault into our collective guts.
Bloggers, inventive as ever, resorted to name-calling: The Vermint, the Mrs. Shrek among others. And when news of her suspension was released, the blog world declared it a national holiday.
Blog posters, including Victorina’s readers who are never shy about their true feelings, released a barrage of comments and jokes that would have destroyed lesser beings. But Ms. Fermin is made of tougher hide, words couldn’t dismantle her.
Amiel sent 100 peso worth of prepaid load to me because I took his challenge of defending Ms. Fermin. I just thought the suspension was a fair punishment, because those shows were her bloodline. We can gloat once, but to do it repeatedly makes us look like a lynch mob calling for more blood after the beheading.
But Ms. Fermin was never apologetic, only defensive. Perhaps that’s a character she shares with GMA. Both women come up with alibis and excuses, and portray themselves as victims or survivors. They still believe that history will judge them kindly in the future, or they hope that like the fate of Imelda, people will simply forget what they have done.
Because she is Christy Fermin, she will be back, but hopefully wiser. She knows that her days of “getting away with it” are over because the blog world is like a big brother watching her every move.
So, because she made the blog world alive with her scandals that shook our intestines, our readers chose her the Victorina Icon 2008. I hope she will not run for the senate.
