15/10/2026
‘DISABILITY IS NEVER A PUNCHLINE. CRUELTY IS NEVER COMEDY’
House Committee on Women and Gender Equality Chairperson Ann Matibag condemned the offensive remarks of the hosts of the podcast “Machong Chismisan” against Kris Aquino’s son, Josh.
“As a mother, I am deeply angered by the public ridicule directed at Josh Aquino, a person with disability. As a children's rights advocate and a woman leader, I find it appalling that grown men would turn someone's disability into entertainment. There is nothing funny, brave, or masculine about mocking someone who may not be in a position to defend himself. That is not humor. That is cruelty,” she said in a statement on Wednesday.
In the podcast, the hosts called Josh “walang kwenta” and compared him to his brother Bimby.
“I stand with Josh Aquino, his mother Kris, and every family fighting for the dignity and protection of their loved ones. This is not simply about one podcast or one offensive remark,” she added. (Facebook/Ann Matibag)
