Charles Teves
Character actor Ping Medina is badly in need of monetary assistance after his experience in becoming a sabong agent.
His latest Instagram upload is titled “MY WEIRD BIRTHDAY POST. Friends, I need a huge favor,” where he asks his followers to donate any amount of money to his GCash and bank account.
“See, I tried being a sabong agent last month. My master agent asked me for money to keep our account going.
“I also had a player who would spend 10k a day so when she asked for an advance I thought she was good for it. They both haven’t paid me,” he explained, saying the total amount is 36k.
The money was supposed to be spent on his rent and condo payments.
“That’s my business’ rent money and 2 months amortized rent for my condo this coming Aug 1. I don’t know when they will pay.”
He started off good amid the pandemic but things have gone south ever since.
“The second ECQ killed physical store sales at Bulilith Smoked Sausages.
“Customer traffic is starting to normalize but there were 3 months of people not wanting to go out,” he added.
When he was looking for another source of income, he stumbled upon the sabong business.
“Unfortunately, sabong found me. I never gambled before in my life so I didn’t know the effect it has on people.
“Sadly, I’ve come to witness that it is truly an addiction preying on weak minds.”
Netizens pounced on Medina and mocked his decision.
But sabong is sabong. From my experience w/my siblings, nothing good comes out of any form of sugal. I hope wag na nya balikan ang ganung gawain. Otherwise, it'll just send the wrong message that you can get away w/ stuff like that bec. people will help you anyway. 2/2
— eds.she.ran.away.again (@eds_she_ran) July 26, 2021
Ping Medina really went from online sabong to online limos.
— ً (@hyukjaesass) July 26, 2021
Some also made fun of his peculiar sexual strategies to get women to sleep with him. Fellow actor Baron Geisler, who urinated on Medina in a taping in 2016, accused him of raping his ex-girlfriend.
Last year, multiple women came out and shared stories of him forcing them to have anal sex. The accusations had people labeling him as a sexual predator.
Help nyo si Ping Medina. Can't invite girls on Tinder to your condo if you don't have one.
— not kat stratford (@notkatstratford) July 26, 2021
Manyakol ka kase
— AnonaHannah (@AnonaHannah) July 26, 2021
Tindi ng apog nitong rape suspect na ito. Tipikal na gawain talaga ng mga kontra sa gobyerno ang manghingi ng limos. Nagpautang ba talaga o nalugi sa SUGAL? Wag ka nga manloko. Kinakarma talaga yung mga walang modo sa pambabastos sa pangulo.
— King_Leonidas (@Maverick_Lion) July 26, 2021
Sa tinder ka mag advertise. Potacca
— AnonaHannah (@AnonaHannah) July 26, 2021
@PingMedina kapal naman ng mukha mong manghingi ng donation para sa birthday mo, yung ibang nagbibirthday nagkakasya lang sa pancit, fiesta ba ang birthday mo? kapal ng mukha mo
— ako si kolokoy (@AkoKolokoy) July 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/Azuuulaaa/status/1419571487233609729?s=20
Right now, he just wants to move to Sagada and become a farmer.
“I’d rather lose everything then move to Sagada to plant crops.
He was “totally ready to fulfill my life-long dream of being a meditating forest hermit.
“I’m gonna do that I want to be sure I’ve exhausted all possible means to keep up this lifestyle.
“I can let go of all this. Lifestyle is not important. Life is.
“So now, I’m publicly begging for birthday donations. For me. Doesn’t matter if it’s 1 or 1000 pesos.
“Today, I am relying on your kindness.
He also planned on establishing a community pantry funded by his earnings from gambling.
“I was planning to do a community pantry from my sabong earnings but alas. Lol. If ever there are excess donations I would gladly use it for that!” he ended his note.
