CONTROVERSY. Bacolod-based broadcast executive Jean Paul Generoso finds himself in hot water over an on-air rape joke.
Suspended broadcast executive Jean Paul Generoso publicly apologizes for his offensive remarks
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – What began as a crude on-air banter about wanting to rape a reporter and face the prospect of going to jail alongside an alleged child beater quickly spiraled into a firestorm in Bacolod City. His remarks outraged women’s groups, local officials, and his own colleagues, and led to his indefinite suspension.
Broadcast executive Jean Paul Generoso, head of the human resources office of K5 News FM Network, made the offensive remark during a live broadcast of the “11MBPS” program on Wednesday, May 20, while discussing the case of a man accused of giving his seven-year-old daughter a beating at the city’s public plaza.
The incident involving the father had earlier gone viral online after a netizen posted it on Facebook, prompting Bacolod Mayor Greg Gasataya to summon and confront him. Gasataya asked local social workers to act on it.
