FORMERLY KNOWN AS

Manila's gay world just got a taser moment when the actor formerly known as Rustom Padilla announced he was now known as Bebe Gandanghari.

this was the actor who did action films, got married to another actress, and even endorsed supposedly very male products like beer. People knew him to be this good-looking guy and now, well, we know him as a transvestite.

As a gay guy, i know im supposed to be rooting for him and his choices, but there's something awfully wrong with the picture--is he doing a movie? is this a gimmick.
the guy also said he took up modelling classes abroad--but weren't you already a model even before you joined showbiz? okay, so maybe you took up modelling for women this time, but last i heard transvestites didnt really get a cut of the modelling pie. even transexuals had to lie to get modelling jobs so...?

from where i stand, this seems to be just attention-whoring, and the whole act is dragging (no pun intended) the gay community down. I mean, he isnt exactly uplifting the community, he isnt also adding another dimension to it or bringing out great insights about his coming out, and with some of his pronouncements ("I am a woman"--oh no you're not, with a dick hanging between your legs.) he seems to be uninformed of how to properly address questions when it comes to being gay and making choices (read the advocate)

it's even sadder to note that the public has looked at him as a freak rather than someone who upholds truth and well, beauty. as an officemate oh-so-eloquently stated: "bakla na nga, binakla pa nya sarili nya." it's clear he didnt face the public as bebe to promote being honest to one's self...what he's out to promote, well we'd just have wait and see.

personally, if this was attention-whoring, i think he woud have been better off doing porn in the US. hell, we need more Asians in that field, and the old Rustom would certainly be a hot sight to see as a bottom in Falcon or HotHouse movie. (and y'all can see it in your minds, admit it hehehe)