Mayor Vico Sotto slams netizen who criticized him for watching SEA Games with Gretchen Ho during Typhoon Tisoy

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Wednesday answered a netizen who was critical of him after he was spotted watching the SEA Games volleyball opening match last Tuesday with Gretchen Ho.

On Twitter, a netizen  with the the name Simoun Rebolusyonaryo tweeted a screenshot of the mayor and the volleyball player watching the game next to each other at PhilSports Arena in Pasig.

"Kung bumabaha sa Pasig at this very moment at kailangan ng agarang aksyon, your Mayor is seen with a Ho! May good time si Yorme sa panahon ng bagyo!" read the caption accompanying the netizen's photo.

"Lahat na lang ginagawang politika," Vico began his reply, adding to please save Pasig City from fake news because even at the typhoon's strongest, there was no flooding in Pasig.

"Wag nyo naman idamay ang pasig sa fake news dahil kahit nung kalakasan ng ulan nung 2pm hindi bumaha sa Pasig."

Lahat na lang ginagawang politika.

Wag nyo naman idamay ang pasig sa fake news dahil kahit nung kalakasan ng ulan nung 2pm hindi bumaha sa Pasig. Magandang makanuod ng laro sa Pasig ang mga opisyales ng Pasig.

Suportahan na lang natin lahat ang mga Atletang Pilipino, di ba?

— Vico Sotto (@VicoSotto) December 4, 2019

He defended himself saying there is nothing wrong with a Pasig official watching SEA Games events held in Pasig.

"Magandang makanuod ng laro sa Pasig ang mga opisyales ng Pasig. Suportahan na lang natin lahat ang mga Atletang Pilipino, 'di 'ba?"

After Vico and Gretchen were spotted at the SEA Games volleyball opening match netizens couldn't help but ship for the two.

A hashtag was even created on Twitter: #ViChen.

The Pasig Mayor and volleyball player were seen sitting beside actor, athlete, painter and Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez and with his wife, 4th District Representative of Leyte, Lucy Torres.

In an interview with Winnie Monsod on "Bawal Ang Pasaway" last August, the No Girlfriend Since Birth mayor was asked what was his ideal girlfriend.

He said he wanted someone smart with "average looks" and someone who is in the same "wavelength" as him.

The 30-year-old mayor noted that he is planning to get married before the age of 40.

“Diyos na po bahala…Tumatanggap naman ako ng aplikante,” he said in the interview. 

After his interview became the talk of the town. Mayor Sotto appealed to the public to stop treating government officials like showbiz personalities. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News