Darryl Yap received polarizing reactions because of the Pepsi Paloma movie teaser
Director Darryl Yap released the first teaser of his upcoming movie The R@pist of Pepsi Paloma and this mentioned veteran comedian-host Vic Sotto.
Direk Darryl is known for his provoking movies and videos. He is the director behind the Maid in Malacanang movie series that garnered polarizing comments online. His past movies were unconventional and tackled sensitive topics.
In 2024, Direk Darryl announced that he would be doing a movie about the late Softdrink Beauty whose life and death became a mystery in the world of showbiz and created urban legends.
The controversial director stated that it had been his dream to tell the story of Pepsi Paloma, his “kababayan” since they both came from Olongapo.
With this, some netizens criticized him for allegedly aiming to destroy the name of the iconic TVJ trio, composed of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon. Reportedly, Pepsi filed a r@pe case against Vic, Joey, and the late comedian Richie D’Horsie, and allegedly Tito did everything in his power to cover this up.
Darryl Yap stressed in his previous post that he has nothing against TVJ and his movie producer is not an enemy of the trio.
These past few days, the director introduced the actors included in this film, and on January 1, 2025, he released the first movie teaser. The 26-second video featured young actress Rhed Bustamante as Pepsi Paloma and seasoned actress-director Gina Alajar as Charito Solis.
The teaser showed that Charito asked Pepsi to explain to her what happened as she couldn’t understand. “Pepsi, sumagot ka! Ni-r@pe ka ba ni Vic Sotto?” Charito asked and Pepsi emotionally screamed, “Oo!”
The video which was posted on Darryl’s Vincentiments Facebook Page ended with a statement saying, “Nagsampa ng kasong r@pe si Pepsi Paloma laban kay Vic Sotto noong August 17, 1982.”
The posts’ caption stated that Pepsi filed the case against Vic and other personalities but retracted the complaint after a while. Thus the title “Laban o Bawi.”