Former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan Speaks on Bashing over “Sipping Soup” Viral Video Clip
KIKO PANGILINAN – The former Senator shrugged off the criticisms on his viral video clip showing him sipping a soup on a bowl.
Pangilinan is one of the senatorial candidates in the May 2025 Midterm Elections. He is seeking a Senate comeback following a vice presidential race defeat last 2022 Elections. He was the running mate of former Vice Pres. Leni Robredo who ran for the presidency.
Several Catholic clergy members announced their support for the Leni-Kiko tandem. They also have millions of solid supporters across the nation. There were also several celebrities who campaigned for them.
There were Kapuso stars who joined the Leni-Kiko campaign rally that gathered millions of supporters in most of their campaign sorties. However, the election results did not favor both former Vice Pres. Leni Robredo and former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.
This May 2025 Midterm polls, Pangilinan is taking his chances for a Senate comeback. He has always placed his aspirations and goals for the agriculture field at the forefront of his campaigns. The former Senator is running under the Liberal Party, his political party for several years now.
Recently, a video clip of former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan went viral on social media. The senatorial candidate can be seen sipping soup in a bowl in the said viral video clip. It earned him a lot of bashing and criticisms from the netizens.
Some members of the online community claimed that it was a campaign strategy of Pangilinan to win votes. The former Senator sipped soup from the bowl during a meal time in Pampanga while he was campaigning.
Recently, based on a post of Inquirer, former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan shrugged off the criticisms on his viral video clip showing him sipping soup from a bowl. He stressed that many laughed on what he did but what he knows is that he never sipped the money of the people.
“Natawa ang marami sa paghigop ko ng sabaw, pero alam ko po na kailanman, hindi ko hinigop ang pera ng bayan. Pere na dapat para sa masaganang pagkain at masaganang buhay ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino,” Pangilinan said.
During the recent Holy Week celebration, former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan shared his prayer for the Philippines.