Thailand under the spell of soapy sex scandal
Film and Annie in happier times
By Khan Peter
If you think that the Thai are awake at night because of the bombings in Bangkok, a possible coup, Redshirt rallies or deadly floods, then I can reassure you. No, millions of Thai lie awake wondering: "Did he fertilize her or not?".
Sex scandal
After all the misery of the past few months, the sex scandal between 'Annie' and 'Film' is a welcome change in the life of the Thai. Who the hell are 'Annie' and 'Film', I hear the reader ask? I'm going to tell you that now.
Talk of the day
You take two Thai celebs, a romance and a love baby. Those are the ingredients for a real-life soap opera Thailand held hostage in an iron grip for some time. Rungnapa 'Annie' Brook and Rattapoom 'Film' Tokongsub are the main characters in a drama of unprecedented scope. The talk of the day in Thailand.
The screenplay
Annie and Film starred together in the Thai soap opera, Pisaj Saenkon, last year. After a short affair, Annie turned out to be pregnant. And Annie pointed out boyfriend Film as the 'lucky' father. But Film pleaded innocent and appealed to an ancient Thai tradition: whoever has a child can keep it.
Film thought a donation of 200.000 baht to Annie was enough to pay off any debt. Thai arrange everything among themselves with money. If Annie wants more Thai baht, she must first prove that Film had hit the target. Likewise, the entire cast of Pisaj Saenkon, including the camera and sound people, had already been over Annie. After all, it is and remains Thailand.
Annie then added some fuel to the fire by crying with the baby in her arms (Thai have a sense of drama) to tell national TV that she was very sad by Rattapoom's denial. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, she did not want a DNA test. But she insisted that the baby belongs to Film, despite the fact that the baby has started to look more and more like 'Clown Bassie'.
Movie on the pills
And as befits a real actor, Film gave his role some extra cachet by recently taking a handful of pills. Not to die, of course, but to show that he was also pathetic. He was admitted to hospital just to be on the safe side, it was just a storm in a teacup.
Real life
It is not clear why a 'seesaw' with consequences deserves so much attention in Thailand. Probably because many Thai women can put themselves in Annie's shoes. When Thai men just hear the word 'pregnant', they put on their sneakers and run away very fast and never come back.
The Thai men, however, can easily identify with Film, who says that Annie is only after his money. Thailand at its narrowest
'Not the Nation' wrote that Prime Minister Abhisit should decide to suspend all government activities. After all, what could be more important in the life of a Thai than the question: "Who is the father of Annie's baby?".
It drives you crazy. In the newspaper on TV. Thai people like to gossip.
When the Thai man runs away from the consequences of his “outing”, he really doesn't put on the sneakers first, he just leaves.
However, with the butts and the booze.
Because that is of course important.
Annie can be my girlfriend... And then I solemnly promise not to leave her 😉
You are a good man Harold. But first you have to become a famous singer and actor in Thailand like that guy. Or have a lot of money.
DNA test would of course make the most sense. But yes, that comes from the word logic so that's not an option in Thailand.
Annie refused. So quite suspicious. Her motivation is that if a DNA test proves that he is really the father, he will claim the child.
It's fun, but of course we know that the real motivation for not doing a DNA test is possibly a loss of face because she fucked herself around. Look at us being nice Thai, sitting around gossiping about Thai soap stars who really don't interest me one bit! 😉
Does anyone have a picture of that baby?
How so? Are you afraid he looks like you 😉