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| Film, Rabiabrat |
Family values campaigner Rabiabrat Pongpanich, a former senator, met Film at the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road last week to discuss their defamation dispute, which previously had failed to make progress.
On this occasion, however, Mrs Rabiabrat said she had agreed to apologise for questioning his conduct, bringing the defamation row to an end.
In September, 2010, actress Rungnapa "Annie'' Brooks claimed she had given birth to Film's unwanted son, then aged three months.
As the public rounded on Film for being a callous dad, Mrs Rabiabrat told the media that Film appeared to regard women as mere objects of sexual gratification.
Film had refused to acknowledge paternity until Annie submitted the child's DNA for a paternity test. Annie refused, and both sides took each other to court.
"Film's behaviour was careless and promiscuous,'' Mrs Rabiabrat, chairwoman of the Happy Family Association, told the media at the time.
The superstar's mother, Kormmon Thongmung, said that when she heard Mrs Rabiabrat criticise her son, she felt like dying right in front of the television. She was admitted to hospital with stress the same day.
Film took along his mother to meet Mrs Rabiabrat at the court last week.
Speaking on the court steps after both sides had reached a deal, Mrs Rabiabrat said Film's mother had opened up to her about how she felt.
"Film's mum told me how she feels, and I realised we have a son between us ... Film,'' Mrs Rabiabrat told reporters. She was flanked by Film, his lawyer and his mother.
"I don't have any prejudice. I was just doing my job, although the information on which I based my comments may have been incomplete.
"But it's over now, and I have gained a new son in the process ... and he's handsome, too,'' Mrs Rabiabrat said, offering Film a kiss on the cheek. Film returned the favour with a wai.
Mrs Kormmon said she felt good about the outcome.
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| Rabiabrat, Film, Kormmon |
Mrs Rabiabrat denied the apology had given her second thoughts about the wisdom of acting as social critic.
"Despite the outcome, I will carry on as before,'' she said.
Film has asked Annie to expunge his name as father from the child's birth certificate. Annie is rearing her son, Tekayu alone as a single mum.
Appearing on television last week, Annie denied she was holding out in the dispute. "Both of us want to remove his name as father. I'm trying to apply for a passport for my son, as I would like to take him overseas,'' she said.
The process would be easier if Film was not named as father.
The first time the two sides had arranged to meet, Annie said she was unable to make the appointment as she was tied up with work.
Annie denied, however, that the court had ordered her to remove Film's name, and that she was holding things up.
The two sides announced in February that they had reached a court-brokered settlement in their own defamation dispute stemming from the paternity saga.
"We reached the agreement between us to strike out his name. It had nothing to do with the court,'' Annie asserted.
She said Film has breached the settlement by bringing up the matter of the birth certificate, as neither side is supposed to talk about the other.
Speaking on the court steps as he announced the end of his dispute with Mrs Rabiabrat, Film denied misrepresenting the nature of his agreement with Annie.
"We made the agreement in court. We didn't do it at home,'' he said simply.
Film's lawyer, Nattan Paowasan, said Film's representative was happy to meet Annie to strike out his name as father, any time she wanted to make contact.
"But if she sits still and does nothing, then that's another matter,'' she said. -
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TV host Pornchita "Benz'' na Songkhla has defended her reaction to a
breast painting segment on Thailand's Got Talent, denying her show of anger as
she judged the performance was scripted.
Benz, the only woman on the three-member panel which judged the breast-painting segment of last week's show, appeared visibly angry as she watched the contestant strip off and paint a canvass with her breasts.
While the two men on the panel passed the act, Benz turned her back on the contestant, and declared it was "not art''.
As the cameras rolled, she also chased her two male co-presenters backstage to demand to know why they supported it.
Contestant Duangjai "Pond'' Jansaunoi had painted a figure of a person on canvas, took off her top, and after dousing her front in paint, used her breasts to paint.
The act quickly became the talk of the town, with the culture minister declaring it offended Thai morality, and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission levying a 500,000 baht fine on broadcaster Channel 3 for airing the daring segment.
As producers Workpoint Entertainment denied claims that its agents paid contestant Pond to take off her top to boost ratings, Benz insisted that her reaction, too, was unscripted.
"All we knew was that a contestant would use her body to paint. We didn't know she'd take off her top,'' Benz said.
"I was genuinely angry. I couldn't support the act, as in my view it was not artistic, despite the contestant's claims.''
On the internet, Thais suggested Benz was being hypocritical. They cited a segment on last year's show in which a young man stripped naked and pranced about the stage. While her two male co-judges appeared less enthused, declining to pass the act, Benz let it go through.
Internet critics also cited a recent cover shoot for Image magazine, in which Benz herself appears bare-chested, doused in chocolate.
Benz said she welcomed the criticism, though she admitted her phone had run red-hot since the breast-painting segment aired. She had no intention of stepping down from the show.
"The Image shoot was touched up. I was actually wearing underwear, though you can't tell from the picture. It's not the same thing,'' she said, insisting her chocolate pose was more artistic. -
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| Pond |
Benz, the only woman on the three-member panel which judged the breast-painting segment of last week's show, appeared visibly angry as she watched the contestant strip off and paint a canvass with her breasts.
While the two men on the panel passed the act, Benz turned her back on the contestant, and declared it was "not art''.
As the cameras rolled, she also chased her two male co-presenters backstage to demand to know why they supported it.
Contestant Duangjai "Pond'' Jansaunoi had painted a figure of a person on canvas, took off her top, and after dousing her front in paint, used her breasts to paint.
The act quickly became the talk of the town, with the culture minister declaring it offended Thai morality, and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission levying a 500,000 baht fine on broadcaster Channel 3 for airing the daring segment.
As producers Workpoint Entertainment denied claims that its agents paid contestant Pond to take off her top to boost ratings, Benz insisted that her reaction, too, was unscripted.
"All we knew was that a contestant would use her body to paint. We didn't know she'd take off her top,'' Benz said.
"I was genuinely angry. I couldn't support the act, as in my view it was not artistic, despite the contestant's claims.''
On the internet, Thais suggested Benz was being hypocritical. They cited a segment on last year's show in which a young man stripped naked and pranced about the stage. While her two male co-judges appeared less enthused, declining to pass the act, Benz let it go through.
Internet critics also cited a recent cover shoot for Image magazine, in which Benz herself appears bare-chested, doused in chocolate.
Benz said she welcomed the criticism, though she admitted her phone had run red-hot since the breast-painting segment aired. She had no intention of stepping down from the show.
"The Image shoot was touched up. I was actually wearing underwear, though you can't tell from the picture. It's not the same thing,'' she said, insisting her chocolate pose was more artistic. -
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Model Chollada "Kae'' Mekratri has discovered the dark side of
campaigning for animal rights.
Kae, who runs a charity raising money for abandoned animals, led a gathering of 200 activists at parliament last week to urge the government to debate an animal welfare bill.
She also met Democrat deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij to ask him to follow up progress on the legislation, long-stalled in the House.
Asked about her life as a campaigner, Kae admitted it carried risks.
"Since I started campaigning for animals, people have phoned me to make a variety of threats,'' she said.
"On one occasion, my younger brother answered a call. The man on the line said if he couldn't eat dogs as a result of my campaign for animal rights, he'd eat us instead,'' she said.
Kae said her family had warned her to be careful, as she could end up in danger.
"My younger brother tells me to take care of myself. I do take precautions. I don't get behind the wheel myself, but have someone else drive me, like my boyfriend.
"But I won't give up the fight. As I keep saying, we can't afford to wait any longer. The dogs and cats need our help.''
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| Kae, Korn |
Kae, who runs a charity raising money for abandoned animals, led a gathering of 200 activists at parliament last week to urge the government to debate an animal welfare bill.
She also met Democrat deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij to ask him to follow up progress on the legislation, long-stalled in the House.
Asked about her life as a campaigner, Kae admitted it carried risks.
"Since I started campaigning for animals, people have phoned me to make a variety of threats,'' she said.
"On one occasion, my younger brother answered a call. The man on the line said if he couldn't eat dogs as a result of my campaign for animal rights, he'd eat us instead,'' she said.
Kae said her family had warned her to be careful, as she could end up in danger.
"My younger brother tells me to take care of myself. I do take precautions. I don't get behind the wheel myself, but have someone else drive me, like my boyfriend.
"But I won't give up the fight. As I keep saying, we can't afford to wait any longer. The dogs and cats need our help.''
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