Gossip and Discussion Topic
The blog and the people mentioned in it have become a major topic of gossip in Manila, and has also gotten people in local showbiz industry hooked. The local entertainment media first got hold of the blog on 11 March 2008, when Philippine Daily Inquirer published an article about it. The newspaper wrote that the blog (unnamed at that time, but provided keywords for googling) "made Gossip Girl looked like a Disney musical". Talks reaching at its peak when the blog abruptly closed. It was also talked about during the final-episode taping of MariMar Philippine remake. Suggestions of a movie version was raised from comments in the blog, with the likes of character actress Bella Flores, small-sized celebrity Mahal, and entertainment columnist Jobert Sucaldito included in the cast, while TV host and comedian Ogie Diaz would portray the Montano's role. Diaz was delighted of the suggestion, but questioned who would dare invest in such production. Meanwhile, critics claimed that the series of events could be a gimmick to promote one of the Gucci Gang's nightclubs, which said to have held an "anti-Brian blog" party. Witnesses at the party commented on Brian's blog, saying that the club was a "drug den" with one of its high-profile owners as a "drug dealer". Gorrell's blog was also discussed in Media in Focus, a program in ABS-CBN News Channel on 27 March 2008. It was the first time the issue was brought up to mainstream television.
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