Baitoey criticises critics, |gets criticised

 Evidently others on the social media are conducting an entire campaign of criticism against the singer of “San Samer Hoo” – that’s a phrase meaning “hearing range”, but in her case refers to an incredibly short pants. There’s even an “anti-Baitoey” Facebook page featuring photos or her alongside pictures of women who aren’t what you’d call attractive in the usual sense, if you catch our drift.

“If you don’t like me, don’t follow me!” was Baitoey’s easy-to-understand advice for her critics. “I never even wanted a fan club! This is not a reality show! There is no need to watch me 24 hours a day! You get no reward for that! Do not mess with my life! Don’t be nosy! Do not tamper with my life! Control your own feelings, even if it is very hard. Knowing too much will drive you crazy.” 

We admit we inserted a few exclamation marks in there, where we thought they ought to go, but in fact Baitoey made liberal use of tags to try and lighten up her posts and sometimes added, “Just kidding”. Still, the language was harsh enough overall to enrage many of her followers and the Baitoey diatribe (good name for a punk band) became a hot issue on the web boards. From there it was just a few clicks to the singer’s Instagram feed, where fans and non-fans alike bombarded her with messages both polite and impolite alike. 

The extra helping of criticism had its desired effect and, as expected, the troubling initial post was deleted. It lives on, however, in the form of a screenshot whose destiny is perhaps to forever continue wandering around cyberspace. One must be careful of what one says online, so they tell us.

 

 

More specific, please, Woody

Exhibit B, Your Honour, involves popular TV host Vuthithorn “Woody” Militachinda, who apparently had some unkind things to say on Facebook about one of his gay friends. We’re not clear who Woody was discussing, but it was Kachapa “Moddam” Tancharoen, the well-known gay DJ, who suddenly felt a sting in his back and turned around to find Woody standing there holding a BB gun. Woody, however, swears he wasn’t aiming at Moddam at all. It’s all a big misunderstanding, he says, visibly unnerved (well, virtually visibly) by the ensuing uproar.

“I have two Facebook accounts,” Woody explains, sort of. “One is for my TV programme, ‘Woody Kerd Ma Kui’, and the other is my personal account. I wanted to post this on my personal account but I was in a hurry, so I posted it on the TV show’s page.

“Then I turned off my mobile for about an hour, and when I turned it back on I was overwhelmed by tonnes of messages and, on top of that, Moddam called me, asking, ‘Are you nuts or something?’ I had no idea what he was talking about. The ‘friend’ I was talking about wasn’t Moddam – I was talking about another gay friend!” 

Well, okay then, probably. Woody says Moddam is still upset, but also keen to find out who the other friend is. “Well, I just don’t want to talk about this anymore.” May his wish be granted.