Sex video boosted Ethel Booba’s concert returns abroad

ETHEL Booba says she doesn’t mind her younger sister Emmy Rose (now tagged as Boobita) joining showbiz. “Buti nga may katulong na ko sa pagsuporta sa family namin,” she says.

Ethel has already bought a townhouse for her mom and four other siblings in Fairview. Her mom, who has a new papa and two new kids, refused to join them and stays in a shanty of her own in Parola. Ethel is sending her two younger brothers to school and is also supporting another one who’s already married. “With Boobita now also working, may katulong na ako sa mga gastos sa bahay,” she says.

She just returned from a series of shows in Dubai, Taiwan and Australia and she said the sex video scandal that allegedly involves her and boyfriend Alex Crisano has reached the Pinoys in those countries. “Would you believe their relatives here have passed the video to

Ethel Booba

them kaya curious silang makita kung ano ang hitsura ko?” she says. “Ayun, dinagsa lahat ng shows and concerts ko. Pati rito, dumami ang offers ko to do provincial and corporate shows because of that sex video kaya dapat nga siguro, pasalamatan ko pa ‘yung nagkalat noon, kasi kahit hindi nila ako napapanood sa ‘Extra Challenge’, at least alam nila ‘yung video.”

[source: People's Journal article by Mario Bautista]