Viral Pasig Candidate Explains Alleged Intent Behind Solo Parent Joke
Pasig candidate for congressman Atty. Christian Sia apologized to those who are offended by his solo parent joke but blamed the uploader of the viral video.
Recently, the attention of countless members of the online community was hooked by the issue about a candidate in the upcoming May 2025 Midterm Elections who reportedly joked about single mothers. He was identified as Atty. Christian “Ian” Sia.
Atty. Christian Sia is running for congressman in Pasig. The controversial solo parent joke of the Pasig congressional candidate took place at a caucus meeting that gathered many Pasigueños. At the campaign event, he claimed that single mothers who still have their monthly period and feel lonely may sleep with him once in a year.
The Pasig candidate for congressman further jested that those who are interested my have their names listed at the table. The crowd laughed at the joke of the political candidate who, later on, stressed that it’s only a joke as he has a wife.
However, while the said solo parent joke caught the attention of the crowd and sparked laughter during the caucus meeting, it earned Atty. Sia bashing from many members of the online community. There are netizens who tagged it as an insult towards single mothers who work hard to support and raise their children on their own.
Sia earned different criticisms for what he said. He’s called rude by a lot of netizens on social media. Recently, the Pasig candidate for congressman apologized to those who are offended by his joke about women solo parents.
Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, Atty. Christian Sia told the people not to be mad at him but to the uploader of the video. According to him, what could be seen in the video was only his statement but the reaction of the crowd was not part of it.
“Wag po kayo magalit sakin, magalit po kayo sa gumawa ng video… Ang nakita lang sa video yung sinabi, pero yung reaksyon ng tao, hindi nakita na tumawa, yun lang ang purpose ng joke,” the Pasig candidate said.
According to the lawyer-politician, his joke was allegedly meant to “shock” the audience so he can get their attention. He stressed that whenever it is his time to speak, many candidates have already spoken ahead of him, thus, the audience are bored already so he makes a joke to get their attention. Based on the report, nevertheless, he apologized to those who was offended by his joke.
“Ngunit ako ay nakasakit sa aking sinabi, humihingi po ako ng taos-pusong dispensa,” Sia said.
Previously, the Pasig candidate who joked about the women solo parents also spoke to the Pasigueños. According to him, in his long years in the political field, it is only now that he was intensely bashed.