{"id":159002,"date":"2018-04-06T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159002"},"modified":"2018-04-10T06:22:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:22:28","slug":"michael-v-thinks-he-is-still-not-an-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/06\/michael-v-thinks-he-is-still-not-an-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael V thinks he is still not an icon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Michael V, though he has touched different forms of entertainment in his career, he thinks he still has to do more (Photo<\/a>: Michael V\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Known for making people laugh in various gags and performances, it was Michael V\u2019s turn to laugh when the media called him an icon.<\/p>\n

Be it an actor, a rapper, a comedian, a parodist, an entertainer, a director, a composer, an artist, or a voice artist \u2013 Michael V sure has entered different aspects of art in the showbiz industry, and yet the 48-year-old GMA artist still thinks he is not yet at that level.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at the recent press conference of GMA\u2019s Lips Sync Battle Philippines, Michael V, also known as Bitoy, said that he has only \u201cscratched the surface\u201d of what it takes to be an icon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi pa, ang layo pa, ang dami ko pang gagawin <\/em>(Not yet, I am still far from it, I still have to\u00a0accomplish a lot). Well, salamat<\/em> (thank you) if you\u2019re saying that, thank you,\u201d he humbly told the press.<\/p>\n

Bitoy enumerated different icons in the industry in comparisons like late King of Comedy Dolphy, Asia\u2019s Songbird Regine Velasquez, iconic trio Tito [Sotto], Vic [Sotto], and Joey [De Leon], and maintained that he was not yet at par with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi pa natin nararating \u2018yung narating ng mga totoong<\/em> icons (I have not yet reached what the real icons have reached),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Although Michael V. has touched different forms of entertainment in his career, he thinks he still has to do more,\u00a0that perhaps other icons have not yet done before in order to assume such title.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko pa alam kung ano pa \u2018yun <\/em>(I still do not know what that is) specifically,\u201d he explained but added that right now he is venturing into vlogging \u2013 which he claims as something previous icons have not done because there was no internet yet in the previous eras.<\/p>\n

Michael V uploaded his first vlog four months ago. As of writing, his channel has 191 thousand subscribers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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