Former actor and StarStruck alumni Alvin Aragon found himself at the center of fresh backlash after urging Filipino women to dress conservatively in response to the controversy surrounding Quezon City 4th District Rep. Bong Suntay’s remarks about television personality Anne Curtis.
Among those who took issue with Aragon was his own stepdaughter, Sofia Trazona. The eldest daughter of Aragon’s wife — former SexBomb Girls member Izzy Trazona — criticized him on Facebook, writing, “Ang dumi mag-isip ah walang respeto sa babae.”
Sofia followed up with a separate post commending men who treat women with respect regardless of how they dress, arguing that it is the act of objectifying women that should be condemned rather than their choice of clothing.
The rebuke from within his own family added to a growing pattern of public criticism directed at Aragon, who had recently drawn attention for statements against the LGBTQIA+ community and for publicly objecting to how the SexBomb Girls — the group his own wife once belonged to — performed and dressed.
On Wednesday, March 4, Aragon shared a video clip from a previous interview on Instagram and Facebook, citing biblical teachings on lust.
“Kahit hindi si Anne ang tinitignan mo ng may pagnanasa may mag iinit sa loob mo, lalo na kapag nakalabas pa ang cleavage mo at legs,” he wrote.
He directed separate messages at men and women. To men, he said: “Kaya Filipino men protect your wife may ‘sin of lust’ kasi.”
To women: “Filipino women dress modestly to avoid sexual desire. Kasi nga may ‘sin of lust.'”
In the video itself, Aragon quoted scripture: “If you look lustfully at the woman, you have already committed adultery in your heart.” He added, “Tignan mo pa lang ang babae nang nagnanasa ka, parang ginawa mo na ‘yung physical act.”
He also cited another biblical passage: “If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
Aragon conceded that resisting such impulses is not easy: “Alam niyo mahirap talaga yan iwasan, si Jesus lang ang makakatulong sayo ma-overcome yan.”
His comments were prompted by the firestorm over Suntay’s remarks during the March 3 hearing of the House Committee on Justice on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte. The congressman had invoked Curtis while constructing an analogy about why Duterte could not be held accountable for her own controversial statements.
“Minsan nasa Shangri-La ako, nakita ko si Anne Curtis. Ang ganda-ganda pala niya. You know, may desire sa loob ko na nag-init talaga. Na-imagine ko na lang kung ano’ng pwedeng mangyari, pero siyempre hanggang imagination lang ‘yon,” Suntay said.
The remarks drew widespread condemnation from lawmakers, celebrities, and women’s groups, particularly as they were made during National Women’s Month. Curtis’s mother Carmen and sister Jasmine Curtis-Smith both publicly spoke out against Suntay. The congressman later apologized to those offended but maintained that his statement carried no malice and stood by it as an analogy.
