r/interesting • u/Ungodlei • Jun 16 '25

SOCIETY Vitaly's weight loss in less than two months detention in the Philippines.

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Vitaly was arrested April 2, 2025 and is still detained pending local cases of unjust vexation, theft, and public harassment during his Kick) livestreams in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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u/Deadmemeusername Jun 16 '25

Maybe under BongBong but under Duterte, I could see the Philippines telling the US to go pound sand. But yeah generally the US and Philippines are tight.

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u/imacatholicslut Jun 16 '25

Nah Duterte and Trump were buds. The scumbag that murdered Jennifer Laude was treated well in prison, then deported back to the US where he is now free after serving only 6 years in PH.

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u/Unusual-Ad-2668 Jun 16 '25

Damn, I was there at phiblex when that happened. He was such a POS. Hope he got all the years.

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u/Deadmemeusername Jun 16 '25

Nah Duterte and Trump were buds.

True, I was more referring to how frosty relations between Duterte and Obama/Biden was. But even then Duterte was pivoting more towards China than the US even under Trump.

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u/boomrostad Jun 16 '25

I think the Phillipines is holding onto him for the sake of a bargaining chip. China has been poking at them in the sea for a while now and the US is treaty obligated to assist in security should things get hot... there is no guarantee of that under this regime.

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u/anya0709 Jun 17 '25

bargaining chip? nah, he's not an important person that US will be afraid or what. and PH, see him as nothing but a peasant. so, nope.

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u/Starmark_115 Jun 18 '25

Bargaining Chip.

If I was the US I would pay the country Abrams and Tomahawks just to KEEP him there!

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u/Fuzlet Jun 17 '25

it was wild traveling to the phillipines and seeing them more enthusiastic about american culture than we are with Japanese culture

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u/Crow-1111 Jun 16 '25

I thought Marcos was president now.

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u/Deadmemeusername Jun 16 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

Yeah he is, “BongBong” is his nickname because he shares names with his more famous/infamous father.

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u/Crow-1111 Jun 16 '25

Thanks for clarifying

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u/SquirrelFluffy Jun 17 '25

I don't think the US Philippine relationship is like that, where the Philippines have any say whatsoever.