Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte's Guesting on Gandang Gabi Vice Trends Worldwide

July 12, 2015 was the television airing of the much-anticipated guesting of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo "Rody" Duterte in the sunday night talk show Gandang Gabi Vice, hosted by comedian/host Vice Ganda. Days before the airing of the said episode, netizens expressed their excitement right after they watched the teaser of the episode surfaced online.

Just as expected, millions of people watched the episode that aired at around 10:00 pm of July, 12. What's more surprising is that Mayor Duterte's guesting took the social media world by storm as it trends on twitter not only in the Philippines, but worldwide. This goes to show that not only the Davaoenos, but the entire Philippines and around the world are excited to see Duterte on GGV. Well, GGV and its host Vice Ganda is known to always pokes fun to all his guests; whether they are celebrities or politician (Pres. NoyNoy Aquinio was one of GGV's guests a couple of months ago). Duterte is known to be a tough talking Mayor known for his stand on killing criminals. People would love to see how Duterte would react to Vice's jokes and also on how Vice will handle the interview.

Hashtag #DuterteOnGGV trended no.1 in the Philippines and no.2 WorldWide, with more than 180k tweets and mentions in less than an hour. Lots of netizens praise Duterte for its great sense of humor (contrary to the image he's know as tough talking no-nonsense leader) and for his words of wisdom as well. Some even tweeted that this one of the best episodes of GGV; a perfect combination of sense and humor. Some of what he has said that astonished the viewers are.

"You only live once, but you die several times like heartaches, challenges & sadness. "

"You only live once. If you live a good life, then once is enough. "

""When you talk in human terms, you say forever. When you talk aboutt God, you say infinity."

Duterte even joked about Vice Ganda's ex-boyfriend, even giving clue that the guy is a basketball player. He even danced at the last part of the program, showing his lighter side to the people.

Below are some of the pictures of the program. You can search online for the replay of the said episode if you want to watch it.