Carmi Martin says producers tried to exploit her

Carmi Martin | Image: Screenshot from YouTube/Snooky Serna

Experienced actress Carmi Martin shared that in the 80s, when she was presented as a sexy star, some producers tried to sexually exploit or “take advantage of” her, but she fought back.

In an interview with Snooky Serna uploaded to her vlog, Martin was asked if there was a time when she felt or experienced sexual exploitation. Martin admitted that she had received some “indecent offers” and that some people in the industry had tried to exploit her.

“'Young exploitation, like what's happening right now is one thing,' Oh kailangan mong maki-affair kay ganito para magbigyan ka ng favor.' During that time, he became a sexy invitation. May the producers exploit their nag try magazine to the point where they can't stop pleasuring themselves, hindi dahil ganito ako na sexy o pinapackage niyo as a sexy star eh pwede niyo na akong ieexploit. So meron,” she explained.

(The exploitation that's going on right now: “Oh, you have to have an affair with this person to get favors. I got those invitations back then because I'm sexy, right? Some producers also tried to exploit me so much that I really pushed and said, “No, not because I'm sexy or presented as a sexy star, you can exploit me.” So that's that.)

The actress and comedian did not name the producers involved.

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Martin, who rose to fame as the promoter of an alcoholic beverage that was made famous by a commercial in which she rode a white horse on the beach, admitted that many women in showbiz in the 1980s experienced sexual exploitation.

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“Sinabi never started taking advantage of popularity in the '80s, for example when it came to establishing a sexual relationship with a producer,” she said.

(As I said, in the 1980s, more women were exploited to gain popularity; for example, they had to agree to a sexual relationship with a producer.)

Martin also revealed that many production staff had asked her to go completely nude for their projects, but that she was always saved by her loved ones.

“The time I like is the full frontal nudity that I can achieve with my boyfriend and can go all out.” “Alam mo 'yung parating ngkakaroon nga ganong examples na buti n merong contrabida,” she explained.

(There are many situations where someone would have asked me to show myself completely naked, but luckily my friend who had a gun with me was with me. You know, there are always situations where it's a good thing there's always a bad guy.)

“It's either my family or I think that 'Ano ba yan binabastos na kami sa no, meron daw kaming bomba star, alam mo naman 'yung mga tao, Bold star na kapatid, ganun ganon, so sa sobrang ayoko na pati pamilya ko nasasaktan' Ginawa ko ngang mas focused on television,” the actress continued, adding that there is a kind of censorship on television.

(Either my family says, “Why are we being insulted? They say we have a brave star; you know these people, brave star sister, stuff like that. And because I don't want my family to be hurt, I focused on TV.”)

Filipino celebrities have recently reported sexual harassment and unwanted attention from their superiors in the industry, including Rita Avila, who recently revealed She was sexually harassed by a director who tried to forcibly kiss her when she was just about to enter the entertainment industry.

Attention to sexual abuse in the industry stemmed from the revelation that Sandro Muhlach had been raped by two television consultants last July. This was followed by the revelation by Gerald Santos, who admitted in a Senate hearing that he too had been raped at the age of 15 by a music director at a singing competition in which he participated on television.