Vice Ganda’s late-night talk show spent its entire pre-launch campaign promising something it hadn’t had to prove in six years off air: an unscripted hour with a guest who usually answers questions carefully. On September 13, Gandang Gabi Vice (GGV) returned to Philippine television for the first time since March 2020, moving from its original home on ABS-CBN to a Sunday-night slot on GMA Network. Actor Alden Richards — long nicknamed “Asia’s Multimedia Star” in entertainment coverage — sat down as the show’s first guest. By the time the episode wrapped, he’d cried for close to ten minutes and, in a segment built around forcing honesty, addressed a question about himself he’d spent years sidestepping. The Question He Usually Deflects In GGV’s “Deep Truth” segment — a game where guests read aloud statements about themselves and the hosts guess whether each is “trot” (true) or “charot,” Filipino slang for a joke — Richards read a line claiming he’d once punched someone for calling him “bading,” Filipino slang for gay. The verdict came back charot: he …