And it's out: the 'makcik' we've been spotlighting the last few days (watch the original video and the sequel too, for the ultimate in makcik awesomeness) is indeed local theatre star Siti Khalijah Zainal.
To build up hype around her debut this week on The Noose (and well, as an April Fool's joke), the actress sometimes known as Siti K. dressed up as one of her characters on the gag show MadamYeti, and confronted her 'husband' on a public bus for cheating on her. The 'fight' even turned up a sequel, set at the bus stop they'd alighted at.
Now that act has been officially called out on Xin MSN, folks are going around telling each other, "I told you so", but the most explosive reaction comes from a Suria actor, who was so angry that someone had suggested he could have played the 'cheating husband' and even went so far as to superimpose his image on a still of the video, that he posted an expletive-laden rant on Facebook. "Who the f*ck include me in this stupid joke? I may take a bus, but I'll not act for free for society to laugh at me (sic)," he had said on the post, which was later deleted.
He also attacked Siti Khalijah, questioning her motive for the gag. "If you need attention and want to be known, kindly work hard, and not earn fame by cheap publicity (sic)," the attack read.
Of course, the person who implicated him in the joke was not spared. "You're either blind or as dumb as a dog," he wrote in Malay.
Presumably in response to the hoo-ha, Siti K. also wrote on her Facebook page, "It's just a job. That's all. Do you think I don't have time to do something like that on my accord? That's enough. It's over."
And it's out: the 'makcik' we've been spotlighting the last few days (watch the original video and the sequel too, for the ultimate in makcik awesomeness) is indeed local theatre star Siti Khalijah Zainal.
To build up hype around her debut this week on The Noose (and well, as an April Fool's joke), the actress sometimes known as Siti K. dressed up as one of her characters on the gag show MadamYeti, and confronted her 'husband' on a public bus for cheating on her. The 'fight' even turned up a sequel, set at the bus stop they'd alighted at.
Now that act has been officially called out on Xin MSN, folks are going around telling each other, "I told you so", but the most explosive reaction comes from a Suria actor, who was so angry that someone had suggested he could have played the 'cheating husband' and even went so far as to superimpose his image on a still of the video, that he posted an expletive-laden rant on Facebook. "Who the f*ck include me in this stupid joke? I may take a bus, but I'll not act for free for society to laugh at me (sic)," he had said on the post, which was later deleted.
He also attacked Siti Khalijah, questioning her motive for the gag. "If you need attention and want to be known, kindly work hard, and not earn fame by cheap publicity (sic)," the attack read.
Of course, the person who implicated him in the joke was not spared. "You're either blind or as dumb as a dog," he wrote in Malay.
Presumably in response to the hoo-ha, Siti K. also wrote on her Facebook page, "It's just a job. That's all. Do you think I don't have time to do something like that on my accord? That's enough. It's over."