Luis Manzano commended for noticing a deaf member of the audience in ‘It’s Your Lucky Day’

“It’s Your Lucky Day” host Luis Manzano earned praises for being inclusive after he gave a chance to a hard-of-hearing person in the studio audience to dance and win a cash prize.

During the show’s “Pangma-luckcashan” segment on Monday, Oct. 16, the hosts went to the studio audience and chose 10 individuals who would be part of the game.

When the chosen contestants were already on the stage, Lester, a person in the studio who is deaf, caught Manzano’s attention.

“Gusto ko lahat ng ating ka-lucky involved. May tumatawag sa akin kanina na isang ka-lucky natin na kung hindi ako nagkakamali ay medyo may konting problema sa pandinig,” Manzano said while walking toward Lester.

(I want all our lucky audience to be involved. Someone from the audience who is hard of hearing, if I’m not mistaken, was calling me earlier.)

“Hi, Lester! Ako si Luis,” Manzano told the hard-of-hearing person while using sign language. “Kanina joke tayo. Ngayon, gusto mo sumayaw? Ikaw, pwede ka sumayaw.”

(Hi, Lester! I’m Luis. We were asking for jokes earlier. Now, do you want to dance? You can dance.)

Lester went on and danced animatedly to the ABS-CBN game variety show’s theme song. Manzano cheered for Lester, then gave the  latter a hug as well as a P1,000 cash prize.

“Maraming salamat, [Lester]! Grabe, ang sweet naman ni Kuya Luis,” fellow host Melai Cantiveros said. (Thank you so much, Lester! Wow, Kuya Luis is so sweet.)

ABS-CBN showed a clip of Manzano’s gesture via its TikTok page and elicited positive reactions from fans. Some netizens even suggested that “It’s Your Lucky Day” should be a regular show on the Kapamilya network.

@abscbn This is such a precious moment! 🥹 #ItsYourLuckyDay #TodayIsYourLuckyDay #Kapamilya #ABSCBN #FYP ♬ original sound – ABS-CBN

“It’s Your Lucky Day” has temporarily replaced “It’s Showtime,” which has been suspended by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) for 12 days. The game variety show will be airing until Oct. 27.  /ra