GMA Network Senior Vice President Annette Gozon Valdes said the media giant never took sides “from the start” of the fallout between TAPE Inc. and the trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey De Leon.
The daughter of bilyonaryo Felipe Gozon maintained that GMA Network was hands off in the feud surrounding “Eat Bulaga!” despite the generous airtime it gave to TAPE Inc.’s chief financial officer, Dapitan Mayor Bullet Jalosjos, through the talk show, “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.”
“So wala naman talaga kaming alam about those issues. Nalaman lang namin ang issues kapag lumalabas sa social media, sa newspaper o sa interviews so it wasn’t right for us na makialam,” Gozon Valdes said in a report aired on GMA Network’s “24 Oras.”
“From the start, wala talagang kinampihan ang GMA dito. Katulad nga ng sinabi ko it was their internal issues, it was a corporate issue,” she added.
The comedic trio known as TVJ announced their resignation from TAPE Inc. on May 31, citing differences with the new management. Their exit led to the departure of the other hosts of “Eat Bulaga!” known as the Dabarkads.
Bilyonaryo reported that TVJ is said to be disappointed with Gozon for aligning himself with the Jalosjos family by providing them with favorable coverage in the feud over “Eat Bulaga!”
READ: Lumalalim ang lamat! TVJ resents GMA’s Gozon for siding with Jalosjos in ‘Eat Bulaga’ feud
Gozon Valdes, however, claimed that the rift between TVJ and TAPE was beyond GMA’s control.
“Kung may say control lang tayo, may say lang tayo sa mangyayari, siyempre hindi natin sila papakawalan. ‘Yun ang term nila. Pipigilan natin sila. Susubukan natin gawin ang lahat para mag-stay sila sa atin kaya lang sa totoo hands off ang GMA diyan kasi it was an internal issue between TVJ and TAPE, Inc.,” she said.
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