The D Spot

In the recent months, the entertainment world has been rocked by the suspension of Willie Revillame from his ABS-CBN ratings juggernaut Wowowee. The show has already been replaced by the Kris Aquino headliner Pilipinas Win na Win. The new show isn’t getting the same warm welcome that its predecessor got, probably because it doesn’t have the charm and earnestness of Willie.

Recently, Revillame held a presscon and declared that he is ending his contract with ABS-CBN, more than a year early that it is due to expire. For those of you who have lived under a rock or simply haven’t cared, this whole bruhaha started because Willie made some sort of comment threatening to walk out of his show if his network executives don’t fire and put a stop to Jobert Sucaldito bad mouthing Willie on his radio show, which is also owned by the network.

Talk about power of the press! A few on air comments and it resulted in the suspension of the host and ultimate cancellation of one of the most successful shows on daytime television.

Willie claims that he is being treated unfairly. This is a guy who makes a reported P40 million a month, or more than a million pesos a day by encouraging lolas to sing on national TV and carry on antics with co-hosts Mariel Rodriguez and Pokwang. For their part, ABS-CBN claims that Willie acted in a manner unbefitting a host. In so many words, mayabang daw. The network suspending one of its most popular talents is probably a way for them to release him from the contract leading to non-renewal so they don’t have to pay his exorbitant talent fee any more. Who knows? Who cares?

This is a socio-political blog, so you may be wondering why there is an entry about Revillame’s contractual problems with ABS-CBN.

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