#EatBulagaWar
Hindi na ikinagulat ni Dapitan City Mayor Bullet Jalosjos ang desisyon nina Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, at Joey de Leon na kumalas sa TAPE, Inc., ang producer ng Eat Bulaga!.
May mga senyales na raw bago pa man naganap ang paghihiwalay ng landas ng veteran TV hosts at ng producer ng longest-running noontime show sa Pilipinas pagkatapos ng 41 taon.
Taong 1981 nang maging bahagi ang TAPE ng Eat Bulaga!, na magdiriwang ng 44th anniversary sa July 30, 2023.
Read: Tito Sotto on the day TVJ left TAPE: "Parang sila ang may-ari sa amin. Nakakapikon na."
Pagbabahagi ni Bullet sa exclusive interview ng Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) noong June 3, 2023: “Ako naman, ang reaction ko, I knew it was bound to happen.
"Because of the treatments that they were already giving us, it really didn't look like they wanted to work with the new management.
“They made it clear vocally, body language, alam na namin na talaga, there's no way.
“A good example is when I did an interview with no malicious intent.
“I mean, I praised them, like, who they are… I praised everyone. Walang malicious intent yun.”
Ang tinutukoy ni Bullet na “interview” ay ang panayam niya sa Fast Talk With Boy Abunda ng GMA-7 noong April 19, 2023.
Dito ay nagsalita siya kaugnay ng mga kumakalat na mga balita tungkol sa mga pagbabago sa Eat Bulaga!.
Read: TAPE's Mayor Bullet Jalosjos assures public Tito, Vic & Joey will not leave 'Eat Bulaga!'
Paliwanag naman ni Bullet: “The only reason why I did the interview, which was authorized by the board and the chairman, was because there was a lot of uncertainty.
“A lot of people were already questioning and we were scared because the advertisers were the ones who were questioning. That's number one.
“Number two, the network.
“The network itself, we wanted to ensure that we're in good relations. No matter kung ano ba yung nasabi ko, I had to make sure.
“I think it's our duty as a board, as a company, to show publicly na we're all getting along, that everything is fine, so we can continue the business.”
Twenty-eight years nang umeere ang Eat Bulaga! sa GMA-7. Nakatakdang magtapos ang blocktime agreement sa pagitan ng TAPE at GMA-7 sa katapusan ng 2024.
Ikinagulat at hindi raw inaasahan ni Bullet ang naging reaction ng TVJ, partikular na si Tito, sa mga naging pahayag ni Bullet sa TV interview.
Direktang binatikos ng dating senador ang bagong pamunuan ng TAPE at ang mga pagbabagong gusto nilang ipatupad sa noontime show.
Malumanay na pahayag ni Bullet, “Sadly, the reaction was different. Medyo nagulat ako sa reaction. I really didn't know where that came from. I didn't expect it.
“Akala ko nga ang reaction would be, ‘Uy, okay naman pala lahat, e. Let's continue. Okay na. We're good.’
“And it was the opposite. And he came out on TV and [with his] interview, and said that it was contrary, lahat ng sinabi ko, as in all.”
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"WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO?"
Hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin daw maintindihan ni Bullet kung ano ang nag-udyok sa TVJ na iwanan ang TAPE.
Read: Tito Sotto on the day TVJ left TAPE: "Parang sila ang may-ari sa amin. Nakakapikon na."
Pahayag ni Bullet: “After all this, this whole mess, the whole interviews, everything that is happening to this point, up to now, hindi pa rin namin maintindihan.
“And I'd like sana to ask him—sana po you can also ask him—'Tito Sen, ano po talaga yung puno’t dulo nito? What was it that you wanted us to do?’ Because we didn't get it, e.
“‘Gusto niyo ba mawala kami? Gusto niyo ba tuloy-tuloy pa rin?’
“Because after all the interviews, hindi pa rin namin... hindi pa rin clear why you guys left.
“Why iiwanan niyo yung something that you've had for 44 years? For what?
“Nainsulto ba kayo sa amin? Wala naman kami nasabi siguro.”
Sa mga panayam ni Tito Sotto—na nagsalita para sa TVJ matapos umere ang Fast Talk interview ni Bullet—sinabi nitong nasaktan siya sa pahayag ni Bullet na “ire-retain” nila ang TVJ.
Para raw silang puwedeng “sipain” o “palitan” anumang oras. Para raw silang pagmamay-ari ng TAPE.
Paglilinaw ni Bullet: “I never said that.
“If you go back to the interview, it was asked to me. So, ano naman sasagutin ko?
“How do I answer that type of question? Obviously, it's either yes or no.
“Kasi ang sinabi ni Tito Boy during that time was, ‘Iri-retain niyo ba sila TVJ?’ The only answer to that is, ‘Yes po.’
“So, obviously, it's not like I blurted it out and said na iri-retain namin siya. Sino naman ako to say that?
“So, I understand, in a way, where he's [Tito] coming from, out of respect...
“He took it out of context. I think he read it wrong.”
Paliwanag pa ni Bullet: “When someone asks me that question, obviously I'm gonna have to answer, and he [Tito Sotto] somehow twisted it to make it look like na ganoon kami kayabang para sabihin na 'Iri-retain namin [kayo].'
"Of course not. That's why we were even negotiating with the TVJ.
“So, I want to go back and forth and even ask him: 'Ano ba talaga yung puno't dulo? And what was it that you wanted us to do to maybe have possibly... have changed [your] mind...?"
“Kasi, like I said even a while ago, ang akin, it seemed like it was doomed from the very start.”