| | Valerie Concepcion was pulled out from Banana Split because of talent fee dispute. Author: Napoleon Quintos Banana Split has said goodbye to its three sexy casts as the show prepares for its third season.Valerie Concepcion, Roxanne Guinoo, and Dianne Medina have been pulled out from the sexy gag show while Cristine Reyes, Angelica Panganiban, Princess Ryan, and RR Enriquez were retained.At the story conference of the upcoming afternoon drama Precious Hearts Collections, Valerie revealed the real reason she was taken out from the Banana Split."Nakikipag-negotiate sila (Banana Split management) sa manager ko (Becky Aguila) about my talent fee sa Banana Split.Hindi sila nagkasundo kaya I was pulled out." Valerie explained that the management was planning to cut down her talent fee which she and her manager don't understand why."Our point is habang tumatagal 'yung show 'di ba dapat tumataas 'yung TF.E bakit kailangang babaan?Unfair din naman.'Yun ang main point ng manager ko.Feeling ko my manager knows what is best for me.Kung sa tingin niya 'yun ang deserve kong talent fee."But the TV host-actress disproved speculations that she is commanding the highest pay among all her Banana Split co-stars."Hindi naman namin napag-uusapan ang TF.I mean I don't know how much the TF of the others.It's not like kino-compare ko 'yung TF ko sa kanila.On our own lang talaga, my manager and I felt na bakit kailangang babaan 'yung TF ko." With her exit from the show, Valerie said that she is sad to say goodbye to the other girls who have been her close friends in the past several months of taping."Siyempre nakakalungkot kasi mami-miss ko talaga sila.Ilang months din kaming nagkasama.Every Thursday na taping namin lagi kaming nagkukulitan, syempre gag show kaya laging masaya.Mami-miss ko sila.Pero ganun talaga ang buhay showbiz." Another controversy haunting Valerie for the past couple of months now is the rumor that she is not really in good terms with fellow Wowowee hosts Pokwang and Mariel Rodriguez.Valerie and Pokwang were recently reported to have had a misunderstanding, but Valerie stressed that everything has been settled right away between her and the comedienne."Hindi ko na nga naiintindihan.Nag-start 'yan sa issue with Ate Pokwang.'Yung sa amin naman ni Pokie naayos na and after that okay naman na kami.Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit may lumalabas pang ganyang mga isyu.Ang gusto ko na lang paniwalaan is totoo ako sa kanila.'Yung pinapakita ko sa kanila is genuine talaga.Gusto ko lang paniwalaan na may mga taong naninira lang talaga na pinapalabas nilang nagpa-plastikan kami." Valerie further reacted on the write ups calling her 'sipsip' to Wowowee main host Willie Revillame."Kapag nagbibigay naman kami ng mom ko ng pagkain, even before pa na nasa kabilang network ako, lahat binibigyan namin kahit mga security guards.It's not paninipsip.Kung sumisipsip ako dapat kay Papi (Willie) lang ako nagbibigay.Hindi naman kasi pati mga staff binibigyan ko.Hindi ko alam bakit may lumalabas na ganun."With all the negative words thrown at her, Valerie could not help but be hurt. "I'm hurt especially if it's not true.Bakit kasi kailangang gawan ng issue kung wala naman talaga?Nakaka-frustrate kasi ang dami nilang ipinaparatang sa akin na ginagawa ko, but at the end of the day naiisip ko 'Ano nga ba ang ginawa ko?' 'Ano ba ang dapat gawin ko?''Kapag ginawa ko 'to mali, pero 'pag hindi ko ginawa mali pa rin.'" Valerie said that she and the people in Wowowee have talked privately and settled everything that has been bothering them."Nag-open forum na kami.Okay naman kaya alam kung maayos kami.Wala naman nasabing masama.Okay naman kami lahat.Hindi naman ako makaka-survive araw araw sa Wowowee kung hindi kami okay.Parang family kami." Source: ABS-CBN Interactive |
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