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According to statement, the meeting between the ABS-CBN management and Willie pushed
through yesterday afternoon, May 24.
It also stated, "Willie has realized his mistake and apologized to ABS-CBN management for his
outburst on air in Wowowee on May 4, 2010, and his failure to report to work since May 5,
2010."
The statement also underscored that "ABS-CBN and Willie agreed that he takes an indefinite
break effective immediately, but his contract obligations with ABS-CBN hold."
This means that Willie cannot work "for any person or entity in direct competition with ABS-
CBN."
With regard to the future of Wowowee, Willie and the management would still have to discuss
"what will be in the best interest of the viewing public."
Although the statement did not mention whether Willie would eventally return as host of
Wowowee, PEP gathered from an ABS-CBN insider that the TV host's leave will last for "three
months," and that he will return to the show "around August or September."
FLASHBACK. It will be recalled that on the May 4 live episode of Wowowee, Willie threatened
to resign from Wowowee if the ABS-CBN management failed to kick out radio host and The
Buzz segment host Jobert Sucaldito from the network. The TV host claimed that Jobert had been
hitting him and his show for a year. On May 12, Willie sent a letter to the top executives of ABS-
CBN asking them to "release" him as a talent of the network. The letter was first published in the
Philippine Star on May 21 and was posted by PEP on the same day.
Willie has been out of the show since May 5, the day after he threatened to resign. He was
temporarily replaced by action superstar Robin Padilla, who began hosting the show last May 8
and will stay until this Saturday, May 29. It has not been determined if Robin will be staying on
the show while Willie is out.
ABS-CBN STATEMENT. Here is the official statement of ABS-CBN on the meeting between
the network executives and Willie Revillame:
"ABS-CBN management and Willie Revillame pushed through with their scheduled talk
yesterday afternoon.
"Willie has realized his mistake and apologized to ABS-CBN management for his outburst on
air in Wowowee on May 4, 2010, and his failure to report to work since May 5, 2010.
"ABS-CBN and Willie agreed that he takes an indefinite break effective immediately, but his
contract obligations with ABS-CBN hold. This disallows him to perform similar work for any
person or entity in direct competition with ABS-CBN.
"At some point, ABS-CBN management and Willie will discuss what will be in the best interest
of the viewing public.