Was Willie Revillame being rude to Cory Aquino?

8 Aug
2009

Host of television show Wowowee Mr. Willie Revillame requested to the controller to remove the frame showing ABS-CBN’s live coverage of President Cory Aquino’s funeral cortege. Although he spoke in a controlled tone, he did this on air and his manner of request is questionable. This resulted in the anger of many Filipinos.

Below is a clip of the said incident:

Here is a transcript of what he said (in Tagalog):

“Kung ganyan, pakita na lang natin ‘yan. Kasi nagsasaya kami dito, tapos… Masakit sa akin ‘yan, e. Nagsasalita ako dito… ‘yan, please. Sana maintindihan n’yo. Nagsasaya kami dito, papakita n’yo sa amin yun ang… di ba? Hindi tama, e. Okey? Hindi ba?

Pangit! Hindi ho maganda sa atin. Nagsasalita, ipinapakita yung kabaong ni Tita Cory, hindi ba? Papano kami makapagsasaya, nahihirapan kami? I’m sorry ho, ha. Pero ako, totoo ako, e. ‘Wag n’yo akong pagagalitan, kasi totoo ang gusto kong malaman…

Pagkatapos ng show, ipakita n’yo ang gusto n’yong palabas. Kasi itong Wowowee, gusto ko… Hindi ba, at alam din ni Tita Cory ‘yan dahil napasaya rin siya ng show na ito na laging masaya dito, ok?”

Personally, I think Willie Revillame has all the right to make a request because after all Wowowee is his show. However, I think he should have been more cautious and he should have made the request off the air. By saying the things he said on air, he only earned the ire of many Filipinos who love and adore President Cory Aquino.

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5 Responses to Was Willie Revillame being rude to Cory Aquino?

ally12

August 8th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Ive known Willie as an arrogant in his words.I never liked him as a person except of being a host that gives joy to some of our less fortunate fellow countrymen.I myself is very grateful to what our late pres Aquino have had given back to us.The future with freedom that we can pass to our children and to our children’s children.But let us be broadminded on what willie did.He did that with an honest reason but only misunderstood because of his rude way.

sheila

August 15th, 2009 at 10:45 pm

maybe its just a reminder for willie.He maybe never noticed that he is not now showing humhumility,parang ang taas na ng tingin nya sa sarili nya.esp minsan kung sabihin nyang hindi xa nttakot na masesante sa show,parang tsina challenge nya ang mga superiors nya..Being true to words onlys proves to your own actions.minsan d nya alam pinaphiya na nya ang mga kasama nya s show,dancers,staff,kala mo kng sino mgslita,he is supposed to do it off cam.he shld nt tk for granted those small ppol who r giving commnts to him,for these myt be a great help to his personality.God bls the man who r truly humble but He resisted the proud

kris

August 16th, 2009 at 4:24 am

willie is one if the rudest people on the face of this earth.. he makes discriminating remarks to less fortunate people on wowowee and thinks of himself as if he has the most power anyone could ever have, he thinks he could do and say anything he wants to just because hesfamous and rich well this proves him wrong esp to disrespect our late president cory Aquino!!!

Marvin

November 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

isa sa mga magaling at marangal na presidente si dating pangulong Cory Aquino. sana magkaroon pa ng presidente na katulad niya.

Greg

May 27th, 2010 at 2:22 am

I don’t dispute the fact that he was being totoo lang when he said what he said in re to the libing of the of the former late Madame President Corazon Aquino. As an avid viewer of Wowowee since the show’s inception in 2005, I for one really enjoys the show in general, fact is if it was all up to me, I would give the jackpot each time the contestants pick the right box or the right color. I would not even attempt to persuade the contestant change it’s mind by offering more money cause in my experience it is so hard to get into the final, so hard to pick the right box that has the jackpot. That would really help the poor situation of that individual and the family. It would not have bothered me or Willie would have earned my respect if upon knowing that the burial was being shown on the screen as well instead of throwing comments like he did, he should have just asked for a moment of silence in respect to the late Mrs. Aquino and her family including the late ex senator Mr. Benigno Aquino who gave his life to his countrymen and women with no reservation. If he’s reasoning was the show was meant for joy and happy moments then why did he use the show’s time to badly react on Jobert Sucaldito’s comment, is it ok for Willie to use the show’s time or change it’s happy theme when he had grievances against his fellow kapamilya but it’s not ok to show a coverage of the burial of the nation’s late president? Why is he on the show as a host chastising the staff and more importantly he does not handle himself well when he sees humor on the contestant’s situation or their appearance. He finds their face or itsura very amusing to the point that he is laughing at them not with them. Let’s ask him what if he is the one without teeth? How would he feel if he was on the show and the host was almost pressuring him to smile? He lack manners when dealing with these human beings. He made comments where he does not pay attention to people’s comments regarding his attitude. Bunch of bull! Why was he bothered with Jobert’s comment? Now that he is out of Wowowee, the show still lives with even higher rating. Willie was not the only reason why Wowowee is popular especially to the OFW’s, it’s also because the show has variety games for the contestants. Why not have a host that are not overpaid? Instead give it to the contestants once they have picked the right box or color? Don’t trick them into picking the few thousand vs the million as a jackpot which Willie Revillame likes to do. Then Wowowee would even be loved by Filipinos!
Things happen for a reason, maybe this time, Wowowee will see through the eyes of its viewers.

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