Star Cinema managing director Malou Santos appeals to now Kapatid star Derek Ramsay to tell the truth on the issue that the latter has been the last to know about being replaced in the movie The Mistress with Bea Alonzo.
In an article posted last April 28 on Yahoo! OMG, Derek said that he was hut by Star Cinema's decision since he was the last to know about being replaced by John Lloyd Cruz in the movie with Bea Alonzo.
“Hindi ako naniwala sa mga tao sa paligid ko na wala na nga ako talaga (sa movie). I was the last to know but I had to understand where it’s coming from. (Star Cinema) management believes it’s better for Bea to have a different partner in the movie,” Derek said.
Meanwhile, Ms. Malou Santos of Star Cinema called up Ricky Lo's Funfare to clarify the issue, saying that she respects Derek's decision to switch networks but should just tell the truth and refrain from dropping lies.
Here is the FUNFARE article by Ricky F. Lo posted yesterday, May 1.
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Star Cinema
managing director Malou Santos called up Funfare yesterday to clarify the
item about Derek Ramsay having been “unceremoniously” taken out of The
Mistress, replaced by John Lloyd Cruz as the leading man of Bea Alonzo (with
Hilda Koronel and Ronaldo Valdez as the other members of the cast).
Malou said that
Derek did shoot for the movie for only three days and not seven days as
Funfare reported.
Before Derek
signed up with the Kapatid Network TV5, Malou admitted that Star
Cinema/ABS-CBN did make a counter-offer for both film and TV, without
mentioning the talent fee involved. According to the network’s official
statement, Derek must have been offered by TV5 an amount “na hindi namin
kayang tapatan.” Derek and his manager Joji denied that Derek bit the TV5
offer to the tune of P600 million (too much, too much!?!).
“I spoke to Joji
about management’s decision last April 4 at 5 p.m.,” recalled Malou. “The
text of Derek came a few minutes after that. It said, ‘Hi, Tita. I heard the
sad news na papalitan n’yo po ako sa movie. Thank you, Tita, for the
opportunity. Best wishes.’ I texted him back, ‘I hope you understand the decision
of management.’ He replied, ‘Yes, I do.’ So it’s not true that we replaced
Derek without his being informed about it.”
Citing the case
of Aga Muhlach who also moved from Kapamilya to Kapatid, Malou said it was an
entirely different story.
“Aga was shooting
his Star Cinema movie In The Name Of Love with Angel Locsin when his
negotiations with TV5 were going on, but he made the official announcement
only when the movie was done and ready to be shown,” explained Malou. “In the
case of Derek, nauna ang announcement ng paglipat n’ya sa TV5 before the
movie was even finished.”
Malou has one
appeal to Derek: “As I wish you luck and I respect your decision (to sign up
with another network), just tell the truth. Huwag lang magsalita ng hindi
tama at hindi totoo.”
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