Has Paolo Ballesteros been suspended from Eat Bulaga!?
Fans have been wondering about Ballesteros’ whereabouts because, for several days now, he has been missing from the noontime show’s Kalyeserye — in which he plays Lola Tidora as part of a trio that includes Wally Bayola as Lola Nidora and Jose Manalo as Lola Tinidora.
In his Funfare column in The Philippine Star, Ricky Lo had this answer: “Here’s the truth and nothing but: Paolo has been suspended after he ranted on his Facebook that he was clueless what he was supposed to do at an ad summit in Subic sponsored by Eat Bulaga!. He was supposed to be one of the hosts but he was a no-show. As he ranted, he decided to stay in his room and drank.”
The Philippine Daily Inquirer cited some of Ballesteros’ posts on the matter and we’re reposting them below.
Obviously incensed, Ballesteros had typed (presented as is), “UHM EXCUSE ME MGA MAGAGALING NA PRODUCTION, ANDITO NA HO ANG MGA MAIN HOSTS NINYO SA HOTEL. WALA MAN LANG TAO DITO NA MAGAASIKASO SAMEN AT KAME PA MISMONG MGA MAIN HOSTS ANG MAGAAYOS NG KWARTO NAMEN? HINIHINGAN PA KAMI NG ID NG HOTEL.”
Translation: “Excuse me, production people, your main hosts are already in the hotel. There’s no one here to take care of our needs and we even had to fix our own bed. The hotel even asked for our IDs.”
He then added: “E total hanggang ngayon wala pa ring nagsasabe sa amen kung anong magaganap, pati mga makeup artist namen at wardrobe andito na sa room lahat kame CLUELESS, at wala atang may alam sa inyo kung ano ang magaganap, oorder nako ng redhorse at iinom nalang ako sa kwarto ko ok. Wag nyo kong IISTORBOHIN. Bow. Shot na.”
Translation: “Because until now, we have not been briefed what would happen, even our makeup artist and wardrobe stylist in the room are clueless, and because you also seem not to know anything, I will just order Red Horse and drink in my room. Do not disturb me.”
It’s not clear if Ballesteros took down his posts about the event, but some news outfits managed to get screengrabs of his posts. Here’s one screengrab below:
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