Cristine, nagsalita na; Vivian, nauna raw nanigaw

FINALLY, naglabas na ng official statement niya si Cristine Reyes tungkol sa gusot nila ni Vivian Velez sa taping ng seryeng Tubig at Langis thru her Viva management agency.

Base sa statement ni Cristine, ”last Thursday (March 3), the Executive Producer asked me if Ms. Vivian can share the dressing room with me because her assigned area was not ready to be occupied yet. I, of course, agreed. I was fine sharing a room with any of my co-stars for as long as we have mutual respect. I would not have agreed with production if I had any ill feelings towards Ms. Vivian.”

Nagulat daw si Cristine nang biglang magbago ang pakikitungo ni Vivian sa kanya noong dumating siya sa set ng Tubig at Langis galing ng shooting ng pelikulang ginagawa niya.

Gustong magpahinga na raw si Cristine sa kuwarto na kasama niya si Vivian nang biglang magsimula namang mag-ingay ang huli.

At dahil pagod ay minabuting lumabas ni Cristine ng kuwarto,  ”I went out to get some air and went to where the common area for artists and production was. The EP asked me why I was there. I said it was difficult to sleep with Ms. Vivian inside the room. The EP told me not to worry because Ms. Vivian’s dressing room will soon be ready.

“Some time passed and finally, the dressing room of Ms. Vivian was ready. From what I understand, she was first notified by the production assistants and upon being notified, she threw a fit, blaming me for the transfer. The EP immediately tried to pacify her but she stood her ground and continued shouting, telling everyone that I was the one booting her out of the room.

“It was then I found out that the room assigned to me weeks back after the tent and the mosquito incident used to be hers. I was not privy to this and so I fully understood what she was going through. I then opted to just transfer and move out from the room assigned to me to ease tensions.

“To make it clear that I had nothing to do with the request for her to transfer rooms.

“To be very clear about it, I never requested anyone at any point for Ms. Vivian to be transferred rooms. In fact, I gladly welcomed production’s request for her to share a room with me while her room was still unavailable. And despite the inconvenience I encountered while she was around, I had no intentions whatsoever of booting her out.

Nabanggit pa ni AA na gusto sana niyang kausapin si Vivian para magkaliwanagan pero naisip niyang huwag na lang dahil, ”because her emotions were still so high.

“I did not want to push it too and, out of frustration and stress, I cried to my co-star Zanjoe Marudo.

Pahayag naman daw ng executive producer kay Cristine, ”The EP turned to me and said, and I quote, ‘Kaunting tiis na lang, AA. Sa Monday kakausapin na siya ng management para sa pagkawala niya sa show.’

“Still I would’ve appreciated a resolution better because I had nothing to do with the issue of Ms. Vivian’s source of anger. It was the production staff that was trying to transfer her and not me. I, in fact, made the initiative to be the one to transfer dressing rooms that day to stop the issue then.”

Totoong kumakanta si Cristine ng Goodbye ni Avril Lavigne  at ang dahilan niya ay, ”I was so stressed that when it was finally time for me to do a scene where Ms. Vivian will be present, I was trying to motivate myself by just singing Avril Lavigne’s ‘Goodbye’ song before doing my scene.

“It was, of course, subliminal because of my knowledge of her departure from the show. It was short of saying to myself precisely what the EP informed me earlier.

“More than anything, it was my way of dealing with the situation to get the job done.”

At dito na raw nagsimulang manigaw si Vivian kay AA.

“Ms. Vivian started to shout at me and, I quote, ‘Ako ba ang pinariringgan mo? Sino ka ba?! Superstar ka ba?!’ I got rattled at this point and I just answered her in a mild manner, ‘Kumakanta lang naman ako, masama ba kumanta?’

“And it was at this point that Zanjoe pulled me away from the scene because he was alarmed with the way both Ms. Vivian and her makeup artist were charging toward me.”

At bilang nakababata ay humingi si Cristine ng dispensa sa hindi magandang pangyayari sa kanila ni Vivian.

“I am sorry that some gaps in the communication between the production staff, Ms. Vivian and myself escalated some issues. I reiterate that I wanted them resolved soonest for everyone’s peace of mind.

“I am also sorry that emotions got so heightened that some of my actions were misconstrued for rudeness when they were, more than anything else, my own way of coping with the stressful working conditions on this set in this particular instance. But I sincerely apologize if I hurt Ms. Vivian or anybody else.”

At ang huling pahayag ni Cristine, ”senior artists who have paved the way for stars like me in the industry.”

Klaro na!

FACT SHEET – Reggee Bonoan