Willie Revillame is currently on leave from Wowowee..

Willie Revillame

Wowowee host Willie Revillame is once again in the headlines of various publications and internet sites regarding his statement during a live Wowowee telecast where he asked the live feed of Cory Aquino’s cortege be removed from the screen.

During the show’s Willie of Fortune segment, Willie said: “It’s not good for us to have fun here while the whole country grieves. I cannot make people laugh at the same time that this part of the funeral of our former president is being shown.”

When Willie’s reaction found its way to YouTube, many have seen this as brash and it was met with a huge wave of negative reactions. It sprouted already numerous online petitions to have the host suspended or remove from his post on the number one noon time show in the country.

The following day, he explained: “I felt that it wasn’t good to show it whlie were having fun. Don’t be angry at me.” He said he was willing to give way to the airing of the TV special, but thathis bosses instructed him to do the show live.

The host was not present last Saturday and this automatically made people ask what happened to Willie. According to Bong Osorio, Head of ABS-CBN’s Corporate Communications, Willie himself texted him and said that he is on indefinite leave effective last Saturday. Mariel Rodriguez, one of Willie’s co-hosts on Wowowee, also mentioned on the show yesterday that Willie is currently resting.

On MTRCB and KBP calim that Willie violated Presidential Decree of 1986 Section 3C, saying that they can take action on any program on TV that will not reflect good alues and show anything injrious to the State, the Republic of the Philippines and its people. ABS-CBN has already received the notice on the said matter and will heave only five days to respond to this. MTRCB Chairwoman Consoliza Laguardia and KBP Vice Chairman Jun Nicadao says that the station will receive fair treatment in the hearing of this issue.

On the other hand. Sen. Nonoy Aquino in an interview said that he would rather not make a igdeal out of the issue. “I’ll take what he said at face value and he hadn’t brought any insult to our family.”