Willie Revillame, host of the popular ABS-CBN noontime show Wowowee, is on leave indefinitely and has been forgiven by the family of former Philippine president Corazon “Cory” Aquino, but the online petition calling for his ouster continues to gather signatures from Filipinos worldwide.
As of this writing, the online petition now has 48,009 signatures. The irate viewers are protesting Revillame’s on-air comments on the Aquino cortege video that was shown as an inset during the airing of Wowowee.
Revillame’s critics have also set up the Anti Willie Revillame Movement Facebook Group, which now has over 5,000 members.
Amid widespread criticism of the comments he made about the cortege video of former Philippine president Corazon “Cory” Aquino, “Wowowee” host Willie Revillame has gone on leave “indefinitely.”
Willie Revillame is on leave “indefinitely” in the wake of the controversy generated by his order to cut the simultaneous live broadcast of the procession of President Corazon Aquino’s remains from his noontime show last August 3.
“Yes, naka-leave [siya]. From his (Revillame) own text [message] to me, indefinitely,” Bong Osorio, head of ABS-CBN’s corporate communications, told abs-cbnNEWS.com in a phone interview.
For those who haven’t seen it, here’s the YouTube clip of Revillame commenting on the Aquino cortege video.
UPDATE: Willie Revillame has apologized for the remarks, according to this INQUIRER.net story. Meanwhile, the online petition launched by irate viewers and Internet users against Revillame has gathered 7,309 signatures, as of this writing.
An online petition has been launched urging Philippine broadcast giant ABS-CBN to reprimand Willie Revillame, host of the network’s popular noontime show “Wowowee”.
Filipino viewers and Internet users have been condemning the remarks Revillame made while a video feed of former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino’s cortege was shown during the “Wowowee” broadcast on Monday, August 3. Here’s a YouTube clip showing Revillame’s reaction.
Today, August 5, the Filipino nation will bid farewell one final time to the woman who restored democracy in the Philippines and inspired peaceful People Power revolutions in other countries (some successful, some not).
Thousands of Filipinos are expected to turn out for the funeral of former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, with thousands more inside and outside the country watching the live video streams of GMANews.TV and ABS-CBN and interacting with fellow mourners online on social networks, such as on Facebook through this President Cory Aquino Facebook Page and the Global Wake for Cory Aquino in Cyberspace Facebook event.
