Well known talent manager and comedian Ogie Diaz talked about the issues involving Eat Bulaga!‘s new hosts in the “Showbiz Update” vlog with Loi and Jegs.
After the resignation of the show’s main hosts, Eat Bulaga! continue to air live beginning June 5 showcasing a new set of entertainers. Paolo Contis, Buboy Villar, Betong Sumaya, Mavy Legaspi, Cassy Legaspi, Alexa Miro, and Kokoy de Santos replaced Tito, Vic, Joey and the Dabarkads,
However, they were welcomed with mixed reception, mostly backlashes from disappointed loyal viewers of the former hosts of the show. Online the fresh hosts earned negative feedback with some netizens claiming that Eat Bulaga! no longer feels the same because of the new hosts and even compared it to be more like “Sunday PinaSaya”
Diaz defended the new hosts saying that they at least admitted that they could not fully surpass the previous Eat Bulaga! hosts
The talent manager added that the hosts are only trying to make a living and just followed the tasks given to them.
“Pero ito ay hanapbuhay na sila ay naatasan lang na magtrabaho. Kung huhusgahan natin sa unang araw pa lang, e hindi natin sila mapu-push na galingan. Unless, magsilbi itong motivation sa kanila para lalo nilang pag-igihan ‘yan”, Diaz said.
He further added that the viewers should give the new entertainers a chance to prove themselves.
Diaz remarked, “Bigyan natin ng chance. Trabaho ‘yung kanilang tinanggap. Bigyan natin sila ng enough time to prove their worth.”
The new Eat Bulaga!, with its new hosts, is only less than a month-old. Certainly, there are plenty of time for the longest-running noontime show to improve later on, despite the increasing risk of losing all their loyal viewers who are used to watching the former hosts of the show.
