Talent manager Ogie Diaz responded to the netizens accusing him of making his former talent Liza Soberano a milking cow.
In his statement, the talent manager said that he would just let the people accuse him if that would make them happy.
He insisted that he never experienced any issue about money and he even claimed that he was the one being tricked financially.
“Kung pagmumukain akong pera ng mga tao at sasabihin na mukha akong komisyon, Diyos ko, kung doon kayo happy o di sige mukha akong komisyon.. never naman ako nagkaroon ng isyu sa pera,” Ogie said.
“Ako nga ang naiisahan… ang tagal ko na rito wala naman akong niloko tungkol sa pera. Kaya kung sinasabi nila mukha akong komisyon, wow! sana may komisyon din kayo!” he added.
It can be recalled that Liza in an interview with Boy Abunda revealed that during her early years as an actress, Ogie was taking 30% commission from her talent fee, 20% was being taken from her by her aunt Joni Castillo-Pillarana and Star Magic also deducted 10% from her.
Because of the commissions, Liza said that she only receive 30% of her income because of the taxes she also required to pay.
Ogie admitted he considered his former talent a ‘blessing’.
“Isang biyayang malaki si Liza sa akin. Pagkatapos namin na maghiwalay ni Vice Ganda, dumating si Liza Soberano. Sabi nga nila kapag may nagsasara ng pinto, may nagbubukas na bubong. Noong 2011 naghiwalay kami ni Vice Ganda; 2012 siya (si Liza) dumating. So alam mo ‘yung marunong ang Diyos at the same time ay magkakaibigan pa rin kami ni Vice Ganda,” Ogie said in an old interview.
“Bukod doon, alam mo feeling ko sa sarili ko, si Liza ang bumuhay sa bunso kong anak. So, parang hindi ko nano-notice na nabobokya ako dahil may pumapasok na trabaho kay Liza, at the same time nahahawaan kami ni Dudu. So malaki talagang blessing si Liza kaya siguro nagpa-pay forward kami para mas tuloy-tuloy ang blessings.” he added.