Joey de Leon couldn’t stop being emotional while explaining why he defended the original hosts of Eat Bulaga who resigned together with him on May 31, 2023, after having issues with their former production company TAPE Inc.
During the Media Day for the upcoming new show of TVJ on TV5, he said that one of the reasons why he really wanted the Dabarkads to stick together was because of a portion in Eat Bulaga.
“Meron kaming portion sa show, ‘yung tinatawag namin na mga ‘Bawal Judgmental’, napakahirap ng portion na ‘yon.. sensitibo po ‘yon, kung nanonood kayo kung ano ano ‘yung mga topics namin, mga sakit ng tao, mga pinagdaraanan ng tao, kung sino ‘yung maraming anak, ‘yung mga naghirap, ganon po ‘yon,” Joey said.
“Si Maine, si Ryan at lahat po sila, ang gagaling po nilang magtanong, ang hirap po nong portion na ‘yon, ‘yung Bawal Judgmental, ‘yung mga tanong na ginagamit doon hindi basta basta dahil mag-iingat ka dahil baka makasakit ka ng damdamin dahil nga ang hihirap ng mga paksa doon.
“Pero lahat sila, ang gagaling nila. Hindi po sila pini-feed ng mga writers namin, paminsan-minsan kapag may nakakalimutan, sinusulat nila at pinapakita. Kaya po hangang hanga kami sa grupong to, tignan mo sila Jose, kahit mga komedyante kapag nagtanong sila doon sa mga tao, parang ‘wow’ hindi mo maiisip na ganoon ka-disente ‘yung tanong mo at kaingat.
Vic Sotto then said that TAPE Inc. wanted to remove the said portion despite being one of the most popular segments of their show and giving valuable lessons to their viewers.
“Kaya naiiyak si Joey kasi gusto nilang tanggalin ‘yung portion ng bagong management,” Vic said.
“Hindi po ninyo alam ang buong istorya sa mga meetings namin, ‘yun ang isa sa mga gusto nilang tanggalin,” Joey followed.
It was reported that the Jalosjos family wanted Bawal Judgmental to be removed because of being ‘boring’ and they wanted to replace it with another segment about nannies.