Ogie Diaz denied that his former top talent, Liza Soberano was only getting 30% of her talent fee because of commissions from her managers.
In his vlog, the popular talent manager and showbiz reporter answered some of the statements made by Liza during an interview with Boy Abunda.
It can be recalled that Liza revealed the computation of the commissions being deducted from her fee as an actress.
“I started with him [Diaz] at 2012 and then up until year 2015 or 2016 which was when I was seventeen thirty percent po ‘yung commission niya sa akin, my Tita Joni [Castillo] was taking twenty percent and Star Magic was taking ten percent.” said Liza.
“My Tita Joni was started feeling bad for me that that was the situation so nag-usap po sila ni Tito Ogie na bawasan na lang ‘yung commissions nila from me because they felt that I deserve more since I was putting in a lot of work.
“So eventually naging twenty percent na lang po si Tito Ogie, and si Tita Joni naging fifteen percent tapos ‘yung bawas niya was after Tito Ogie would take his commission and Star Magic was still at ten percent pero ang Star Magic po hindi kumukuha ng commission if it’s money coming from ABS-CBN so ang money po galing sa teleserye, sa movies, hindi po sila kumukuha ng commission its just from endorsements,”
While he was hesitant to talk about commissions and calling it ‘ka-cheap-an’, Ogie still revealed his own breakdown of the talent fee being received by Liza.
According to him, Liza was getting 63% of her talent fee and not 30% like what she was claiming.
“20 [percent] ako, 10 [percent] ang Star Magic, ngayon si Tita Joni kinausap ko, sinabi ko na ang komisyon mo, mangagaling sa natitirang 70 [percent] na natitira kay Liza, so 10 percent si Tita Joni doon kaya 7% lang naman,” the talent manager said.
“So kung susumahin natin, Liza used to get 63 percent kaya hindi ko alam kung saan galing ‘yung 30%” he added.
Ogie clarified also that he never claimed that he’s not taking commissions from Liza anymore.
“Wala ho akong sinasabi na hindi na ako tumatanggap ng commission. Ang sinasabi ko po ay hindi na tumatanggap si Liza ng mga project dahil nga papunta na siya ng ibang direksyon, na naghihintay na lang siya na matapos ang kontrata.” he said.