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‘Sinabi kong No’: Ogie Diaz refuses to feature celebrity who said ‘Yes to ABS-CBN shutdown’

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<p>Talent manager and comedian Ogie Diaz shared how he refused to promote in his vlog a movie star because the latter said yes to the shutdown of ABS-CBN.</p><p>In his “I-chika Mo Na, Dali!” vlog on his Ogie Diaz Showbiz Update YouTube channel, Ogie relayed that a promo coordinator of the said movie approached him to guest the movie star in his vlog but he said no to the request.</p><p>Ogie explained, &quot;Hindi mismo &#x27;yung artista &#x27;yung lumapit sa akin kundi &#x27;yung promo coordinator para sabihin sa akin na baka pwede mo i-guest ito sa vlog mo, itong artista na ito. So derechahan kong sinabi sa kanya, ‘No. Yes to ABS-CBN shutdown siya. Sorry.’&quot;</p><p>He remarked that he is really firm about this stand and he will not guest those who supported the shutdown of the Kapamilya network. </p><p>&quot;Firm ako diyan and that&#x27;s my stand at kung sino &#x27;yung mga kakilala ko o kaibigan na nag-yes to shutdown, hindi ko kayo ige-guest,&quot; he said. </p><p>Ogie added, &quot;Sabi ko naman kumbaga kung maganda naman &#x27;yung pelikula niya kikita naman &#x27;yun kahit wala &#x27;yung tulong ko di ba? Sabi ko lang sana nag-improve na &#x27;yung acting niya.&quot;</p><p>Ogie did not disclose the identity of the celebrity in question.</p><p>This is not the first time that Ogie Diaz discussed the said matter.</p><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="274" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fogie.diaz.5%2Fposts%2F3777719618946717&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=274&amp;appId" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="552"></iframe></div><p>On his Facebook page on November 27, he wrote, “Asking for my support ang isang namamahala ng isang movie for the filmfest. Baka daw pwede kong i-guest at interbyuhin sa aking YouTube channel yung isang bida doon. Sabi ko nang wala nang paligoy-ligoy pa, ‘No. Yes to ABS-CBN shutdown siya. Sorry.’”</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="488" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C7fF0rg8-Nw" width="1349"></iframe></div><p>He further said, &quot;Kung maganda naman yung movie niya, hindi naman niya ako kailangan. Kikita pa rin yan.  Sana lang, mahusay na siyang umarte.&quot;</p><p>In July, the House committee denied ABS-CBN a new franchise, which shut down the media giant’s broadcast operations. Thousands of employees were laid off following the shutdown. </p>

Ogie Diaz remains firm with his decision not to feature those who said yes to the shutdown of the Kapamilya network.