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Melai Cantiveros grateful to ABS-CBN: ‘Forever Kapamilya’

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melai Cantiveros expressed her deepest gratitude towards ABS-CBN as she signed another exclusive contract, extending her stay with her home network. The former <em>Pinoy Big Brother</em> big winner recalled how she had already decided to go back to General Santos City during the shutdown of ABS-CBN during the pandemic.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBYJLZdzGIm/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A5227702.300000012%2C%22ls%22%3A4820930.899999976%2C%22le%22%3A4820939%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="997" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joining Melai in the contract signing were ABS-CBN chairman Mark L. Lopez, ABS-CBN president and CEO Carlo L. Katigbak, COO of Broadcast Cory V. Vidanes, ABS-CBN head of TV Production and Star Magic head Laurenti M. Dyogi, and ABS-CBN head of finance Rick Tan, among others.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/10/15/melai-cantiveros-and-jason-francisco-perform-melason-song-on-jason-s-birthday-921" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/10/15/melai-cantiveros-and-jason-francisco-perform-melason-song-on-jason-s-birthday-921" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: </strong></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/10/15/melai-cantiveros-and-jason-francisco-perform-melason-song-on-jason-s-birthday-921" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco perform ‘MelaSon song’ on Jason’s birthday</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Kapamilya comedian-host revealed that she didn’t want to transfer to any other network during the onset of the shutdown of ABS-CBN as she wanted remain loyal forever to the company that she considers her family.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Hindi ko talaga ma imagine–– hindi dahil nandito yung mga boss–– talagang alam din ito ni ma’am Cory at direk Lauren. Hindi ko maimagine ang sarili ko ng wala ako sa ABS-CBN. Kahit na nung pandemic–– kung wala na ang ABS-CBN, uuwi nalang ako ng [General Santos City] rather than to go to another [network] because I’m so happy with this family,” she recalled.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She then showed her gratitude towards the Kapamilya bosses who put their trust in her and boosted her confidence to become one of Asia’s finest comedian-hosts. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Sobra talaga akong na overwhelm lalo na sa pagmamahal na binigay sa akin ni direk Lauren. &#x27;Yung sa tiwala talaga dahil I am a simple woman sa Gen San na hindi naman nagtitiwala sa sarili ko pero si direk Lauren ang unang nag tiwala talaga sa akin,” she said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I want to say thank you sa mga bosses natin dahil grabe talaga. Ever since yung pag labas namin sa PBB, sinabihan din kami ni Sir Gabby [Lopez] ‘kapag may problema kayo, pag may nag dodown sa inyo, sabihin niyo lang sa akin,”  she added.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Hindi ko makalimutan talaga that’s why I’m very [thankful] sa mga Lopezes at kay Ma’am Cory and direk Lauren,” she continued.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/31/melai-cantiveros-fangirls-over-secondhand-serenade-nanumbalik-ang-memories-759" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/31/melai-cantiveros-fangirls-over-secondhand-serenade-nanumbalik-ang-memories-759" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: </strong></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/31/melai-cantiveros-fangirls-over-secondhand-serenade-nanumbalik-ang-memories-759" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Melai Cantiveros fangirls over Secondhand Serenade: ‘Nanumbalik ang memories’</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melai maintained that she didn’t need to have an extravagant contract signing as she will forever be a Kapamilya no matter what happens. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Ngayon, sobra sobra ito. Basta ako Kapamilya ako forever talaga,” she ended.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melai continues to be the happy pill of millions of Kapamilyas worldwide as she hosts her latest show, <em>Kuan on One,</em> available on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel. She is also part of the elite line-up of hosts of the latest season of PBB. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Melai Cantiveros will forever be a Kapamilya despite the challenges the network faced.</p>

Melai Cantiveros will forever be a Kapamilya despite the challenges the network faced.

Melai Cantiveros grateful to ABS-CBN: ‘Forever Kapamilya’

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Melai Cantiveros grateful to ABS-CBN: ‘Forever Kapamilya’

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Published October 23, 2024 06:45 PM PHT

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