Ivana Alawi breaks silence on ‘attitude problems’ on 'Batang Quiapo'

Peter Andrew Acierto

<div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kapamilya actress Ivana Alawi, who left the hit action-drama series <em>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo </em>last July 29 due to her busy schedule, broke her silence about the rumors of her attitude problems while working on the set. In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the <em>Batang Quiapo</em> star explained herself and maintained that none of the allegations thrown against her are true. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-DJPK7J9NW/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%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A498004.90000000596%2C%22ls%22%3A497862%2C%22le%22%3A497899%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1312" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" 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="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ivana’s last episode with <em>Batang Quiapo</em> reached more than 600,000 concurrent viewers–– making it the all-time high record for the series. </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/2024/8/1/ivana-alawi-says-goodbye-to-fpj-s-batang-quiapo-babaunin-ko-lahat-ng-natutunan-ko-928" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/1/ivana-alawi-says-goodbye-to-fpj-s-batang-quiapo-babaunin-ko-lahat-ng-natutunan-ko-928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: </strong></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/1/ivana-alawi-says-goodbye-to-fpj-s-batang-quiapo-babaunin-ko-lahat-ng-natutunan-ko-928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Ivana Alawi says goodbye to ‘FPJ’s Batang Quiapo’: ‘Babaunin ko lahat ng natutunan ko!’</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Yung sinasabi na umaalis ako na hindi pa tapos yung taping, I’ve never done that. Unang-una alam ko malaki ang cost ng production so kahit lumagpas ako ng oras, wala akong commercial the next day, walang problema. Hindi ako nagsasabi na ‘o tapos na tayo aalis na ako,’” she shared.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Hindi ako ganon kasi may production cost. Everyone’s working hindi lang ako, so bakit magdedepende ako sa sarili ko na ayoko na eh tapos na oras ko so I respect everyone,” she added.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ivana maintained that she wasn’t written off the show but it was her own decision as she couldn’t juggle all her commitments anymore. She revealed that her time with <em>Batang Quiapo</em> was only supposed to be for three months but she kept on going even after their initial agreement.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Magwa-1 year na! So nag-click siya and magwa-one year na so nag-catch up lahat ng commitments ko. As in nahuhuli na ako so, nagpaalam ako ng maayos sabi ko hindi na talaga kaya… Minahal ko talaga yung character kong si Bubbles, so nagpaalam ako. So walang nangyaring tinanggal ako or something like that. That’s not true,” she revealed.</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/2024/6/16/ivana-alawi-talks-about-balancing-vlogging-and-acting-1128" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/6/16/ivana-alawi-talks-about-balancing-vlogging-and-acting-1128" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Ivana Alawi talks about balancing vlogging and acting</strong></a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, the Kapamilya star expressed her gratitude for the role she was given in the hit action-drama series. She shared that playing Bubbles made her come out of comfort zone as she got to experience several styles of acting.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“It’s something that I’ll treasure for a long time ‘cause this is the first project na parang lumabas ako sa shell ko and I got to do a lot of things which is action, may comedy kami meron romance and you get to do that all in one project and of course, with that &#x27;yung tulong ni Direk Coco Martin,” she said. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ivana’s character in <em>Batang Quiapo</em> was shot by David (McCoy de Leon) which led to her death. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</em> is available for streaming on the Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, TV5, CineMo, Kapamilya Online Live, iWantTFC, at TFC.</span></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Ivana Alawi clears up the attitude problem allegations thrown against her.</p>

Ivana Alawi clears up the attitude problem allegations thrown against her.

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Ivana Alawi breaks silence on ‘attitude problem’ rumors on 'FPJ's Batang Quiapo' set

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