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'Ipinaglaban ko': Keempee de Leon barred from 'Showtime'?

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1388609" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -- Actor-host Keempee de Leon admitted that he had to fight for his right to guest on &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; last week, where he appeared in the show&#x27;s segment &quot;KapareWho.&quot;</p><p>In a press conference on Tuesday for ABS-CBN&#x27;s newest daytime drama &quot;Nang Ngumiti Ang Langit,&quot; de Leon said he had a text conversation with a top executive of TAPE, Inc. the producer of rival program &quot;Eat Bulaga.&quot; </p><p>&quot;I&#x27;d been with &#x27;Eat Bulaga&#x27; for 14 years and then wala na ako sa kanila for 3 years. Si Tita Malou Choa-Fagar (TAPE executive) tinext niya ako about that at sabi niya kumbaga since katapat ng &#x27;Eat Bulaga&#x27; parang hindi puwede mag-guest dahil katapat ng &#x27;Eat Bulaga.&#x27; Sabi niya it&#x27;s work ethics naman. Pero ipinaglaban ko. Sabi ko gusto ko mag-guest,&quot; said de Leon, the son of &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; host Joey de Leon.</p><p>&quot;Sabi ko I&#x27;m just being professional to my work, and at the same time lumipat na naman ako. I&#x27;m not with them. So gusto ko i-promote &#x27;yung show. Hindi naman po porke nag-guest ako sa &#x27;Showtime&#x27; ay kinakalaban ko po sila. It&#x27;s about promoting the show &#x27;Nang Ngumiti Ang Langit,&#x27;&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;Sabi ko kay Tita Malou sana po walang personalan, trabaho ko po ito. It&#x27;s my choice and I had to move on.&quot;</p><p>De Leon was last seen in the Kapamilya gag show &quot;Klasmeyts.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Nang Ngumiti Ang Langit,&quot; which also stars Sophia Reola, Enzo Pineda, RK Bagatsing, Cristine Reyes, Dante Rivero, Pilar Pilapil, and Ces Quesada, will premiere on March 25 before &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime.&quot;</p>

<p>Actor-host Keempee de Leon admitted that he had to fight for his right to guest on "It's Showtime" last week, where he appeared in the show's segment "KapareWho."</p>

Actor-host Keempee de Leon admitted that he had to fight for his right to guest on "It's Showtime" last week, where he appeared in the show's segment "KapareWho."