Rochelle Pangilinan admits she regrets her decision to leave 'Eat Bulaga'
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Rochelle Pangilinan reveals the reason why The SexBomb Girls left 'Eat Bulaga' before and her regrets in doing so.
Kapuso dancer-actress and Mga Lihim ni Urduja star Rochelle Pangilinan rose to stardom when she started as a member of the all-female singing and dancing group, The SexBomb Girls, in the longest-running noontime show, Eat Bulaga. She admitted, however, that she regrets leaving the show when they had to.
In an interview on the Updated with Nelson Canlas podcast, Rochelle revealed the reason why they were removed from the noontime show in 2011. According to her, Eat Bulaga then-producer Malou Choa Fagar, and their manager, Joy Cancio, were in a disagreement.
Rochelle said that while she did not know what's the disagreement all about, she mentioned it was not her place to intervene, but she was asked by their Daisy Siete director, Pat Perez, if they would show up in the noontime show.
“Tahimik lang ako kasi iniisip ko pa rin kung anong dapat gawin. Ako firm ako doon sa decision ko na hindi, aattend tayo. So nag-meeting kami na alam ko somewhere in Timog,” she said.
She added, “Kasi 'yung iba gusto na umuwi, parang 'di ba ganun ang SexBomb ayaw na napapa-involve sa mga ganiyan. 'So uwi na lang kami ate, kasi baka 'pag um-attend naman tayo pagalitan tayo sa Eat Bulaga or 'pag um-attend tayo papagalitan tayo ni Ate Joy, 'pag hindi naman tayo um-attend magagalit ang Eat Bulaga, uwi na lang kami, mag-absent na lang kami today.'”
The actress and dancer, however, stood her ground and said that they would follow the decision of the majority of the group, which was to attend. However, she instructed the other members to turn off their phones.
But one of the members was not able to turn off her phone and received a call from their Ate Joy.
“Tumawag si Lola tapos umiiyak na ano sa tingin niyo, e siyempre naawa si ano, kami e 'di hindi na rin kami um-attend,” she said.
She added, “Ngayon siyempre bilang respeto kay Ate Joy bumalik kami ngayon sa studio sa Kamias. So ayon ending news kami.”
Rochelle said that she regretted her decision back then. “Dapat naging professional pa rin kami. Siguro hindi nagkaroon, hindi sumama loob sa amin ng side ng Eat Bulaga, 'yung ganun ang feeling kasi for sure sumama ang loob nila sa amin after that incident.”
Despite not being able to dance for the noontime show for a long time, Rochelle was finally given a chance to be back on the Eat Bulaga stage which she described as “napakasarap sa pakiramdam.”
She added, “Kahit na may mga pagkakamali kaming nagawa ay pinatawad pa rin nila kami, ay tinanggap pa rin nila kami. Ang sarap sumayaw sa Eat Bulaga kung saan ka nagsimula.”
TAKE A LOOK HOW THE SEXBOMB GIRLS PROVED THEIR SISTERHOOD IN THIS GALLERY:
