Actress Eula Valdez has come to the defense of her manager, Ricky Gallardo, who was accused recently of having another actor booted out of his ward's soap opera.“Nagkaroon lang ng misunderstanding. Hindi rin naman ganoon si Ricky na klaseng tao,” Valdez said in an interview.
Weeks prior, reports that Gallardo had allegedly asked to have DJ Durano stricken off the list of the show's cast, surfaced. This did not sit well with DJ’s manager, Wenn Deramas, who happens to also be the director of the show.
Valdez noted, “Alam mo wala naman akong kinalaman talaga d’yan, eh. Unang-una ako ang tinawagan ni direk Wenn noong nasa kabila pa ako. Nagte-taping ako noon. Sabi niya...bibigyan niya ako ng freedom na paglaruin [sa role]. Ako, siyempre ako okay sa akin pero may manager ako. Kailangan nila kumausap sa manager ko,” the actress related.
Valdez approves of Durano as her partner in the soap since “unang-una, nakatrabaho ko na si DJ [sa] 'Kampanerang Kuba' pa lang. Ang tagal kaya naming magkakasama. Si direk Wenn din ang director namin doon so nag-bonding na kami. Sa akin kasi, bakit ko tatanggihan kung mas mapapadali ang trabaho ko kasi kung kaibigan mo na ang kaeksena mo.. baka naman kampante ka na mas madali mong magagawa ang eksena. Ako, gusto ko lang talaga umarte. Gusto ko lang talaga magtrabaho. Kanya-kanyang diskarte ‘yan.”
She said she will never have anyone eased out from any of her projects. “Hindi ko panghihimasukan ‘yung ganyan na ayokong makapartner si ganyan. Never, never.”
She pointed out that her association with Wen dates back to her “Teysi ng Tahanan” days back in the '90s. “Ako rin ang una niyang dinirek sa 'Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang' portion ng show. Ang tagal na naming magkasama.”
