WILLY: Coincidence or Karma

WILLY: Coincidence or Karma

Sakyong Mipham once said that like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it- And Willie Revillame is definitely a victim of very bad karma. Do you remember certain events prior to the Jan Jan Estrada mishap? I’m talking about Mr. Revillame’s irreverent live phone patch with his former best friend, John Estrada.

Revillame was seen talking to John Estrada, live on his show, TV5′s Willing Willie. The egotistical game-show host was heard saying; “Pag nag-Channel 2 ka at nag-noontime show ka dyan, wala kang kaibigan na Willie. Masakit ‘yang gagawin niyo sa’kin dahil inayos ko na, nag-meeting na ko kagabi, tungkol sa noontime show dito [TV5]. ‘Yun lang.” he said. “Hindi na ko pupunta sa kasal mo [John's wedding], maghanap ka na ng ibang best man.”

Less than a month after the John Estrada brouhaha, a younger Jan Jan Estrada entered Willie’s life.

The six-year-old Jan Jan Estrada caught the attention of netizens when he was seen gyrating with tears in his eyes in Willie’s show. Netizens went up in arms and later several sponsors of the highly-rated show suspended their placements in “Willing Willie.” Fellow blogger Paul Farol wrote in his http://pinoybiz.blogspot.com/ :

Just got an e-mail from Sol Liboro, Consumer Relations Manager, Procter & Gamble Distributing Phils. It announces that P & G has suspended advertising on Willing Willie.

We would like to let you know that P&G always strives to advertise on programs that align with our values as a company and with our purpose to touch and improve life. We routinely monitor the media in which our brands' messages appear and make advertising decisions that meet our policies and achieve our goals. As what we have mentioned in our first email, we are taking the Willing Willie case seriously and have been working closely with TV5 on the incident that happened in the said show last March 12, 2011. We would like to inform you that we have suspended advertising on the show beginning April 7, 2011 while the incident is being reviewed and investigated by authorities.