Anne Curtis posted messages on a social networking site explaining what really transpired on the night she was allegedly barred by a GMA-7 staff from performing in the USTv Awards kick-off party held at the University of Santo Tomas campus last November 10.
In her Twitter account (@annecurtissmith), the box-office star said:
“Thomasians, I’m sorry I had to leave na. I tried to at least get up on stage and say hi kahit 2 minutes lang but GMA staff didn’t want,” she tweeted, and then after a while added, “Thomasians, I was there on the left side of the stage & told them kahit d na ako kumanta babati Lang ng Hi and Hello but GMA Staff said no.”
The multi-talented actress was supposed to sing her own rendition of Adelle’s “Someone Like You” that evening.
In her Twitter account (@annecurtissmith), the box-office star said:
Read some articles & whoever the source was, got some details wrong. So I'd like to explain.The internet on Thursday went abuzz after Anne tweeted to clarify why she was a no-show at the event.Firstly, if you read my twitter timeline I didn’t arrive late at 8pm. I was asked by UST people to be there between 7-7:30 and they had told my Road Manager as soon as I get there it would be my turn.
If you want an exact time I was there at 7:10 according to driver. O diba? Join din ang driver ko sa drama. Haha. No, but seriously, they told me naman since TV5 people were performing already they opted to put me after TV5 artists & before the GMA artists. So I waited in the the standby room and waited for them to call me.
Secondly, what I meant when I said nauna ako sa GMA Artists dun was that the USTv staff called me to go on stage coz it was my turn.
When I got backstage pababa na ung Artists of TV5 and I didn’t see anyone from GMA except the lady representing GMA. She was the one I saw complaining to the USTv staff. So to avoid it being a mess I told her that I won’t sing na lang, babati na lang ako ng Hi and Hello. 2 minutes lang. She DID NOT explain anything to me.
I didn’t even quite get what she tried to say coz she said this while turning around me. So ang hirap intindihan kung d ka din sinabihan ng maayos diba? But to clear it NO ONE from the GMA staff explained anything to me as it was said in the article.
Lastly, I went to UST in good faith coz I was invited not to represent abs or be part of any network war but to go and perform for the Thomasians bilang it was through them I got my Best Actress award for Dyosa a couple of years back. It was a way of saying thank you to them. Hindi para makipagagawan ng stage time or to compete with anyone.
The only reason why I tweeted last night was because pinalabas na ako ng USTv staff to perform so nakita na ako, mas nakakagulat if bigla naman ako nawala. It’s only proper I explain to them what the reason was why I left. I owe that to the Thomasians who tweeted & were waiting for me.
To clear it, I’m not dissing the network or the artists of GMA. As I said in my tweet don’t get mad at the GMA staff they probably had their own reasons. But if I was called by the staff of USTv and was already at the side of stage waiting to be called maybe they could’ve taken that into consideration also.”
“Thomasians, I’m sorry I had to leave na. I tried to at least get up on stage and say hi kahit 2 minutes lang but GMA staff didn’t want,” she tweeted, and then after a while added, “Thomasians, I was there on the left side of the stage & told them kahit d na ako kumanta babati Lang ng Hi and Hello but GMA Staff said no.”
The multi-talented actress was supposed to sing her own rendition of Adelle’s “Someone Like You” that evening.