Good Vibes

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — A staff member of It’s Showtime reveals that the ‘Twitterserye’ portion revolving around Pastillas Girl’s search for love and making peace with her past is apparently all for show.



In an exclusive interview with Manila Link, one of the staff behind ABS-CBN’s noontime show—identity and gender withheld for obvious reasons—confirms what some have been speculating all along: that the story surrounding ‘Pastillas Girl’ Angelica Jane Yap was fabricated to win back the ratings they have been losing to Eat Bulaga’s AlDub.

“We had to do something, eh,” said the staff member. “Siyempre, tingnan mo naman, tinatalo na namin sa ratings yung show na running for almost 40 years na, ‘di ba?”

“Then AlDub came along. Trending lagi, ibang klase! Kahit kami pinapanood namin backstage, kung pano na kami natatalo,” added the anonymous staff member with a chuckle. “We did what we had to do. Labanan pa din ‘yan, kahit ano pa sabihin namin, nina Vice, [or] Joey De Leon sa TV. Kailangan pataasan ng ratings talaga.”

The said staff member shared how they witnessed the AlDub phenomenon overpowering them, and the realization that they needed to do something to regain the noontime audience’s attention.

They then went into detail how they managed to put up an answer to the phenomenal love team.

"Ang ginawa namin, ginaya namin. Kumuha kami ng viral din, ‘yung may following na din. Ayan, si Pastillas. Pinag-guest sa AdVice, binigyan ng story.”

“We added pa-kilig, the works. ‘Yung tipong masasabi nu’ng fans nila na ‘Uy, ginagaya ‘yung idol natin. Tingnan nga natin kung anong kalokohan ‘to’, ‘yung ganu’n. Effective naman, kita mo, ‘di ba? Nakuha namin ‘yung attention nila, kahit nega. At least, nag-te-trending na din kami!”

“Sabi nga, eh, ‘Bad publicity is still publicity.’ ‘Yun ang ginawa namin.”

As of writing, the hashtag #ShowtimeKapamilyaDay generated 6.12 million tweets on micro-blogging site Twitter, still a far cry from their rival #ALDubEBforLove's 20.6 million on Saturday, September 26.

Friday’s episode of It’s Showtime featured Pastillas Girl and her best friend, Karen, who allegedly stole the former’s boyfriend—the story that is said to have inspired the Pastillas recipe video and made everyone sympathize with 21-year-old Angelica.

Here’s where the staff member drops the bomb.

“Syempre kung ‘di namin i-e-explore ‘yung back story kuno, eh ‘di walang mangyayari sa’min. So gumawa kami ng kwento. Iniwan kunwari siya ng boyfriend, inagaw ng best friend, ganyan. The classic tale of the best friend and the boyfriend.”

“Ganyan gusto ng mga Pinoy, eh. ‘Yung may drama. Dalawang babaeng nag-aagawan sa iisang lalake. Nababaliw sila sa ganyan.”

It can be recalled that Angelica’s so called ex-boyfriend was also invited to the show on a previous episode to talk and get some closure.

We also asked the staff member about the truth behind the “open letter” that recently made its rounds on Facebook, containing revelations about Pastillas Girl.

“Wala kaming alam, sa totoo lang. The producers talked to her about the pregnancy daw, kung ano talaga nangyari du’n sa boyfriend. Sila lang nakakaalam. ‘Di na lang in-address para ‘di na masyadong kumalat.”

“Ang masasabi ko lang is hindi ‘yun ‘yung boyfriend niya talaga. Ini-scout lang namin ‘yun. ‘Di naman mahirap maghanap, lahat gusto ng exposure sa TV,” they explained with another chuckle.

What about Karen, the best friend?

“Kami lang din kumuha sa kanya. Basically, lahat scripted,” confirmed the staff member. “As in, lahat.”

Despite all this, our anonymous source maintains there is nothing wrong with what they are doing.

“Like I said, we just did what we had to do. It’s still business after all. Kailangan namin ng ratings, kailangan mapag-usapan para kumita. Hindi lang kami ang gumagawa nyan.”

MANILA — It seems that all the bashing she has been receiving has finally got to It's Showtime's Pastillas Girl.

Whose side are you on?

Angelica Jane Yap, dubbed as 'Pastillas Girl', took to her Twitter account how it pains her to see such awful things being said about her online.



She stated that all she wanted was to find new love and heal the broken heart her ex-boyfriend had left her with, and that she didn't mean to oppose their rival show's 'AlDub'.

The 21-year-old added that she was sick of all the comments about her being not a good example, the promiscuous person netizens are making her out to be, and a copycat.

She went as far as pointing out that Yaya Dub, the other half of Eat Bulaga's trending love team, is not so original herself and is just copying international YouTube sensation, Miranda Sings.



Ms. Pastillas also posted a Miranda Sings video, seemingly making people see the similarities with the YouTuber and Maine Mendoza's KalyeSerye character.

The tweets have since been deleted.

LOS ANGELES - In an effort to diversify the backgrounds and ethnicity of their characters, the officials of Disney introduced Lily of Hazelberry, the company's first ever virgin princess.

"While our fans have long been enchanted by Belle, Ariel and Elsa, we wanted to create a relatable princess for girls everywhere who are still virgins," Disney executive vice president Zenia Mucha told the media.

Mucha described the new princess as being the only Disney princess who has never had sexual intercourse. "She's quirky, confident and pure 14-year-old ascendant to the throne of the magical kingdom of Hazelberry."

"All Disney princesses have extraordinary stories and inner qualities that make them wonderful and unique, but we've always lacked a heroince who hasn't yet slept with her boyfriend or another male character."

"We are proud that Lily will finally provide a princess to look up to for the large demographic of young girls who, due to age, choice, or unavailable of sexual partner,s have not yet experience [sexual] intercourse," Mucha added to the statement.

Disney officials also told the media that sexually active girls would also love Lily's best friend, Princess Misty. "Princess Misty lives in a neighboring enchanted realm and just moved in with her slightly older, athletic, jerk boyfriend, Clint."

Lily of Hazelberry is set to appear in a 12-episode TV series before her story culminates into a 3-part movie that will climax to an amusement park ride in Disney World.

SAN DIEGO - Is Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s divorce on hold? Feb has been a large month for Kanye West – from the Grammy’s, to his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose lashing out against him on Twitter, to outing kiley and Tyga’s romance, and his fashion show and also the BET Awards. Kim Kardashian has no intention of divorcing the rapper currently as a result of all of the excitement he has been generating. Kim’s momager, crease doctor, on the opposite hand is aware of that Kanye’s new craziness might come to bite their whole family although.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s wedding was on the rocks for months, however Kanye is aware of the thanks to blue blood Kim’s heart – headlines. Kim loves nothing over to envision her and her husband’s name within the headlines, notwithstanding why. She is aware of the ins and outs of Hollywood – and her family has engineered a complete empire on the idea “Any press is sweet press.” So, whether or not it had been intentional or not, Kanye has managed to save lots of his wedding by creating an entire ass out of himself and Kim’s family by giving one stunning interview once successive. It may be pure genius, or an entire coincidence.

On the opposite hand, crease doctor is shaking in her boots and he or she sees Kanye’s new buzz for what it very is – unpredictable and dangerous. So far, Kanye’s “I Say What I Want” angle has been harmless and looks to be keeping Kim and her family keep relevant, however what happens once he says what he desires and puts her entire family on blast? He already has exposed kiley and Tyga’s relationship; there's no telling what he exposes next. Kim is feeding altogether of the eye and media coverage she and Kanye have gotten, however crease doctor is avidly pushing for her female offspring to divorce West.