Who is really telling the truth between Gretchen Fullido and Cheryl Favila?
The issue between entertainment reporter Gretchen Fullido and TV executive Cheryl Favila is one of the hottest topics now.
Both camps are claiming that the other one is just lying about the issue.
Who is really telling the truth between Gretchen Fullido and Cheryl Favila?
Here is a comparison of their statements, based on the report in PEP.
Issue #1: “Crush”
GRETCHEN:
“In as much as I can, I always tried to look at good and didn’t want to settle with vain imagination even if Maricar kept saying things like ‘Cheryl has a crush or kras on me’…”
CHERYL:
“It cannot be denied that the people in the newsroom have their own special language and culture. The words ‘crush ka, baka type ka ni Chair’ came from Maricar Asprec, a millennial, who has been an employee of ABS-CBN for many years. Note that Fullido emoved the word ‘baka’ from ‘baka crush ka.’”
Issue #2: “Thursday Girl Offer Rejected”
GRETCHEN:
“Favila usually reserved her Thursday for a third party.”
CHERYL:
“Ah, ayaw mo maging Thursday girl. Why? What do you have in mind about it? Masyado namang mababa ang tingin mo sa sarili mo if you equate it with dating someone.”
“At that time I felt I was being prejudiced. This is where I was coming from when I sent that ‘you rejected me once’ sms.”
Issue #3: Work and Personal Relationship
GRETCHEN:
She claimed that Cheryl Favila along with segment producer Maricar Asprec made her work environment “hostile and offensive.”
Cheryl had the power to choose which stories she would line up and air, my stories would be bumped off for whatever reason she could come up with because the reasons vary depending on her mood for the day.”
CHERYL:
“I asked our ABS-CBN news online people to create a landing page for ‘Tara Grets.’ It’s the only segment that has one. We thought that if this works, then it becomes a template for our future segments or shows. This is the kind of support that I gave Gretchen Fullido… “
Issue #4: Power
GRETCHEN:
“Whenever Cheryl would be mad at me for whatever reason, my stories would suffer. During those times that I was in Cheryl’s good books, my stories would have very little or no problems at all.”
CHERYL:
“She attributed malice to us all for our decisions not to air her stories, when in truth it was her own incompetence, laziness, and lack of commitment to her work that caused her stories not to be aired.”
Issue #5: Bar Incident
GRETCHEN:
“She then glanced at my chest and bit her lips. I was placed in a very awkward situation. This night confirmed my suspicion that her intentions were never professional since the very beginning. I felt violated and manipulated by her. I was trying my best to divert the conversation by making jokes and changing the topic so as to not offend her because she is after all still my boss.”
CHERYL:
“The biting of lips is a mannerism that I’ve had since I was young. I do it unconsciously. Also, looking down is me thinking. Other people look up when they think. I look down. I am a very feeling person… So I may have bit my lip and looked down during the conversation, but I definitely did not look at Gretchen Fullido’s breast.”