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Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon leave TAPE Inc.

In an emotional moment, Eat Bulaga's power trio Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey De Leon announced that they are leaving TAPE Inc. starting today, May 31.

"Simula ngayong araw, May 31, kami po ay magpapaalam na sa Tape, Inc," Vic Sotto announced on Eat Bulaga live feed on its YouTube channel.

"Karangalan po namin na kami nakapaghatid ng tuwa't saya mula Batanes hanggang Jolo, at naging bahagi ng buhay ninyo."

"Maraming-maraming salamat sa inyong lahat. Hanggang sa muli, saan man kami dalhin ng tadhana, tuloy ang isang libo't isang tuwa."

Before announcing the sad news, Vic said that they only wanted to have a peaceful job and workplace.

"Hindi na po namin iisa-isahin ang laman ng aming mga puso at damdamin. Hangad lang po namin ay makapagtrabaho nang mapayapa, walang maaagrabyado, at may respeto sa bawat isa," he said.

The trio, who are collectively known as TVJ, revealed that the new management of TAPE Inc. did not give them permission to air live on national television today, which is why today's episode was a replay. The announcement, on the other hand, was only shown on live streaming.

Tito said, "Pumasok po kami ngayong araw para makapagtrabaho pero hindi po kami pinayagang umere nang new management nang live. Hindi po kami pinayagan mag-live ng new management."

Joey added, "Kung natatandaan niyo po, July 30, 1979, nang simulan namin ang Eat Bulaga 44 years na po ngayong taon na 'to. Apatnapu't apat na taon kaya naman lubos ang aming pasasalamat sa mga naging tahanan namin."

Before transferring to GMA, Eat Bulaga first aired on RPN-9 and ABS-CBN.

Vic also thanked everyone who supported Eat Bulaga in the last four decades.

"Nagpapasalamat din kami sa lahat ng advertisers mula 1979 na nagmahal, nagtiwala, at sumuporta sa amin," he said.

Tito added, "Ganun din po sa inyo mga dabarkads, sa mga manonood, sa inyong pagmamahal sa programang naging bahagi ng inyong tanghalian. Lubos din ang aming pagpapasalamat kay Mr. Tony Tuviera sa pagkakaibigan at pagiging bahagi ng aming pamilya."

"At higit sa lahat sa panginoong Diyos na kahit kailan hindi niya kami pinabayaan."

Present in the announcement of TVJ are longtime Eat Bulaga dabarkads Allan K, Jose Manalo, Wallay Bayola, Paolo Ballesteros, Ryan Agoncillo, Ryza Mae Dizon, and Maine Mendoza, who were wearing black-and-white clothes.

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