Sa ilang araw na nasulat at pinakinggan ang panig ni Vivian Velez tungkol sa hidwaan nila ni Cristine Reyes ay nagpadala na ang huli ng kanyang official statement sa ABS-CBN through her management agency na Viva.
Ayon kay Cristine, “Last Thursday (March 3), the Executive Producer asked me if Ms. Vivian can share the dressing room with me because her assigned area was not ready to be occupied yet. I, of course, agreed.
I was fine sharing a room with any of my co-stars for as long as we have mutual respect. I would not have agreed with production if I had any ill feelings towards Ms. Vivian.” Nagkaroon na raw ng pagbabago sa ugali ni Ms. Vivian nang dumating sa set ng Tubig at Langis si Cristine galing sa shooting ng pelikulang ginagawa niya.
At nang akmang magpapahinga na raw si Cristine sa kuwarto kung saan kasama niya si Vivian ay nagsimula na raw mag-ingay ang huli. Sa pagpapatuloy ng statement ni Cristine, “I went out to get some air and went to where the common area for artists and production was.
The EP asked me why I was there. I said it was difficult to sleep with Ms. Vivian inside the room. The EP told me not to worry because Ms. Vivian’s dressing room will soon be ready. “Some time passed and finally, the dressing room of Ms. Vivian was ready.
From what I understand, she was first notified by the production assistants and upon being notified, she threw a fit, blaming me for the transfer. The EP immediately tried to pacify her but she stood her ground and continued shouting, telling everyone that I was the one booting her out of the room.
“It was then I found out that the room assigned to me weeks back after the tent and the mosquito incident used to be hers. I was not privy to this and so I fully understood what she was going through. I then opted to just transfer and move out from the room assigned to me to ease tensions.
“To make it clear that I had nothing to do with the request for her to transfer rooms. “To be very clear about it, I never requested anyone at any point for Ms. Vivian to be transferred rooms. In fact, I gladly welcomed production’s request for her to share a room with me while her room was still unavailable.
And despite the inconvenience I encountered while she was around, I had no intentions whatsoever of booting her out.” Sabi pa ni Cristine, hindi muna siya nagsalita tungkol sa isyu dahil, “I did not want to push it too and, out of frustration and stress, I cried to my co-star Zanjoe Marudo.”
“I am also sorry that emotions got so heightened that some of my actions were misconstrued for rudeness when they were, more than anything else, my own way of coping with the stressful working conditions on this set in this particular instance. But I sincerely apologize if I hurt Ms. Vivian or anybody else.”