Cherie Gil walks out of 'Ikaw Lamang' set, Eric John Salut defends production staff

ABS-CBN's advertising and promotions head Eric John Salut took to Facebook Thursday night to defend the production staff of Ikaw Lamang that was being blamed in the Cherie Gil walk-out incident.

Salut wrote:

To set the record straight:

Cherie Gil is supposed shoot her scenes till 2AM (the usual cut off) but she wanted to leave at 10 PM to attend a send off party. Siyempre, hindi siya pinayagan ng production kasi hindi siya nagpaalam ahead of time. She was permitted to a 2-week leve for her musical play. The day she walked out of the taping was the day she resumed taping for Ikaw Lamang.

Why blame the production? Why blame the writers? This is not fair! Teka lang ha. 

A night before Salut's post, Gil posted about "work ethics" on Twitter, saying it doesn't exist in the world of soap operas.

Work ethics ? Why can't it exist in the world of soaps? Sadly it doesn't. There must be a better way

Salut also answered it Thursday night on Twitter, saying:

2AM ang cut off mo, dahil may party gusto mong umalis ng 10PM? Nasaan ang work ethics na sinasabi mo?

Then he again defended the production staff of Ikaw Lamang.

It pains me everytime production and creative staff members are blamed! Sila na lang lagi? Sila na lang lagi ang walang work ethics?

Gil plays the role of Miranda in Ikaw Lamang. It airs weeknights after Dyesebel on ABS-CBN.

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