Reactions and Criticisms
The scandal grew after Joey de Leon, one of the hosts of Eat Bulaga!, a rival variety show broadcast by GMA Network, began making comments about the incident - ending an edition of his Manila Bulletin entertainment column about the incident with the statement, "Teasing is not bad. Cheating is ... on TV."
On the August 29, 2007 episode of Wowowee, Willie Revillame emotionally addressed Joey de Leon and insisted that he had not been cheating. Joey retaliated Willie's statement the following day in a 15-minute long monologue on Eat Bulaga! by advising his rival to "Explain before you complain"; not mentioning Willie or Wowowee directly at all during the speech, but clearly directing the speech at him. He also accused Willie of resorting to personal attacks in order to dodge questions about the incident. Joey also clarified in the address that he was not directly accusing Willie or the Wowowee staff of cheating; noting that he had only heard about what happened through text messages and video postings on YouTube.
On August 30, 2007, Senator Mar Roxas, chair of the Senate trade and commerce committee, announced that he would propose an inquiry into this alleged game rigging after ,getting information from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and concerned parties. During his speech the previous day Joey had jokingly called upon lawmakers to stop probing the Hello Garci scandal and start probing what he dubbed the "Hello Pappy" scandal instead. The game was also later discontinued from the show.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board also became increasingly concerned about the scandal due to the escalating on-air feuds between Willie and Joey—asking Willie to make an on-air apology about his remarks towards Joey on the September 4 episode of Wowowee.
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