Willie Revillame was motivated to enter politics by this reason
Wil To Win host Willie Revillame revealed the reason why he changed his mind and eventually decided to run for senator.
In 2022, Willie turned down the offers for him to run for senator. However, as early as last year, Willie already expressed his willingness to enter politics for the 2025 elections which showed that he gave in to political offers.
In July, he played a different tune when he said that he lost his interest in politics and this is because politicians were fighting each other and there was no unity among them. On October 8, the last day of the filing of the certificate of candidacy, Willie was a buzzer-beater.
The veteran TV host filed his COC for senator. Willie Revillame’s final decision for his political career received different reactions from the voting public.
Based on the article in Balits, in an interview on Seryosong Usapan hosted by Gretchen Ho, Ed Lingao, Patrick Paez, and Lourd De Veyra, Willie shared the reason why he changed his mind.
He explained that seeing 600 people as his studio audience, he thought that he couldn’t help all of them because his budget was limited. Then, the Wil to Win host said, “And then no’ng nakita ko ‘yong awayan nang awayan sa congress, awayan nang awayan sa senado, sabi ko, ‘kawawa ang mga Pilipino.”
He pointed out that these politicians were voted by the people but they already forgot that they should serve the people.
“Ito ‘yong mga taong pinagkakatiwalaan pero nakakalimutan ‘yong mga kawawang kababayan natin,” Willie added. With this, he thought there must be a chance that he can help the people.
Meanwhile, veteran showbiz insider Cristy Fermin revealed that Willie Revillame was advised by their common friend that he should not enter politics but the TV host did not listen to that advice.