Kapamilya actress Cristine Reyes ended her silence with the controversial issue involving her and the veteran actress Vivian Velez. Cristine Reyes finally issued an official statement through Viva Entertainment Inc., which was sent to Pep.ph, days after she was accused of being rude towards Vivian Velez.
The Tubig at Langis actress, Cristine Reyes traced the start of their controversial issue to the mosquito-infested dressing room assigned to her, but later on she was then transferred to a better dressing room which happens to be the master’s bedroom of their shooting location.
Reyes recalled that last March 3, the production staff of her latest teleserye asked her if Vivian Velez can share the same dressing room in which she agreed. She then recalled an instance where she and her assistant came from a movie shoot and that she was unable to sleep in her dressing room because of the noises made by Vivian Velez.
Cristine Reyes also revealed that when Vivian Velez’s dressing room was set up, the veteran actress threw a fit on her transfer. The executive producer immediately tried to pacify but Velez stood her ground and continued shouting, telling everyone that Cristine was the one booting her out of the room.
The sister of Ara Mina, Cristine Reyes also noted that she tried to reach out to Velez to tell that she was not involved in her transfer, however, she was stopped by the executive producer because Velez’ emotions “were still so high.” She then learned that the showrunners of “Tubig at Langis” will negotiate with the veteran actress regarding her departure from the said soap opera.
Nevertheless, Cristine Reyes ended her statement with the following statement of apology:
“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 the set in this particular instance.
“But I sincerely apologize if it hurt Ms Vivian or anybody else,” she said.