This, as he also made a major announcement earlier in the week.
On Tuesday, April 28, Joy Marcelo, the First Vice President of Sparkle GMA Artist Center, uploaded a story on her Instagram account.
In the said photo, Marcelo was with GMA Network Senior Vice President for Talent Management and Development, Program Management, Human Resources, and Legal Annette Gozon-Valdes.
The two Kapuso lady executives were seated with none other than veteran TV host-producer Willie Revillame.
In the story, Marcelo wrote: “Quick catch-up!!!”
While it appeared to be a simple meeting between them, the timing could not come at a much intriguing time.
Revillame announced last Monday, April 27, that his current weekday noontime show Wilyonaryo on his eponymous channel Wil TV is ending its run on May 15 after more than three months on the air.
Instead, the 65-year-old has decided to bring back his game show Wowowin, which originally aired on GMA Network from 2015 to 2022, until the TV host-producer moved it after singing up with ALLTV from late 2022 until April 2023.
This is also not the first time that Revillame was reported to have sent feelers for a possible Kapuso comeback.
At the height of the debacle surrounding the dispute between TAPE, Inc. and the TVJ troika of Tito and Vic Sotto and Joey De Leon over Eat Bulaga in 2023, it was speculated that Revillame was keen on taking on the prime noon slot.
After TAPE’s replacement show, Tahanang Pinakamasaya, was axed in early 2024, reports floated once more that Willie could bring back Wowowin as GMA noon show.
Eventually, that did not materialize and GMA instead partnered with ABS-CBN for the simulcast of It’s Showtime on the flagship channel, as well as GTV.
In April 2024, Revillame also forged a different path after signing with Mediaquest for a slot on TV5 and its sister Cignal channels.
Three months later, in July 2024, Wil To Win made its premiere, featuring virtually all segments of Wowowin. But after the host-producer’s decision to pursue his Senatorial bid for the 2025 polls, he left the program with his close friend Randy Santiago taking over until its final episode in May 2025.
Currently, there are still no comments from both GMA and Willie Revillame’s camp about the supposed meeting.
