Television and Production Exponents (TAPE) Inc. believed Eat Bulaga was no longer associated with Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon.

In an interview, Atty. Maggie Abraham-Garduque said on December 13 that Eat Bulaga was connected to TAPE Inc. and to current hosts.

“Ito pong pangalan [Eat Bulaga!] na ito ay sa TAPE Inc. sa napakahabang panahon. Yung association po ng pangalan is hindi po masasabi kung ngayon, dahil ngayon nga po may mga bago nang hosts. In fact, pag nakita nyo po si Yorme, nakita nyo po si Paolo Contis, Eat Bulaga! na rin ang naiisip nila,” the lawyer said.

She also said that the public already accepted the new hosts.

“Associated na rin naman po at tinanggap na ng taumbayan na ang Eat Bulaga! na may mga bagong hosts. Na pag naiisip nila ang Eat Bulaga!, hindi na TVJ ang iniiisip nila… sina Paolo Contis na, sina Yorme, and yun po yung nakikita namin. Kaya tinatangkilik siya ng mga manoood, and even the advertisers,” she stated.

“Kasi, kung hindi naman po tatangkilikin ng mga manonood, hindi rin naman po ang mga advertisers makipag-transact sa TAPE Inc,” she added.

As of writing, TVJ has yet to give any response to the statement made by the lawyer.