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Ruby Rodriguez

TINULDUKAN na ng comedy at  movie icon na si Joey de Leon at ng TV host-actress na si Ruby Rodriguez ang tsismis na may samaan sila ng loob.

Nagpalitan ng nakatutuwang mensahe ang Henyo Master at ang dating “Eat Bulaga” host sa social media na pinusuan at ni-like ng sandamakmak na netizens.

Nagsimula ito nang batiin ni Ruby si Joey noong magdiwang ang komedyante ng 76th birthday nito last October 14.

Sa kanyang Instagram account, nagbahagi si Ruby ng litrato ni Joey kalakip ang pagbati niya sa veteran TV host-comedian, “Mayor!!!! Happy Birthday @angpoetnyo (cake emoji) hamishu… kilala mo pa ba ako (laughing emojis) labyu (heart emojis).”

Nag-reply naman sa kanya si Joey at biniro rin si Ruby kasabay ng pagsasabing darating din ang tamang panahon na magkikita-kita uli sila.

Comment ni Joey sa birthday greeting ng komedyana, “YBUR (binaligtad na Ruby)! How are you na? Marunong ka pa mag-Tagalog?

“Magkikita rin tayo at isang lipad lang naman yan!” pangako ni Joey.

Kasunod nito, kinumusta rin ng “Eat Bulaga” host ang asawa ni Ruby at ang dalawa nilang anak.

Reply ni Ruby sa tanong sa kanya ni Joey kung marunong pa siyang mag-Tagalog, “Naman!! Ako pa! hahaha looking forward to seeing you again (heart emoji).”

Natuwa at naaliw naman ang mga netizens sa pagpapalitan ng mensahe ng dalawang Dabarkads matapos ngang matsismis noon na meron daw silang gap. Marami rin ang nag-wish na sana’y bumalik na si Ruby sa “Eat Bulaga.”

Nasa Amerika ngayon ang komedyana at doon na nagtatrabaho at naninirahan kasama kasama ang kanyang pamilya.

Sa mga nagtatanong, tatlong dekada ring naging host ng “Eat Bulaga” si Ruby at noong 2020 nga ay bigla na lang siyang nawala sa longest-running noontime show sa Pilipinas.

Sabi ni Ruby sa isang panayam, talagang balak niyang pumunta sa Amerika noon para ipatingin ang bunsong anak na si Don AJ na may auto-immune disease.

Ipinaalam daw niya ang kanyang plano na mag-leave muna sa programa sa bossing nilang si Tony Tuviera, ang president at CEO ng TAPE, Inc., na siyang producer ng “Eat Bulaga”.

Okay naman daw kay Mr. T (tawag kay Mr. Tuviera) ang balak ni Ruby ngunit nang magkapandemya hindi natuloy ang pagpa-file ng leave ng TV host dahil sa pagpapatupad ng community quarantine.

Hanggang sa unti-unti nang bumalik sa ere ang “Eat Bulaga” pero hindi na nga siya nakasama sa mga pinag-report sa show. Aniya, hindi rin daw niya alam kung bakit hindi na siya pinabalik.

“Ang makasasagot lang kung tinanggal ako o hindi ay sila. That’s why I always say, ‘Please ask them.’ I don’t know how they will answer it. If they were going to say, ‘Ito ba ay leave?’

“Hindi ko alam kung ano ang desisyon nila, but it’s management’s decision, and we always respect that.

“With regards if they take you out just like that, they just drop you like a hot potato, I think it’s them who can answer that,” sabi ni Ruby.

Nagtungo sa US ang pamilya ni Ruby noong June 2021 at sa ngayon ay nagwo-work na siya sa Philippine Consulate sa Los Angeles, California.

“Pretty chill way to overthrow democracy,” the “Late Show” host said.

Standing seven storeys tall in Mayfair’s Hanover Square – a short walk from Savile Row, Oxford Street and Michelin-starred restaurants – there is little mistaking Vogue House for what it is: the home of the fashion bible’s British edition.

However, a six-hour drive away, a pub in the Cornish countryside has become a site for concern for bosses at the fashion giant. Despite it standing for hundreds of years, the landlords have been asked to rename it.

The Star Inn at Vogue, named for the hamlet in which it is situated, has received a message from the magazine’s owner asking for the change because a link between the two businesses “is likely to be inferred”.

In a cease-and-desist letter delivered to the couple, Condé Nast’s chief operating officer, Sabine Vandenbroucke, argued the company is the proprietor of the Vogue mark, not only for the magazine first published in 1916, but “other goods and services offered to the public by our company”.

At first, the pub’s landlords, Rachel and Mark Graham, were surprised. But it did not take long for their shock to dissolve to humour.

“If someone had obviously taken the time to look us up, it wouldn’t have taken five minutes to say: ‘Oh, there’s a place called Vogue,’” said Rachel, 49, who is not a reader of the magazine.

The letter, dated 1 March, said: “We are concerned that the name which you are using is going to cause problems because as far as the general public is concerned a connection between your business and ours is likely to be inferred.”

The Star Inn has been in the small village of Vogue, near St Day, for hundreds of years, Mark wrote in his reply – in which he responded to the request with a “categorical no”.

The letter was “hilariously funny”, he wrote. He believes it was sent in confusion after the couple changed their trading status to a limited company.

He added: “I presume that at the time when you chose the name Vogue in the capitalised version you didn’t seek permission from the villagers of the real Vogue. I also presume that Madonna did not seek your permission to use the word Vogue (again the capitalised version) for her 1990s song of the same name.”

The couple, who have run the pub for 17 years, replied to the letter within the seven-day timeframe demanded of them but are yet to receive a response.

“We’re just a village community pub,” she added in an interview with the Guardian. “We do what we can to support the community.”

The pub, nicknamed “the Vogue” by locals, is adorned with maps of the local area circa 1800, has remained largely unchanged – aside from a few upgrades and additions.

Some regulars had been up in arms, Rachel said, and wanted to go to the local council with the desire to take the case further.

“We’re not really interested in fighting” said Rachel. “We’re just pointing out the obvious that they should have looked it up themselves. It wouldn’t have taken much.”

“Mistakes are made,” she added. “Some are just a bit funnier than others.”

The pair bought the pub after going out for a bike ride and found it closed for the afternoon. They were disappointed to not be able to stop and have a pint. If they had the pub, they thought at the time, it would have been open.

Not long after, an ad popped up in the local paper and they bought it.

Condé Nast has been approached for comment.