Behave Like a Diva, Goodbye

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Among the graduates of this reality show, Versatile Talent (VT) could be considered as one of the luckiest. Since she was discovered, she has had regular appearances in successful movies and teleseryes of her home station. Although she is not that striking in her looks, she makes up for this limitation with her strong screen presence and her talent. She was commended for her performance in a supporting role in one of the biggest hit movies in the local scene.

Because the management noticed that VT was a notch ahead of their other talents, she was given roles that had much exposure and significance in the story. Alongside her building up of her name came the barrage of intrigues about her personal life. Not contented with what VT shows, tabloids exploited her love life and her seeming preference for mature partners. Thus, stories linking VT to older men added to her name recall.

Despite this controversy, the network still gave VT significant projects that met expectations. A few weeks into the project, VT had to be dropped from the cast. Immediately, the assumption was that the cause of her being dropped was her personal condition, which might limit her actions and become a risk factor. As this reasoning seemed to be just, viewers accepted the situation just like that.

Questions were then raised as to why the production did not simply bother to write in the situation of VT into the storyline, which some teleseryes practice anyway. Besides, her role would justify her condition and would flow in the context. While that decision is not as simple as it seems, the real reason why VT had to go was not directly linked to her condition. The reason was that the production had enough of her actions.

Allegedly, success has gone into VT’s head and she started behaving like a prima donna on the set. The behavior was just too much that working with VT was no longer pleasant. VT would order the staff left and right, and her demands were sometimes beyond limits. At one point, VT demanded a massage from the staff, which was not part of their job description. When the head found out about the diva behavior, changes had to be made. Being a series that promotes positivism, irony would reverberate if the major lead were exuding negative energy. Things fell into place and VT’s present condition was such a good excuse to let her go.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out. - Barbara Walters

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