Naglabas ng opisyal na pahayag nitong Lunes ang pamunuan ng Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) para humingi ng paumanhin sa veteran actress na si Eva Darren dahil umano sa hindi sinasadyang pag-"snub" sa kaniya sa awards nights nitong Linggo. Sa Facebook post ng award-giving body nitong Lunes ng hapon, nakasaad na, “FAMAS would like to express its sincerest apologies to Miss Eva Darren, an icon in Philippine Movie Industry and a professional actress whose career is indubitably worthy of emulation.” Kinumpirma ng FAMAS na mayroong partisipasyon dapat si Darren sa awarding ceremony na ginanap nitong Linggo ng gabi.
Kasama dapat ni Darren si Tirso Cruz III sa magbibigay ng Special Citations. Pero hindi umano nakita sa lugar ang aktres at live ang pag-ere ng show "with myriads of people.” Pag-amin ng FAMAS sa pangyayari na, “it's indeed a setback in the live show and negligence on the part of the team.
” Paliwanag pa nila, "The show is being streamed live and needed to be remedied right away. Hence, a replacement for Miss Darren was done last minute.” Gayunman, sinabi ng FAMAS, hindi nila sinadya ang pangyayari.
“We are writing this with a heavy heart especially after hearing that Miss Darren and her family were terribly hurt by this unintentional disregard to her presence and stature,” saad pa sa pahayag. Sinabi pa ng FAMAS na binibigyan nila ng pagpapahalaga si Darren, kasama ang iba pang veteran stars na nasa awarding shows. Pero, aminado rin si.