Eva Darren. Image: Facebook/FAMAS The organizers of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences ( FAMAS ) apologized to Eva Darren after her removal as one of the presenters of the ceremony on Sunday, May 26, claiming she had to be “replaced” as she couldn’t be “located by the production team” at the ceremony. Hours after Darren’s son Fernando de la Peña called out FAMAS on Facebook, the awards-giving ceremony publicly apologized to Darren, saying her sudden replacement as a presenter was a “misjudgment” and not “intentional.
” “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. She was part of the program in last night’s Awards Night and was supposed to present Special Citations with Mr. Tirso Cruz III,” its post began.
“But considering that we were running a live show, and due to myriads of people present in last night’s festivities, the production team was not able to locate Ms. Darren. This was indeed a setback in the live show and a negligence on the part of the team.
Rest assured that this was not intentional and purely a misjudgment,” continued FAMAS. Since the ceremony was “streamed live,” Darren’s “disappearance” had to “be remedied right away” which resulted in a “last minute” search for her replacement. “We are writing this with a heavy heart, especially after hearing that Miss.