Just read somewhere that Piolo was actually offered an P800M contract for 3 years by MVP to join ABC5, as Piolo is currently living out the last few months of his exclusive contract with ABS-CBN 2. The writer then went on to say that this was probably the reason why his home network's senior bosses agreed to have the now controversial interview with KC aired on The Buzz, despite having been shown it in advance and seen its potentially damaging repercussions on Piolo's career.
This has actually been a theory of mine eversince this Piolo-KC breakup fiasco engulfed the media. I've just been baffled at how ABS-CBN could agree to publicize material that all but turned its prized leading actor into what is possibly the most reviled/maligned Pinoy entertainment figure on the web (at least Willie had his share of vocal supporters). Apparently, it really was a case of "we'd run your career down to the ground before you could take what we've spent so much time and money on developing elsewhere, you ingrate."
Needless to say, Piolo has since expressed his, ahem, 'disinterest' at MVP's offer.
And I am now officially a local showbiz tsismoso