In the brutal, high-stakes theater of Philippine showbiz, the public has just witnessed what may be the most vicious and self-destructive civil war in history: the Eat Bulaga! feud. For months, we watched as Anjo Yllana, a 20-year veteran of the show, waged a seemingly suicidal, one-man war against the institution of TVJ (Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon).

We watched as he tried to tear down the 50-year legacy of his mentor, Tito Sotto, with a scorched-earth slander campaign, alleging mistresses and even a secret child. We watched as he opened a new, desperate front, attacking Vic Sotto and his wife, Pauleen Luna, with allegations of another secret affair.

And then, we watched his total, spectacular defeat.

The TVJ loyalist camp, a family forged over 40 years, unified against him. The old guard (Jimmy Santos) and the new guard (Jose Manalo) rose up to defend their patriarchs, condemning Yllana’s betrayal. Media titan Cristy Fermin unleashed a devastating, three-pronged counter-offensive, alleging Yllana’s war was fueled by his own massive utang (debt), his own kabit (mistress), and his alleged ties to a sindikato (syndicate) operating within the old Eat Bulaga!

The war was over. Yllana’s bravery, allegedly fueled by a backer (TAPE Inc.), vanished when his puppet masters reportedly cut the strings. Faced with a ruinous Cyber Libel lawsuit from a man who helped write the law, Yllana’s war ended. Reports surfaced of him being left in tears, his credibility in ashes, his career in ruins. A ceasefire was called, a reconciliation was forced. It was, by all accounts, an unconditional surrender.

The public moved on. The war was over.

Until today.

In a stunning, kakapasok lang (just in) report that has left the showbiz world in whiplash, Anjo Yllana is back. He has, in a move of pure, unadulterated desperation, decided to reignite the war he so clearly lost. He has just unleashed a new pasabog (bombshell).

And the new allegation? A bizarre claim of a secret nareto (matchmaking) deal.

This is the story of Anjo Yllana’s last, desperate gamble, a final, hail Mary attack from a man with absolutely nothing left to lose. And the reaction from the Sotto camp is, as the report claims, one of pure, unadulterated shock.

This new bombshell is Yllana’s new line of attack. Having failed to destroy Sotto’s character with allegations of infidelity, he is now attempting to pivot. He is, according to this new report, exposing a secret matchmaking or deal-making that is allegedly happening inside the TVJ camp. This is his new attempt to paint the patriarchs as hypocrites or deal-makers who are selling out.

This new pasabog is, in a word, weak. After a war that involved allegations of secret children and criminal syndicates, an allegation of matchmaking is the equivalent of bringing a spitball to a gunfight. It is a transparent, feeble attempt to change the narrative from his own humiliating defeat.

He is no longer the brave warrior. He is the sore loser.

The shock from Tito Sotto (T1TO SHOCK D2!) is the most critical part of this new report. But it is not the shock of a man who has been exposed. It is the shock of a man who has just been betrayed a second time.

Imagine the scene: You have just defeated your enemy in a brutal war. Your enemy has come to you, in tears, surrendered, and begged for reconciliation (allegedly, to avoid a ruinous criminal lawsuit). You, as the victor, have shown mercy and grace. You have agreed to a ceasefire, to let it go.

And then, just weeks later, that same man goes public with a new set of allegations.

That is the shock. It is not the shock of fear; it is the shock of disgust. It is the shock of disbelief at the sheer, unmitigated audacity of a man who would double-cross a peace treaty.

This new bombshell has just, in one move, proven every resbak from the Sotto camp to be correct. It proves Anjo Yllana’s reconciliation was a lie. It proves his apology was a tactic. It proves he is a man of no honor (walang palabra de honor) and no gratitude (walang utang na loob).

This desperate new move has, in effect, re-validated the Cyber Libel threat. He has just violated his parole.

This Nareto claim is the last, dying gasp of a war that is already over. It is an attempt to stay relevant, to create new noise, to drag Tito Sotto back into the mud. Why? Because Anjo Yllana, having been abandoned by his backers and exposed by his enemies, is now alone. And he is lashing out.

He is, as one analyst might say, addicted to the attention. He has discovered that attacking TVJ is the only currency he has left.

This new pasabog will fail, and it will fail faster than the first one. Yllana’s credibility is already at zero. He has cried wolf with secret children and affairs, all of which were bluffs that were called. His new claim of matchmaking will be seen by the public for what it is: the pathetic, final tantrum of a defeated man.

The Eat Bulaga! war is over. The family won. Jose Manalo, Jimmy Santos, and the Sotto brothers are celebrating their victory, their loyalty proven.

Anjo Yllana is now, and will forever be, the Judas of the Eat Bulaga! story. This new bombshell is not a new war. It is just the sad, final, whimper of a ghost who refuses to accept that he has already lost.