In the brutal, high-stakes game of public opinion, the man who throws the first punch had better be ready for the counter. He had better be certain that his own house is in order, that his own closets are free of skeletons. For Anjo Yllana, the former “Eat Bulaga!” host who launched a scorched-earth campaign against his mentors, it appears his gamble has failed, spectacularly.

After months of waging a relentless, deeply personal war against the pillars of TVJ (Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon), the “resbak” (counter-attack) from the loyalist camp has been so precise, so total, and so devastating that the hunter has, by all accounts, become the hunted.

A new, stunning report has just surfaced, and it paints a picture not of a triumphant warrior, but of a broken man: “ANJO YLLANA Napa-IYAK na lang sa mga NANGYARI sa Kanya Ngayon.” (Anjo Yllana Was Left in TEARS Over What Is Happening To Him Now).

This is the final, tragic chapter of a civil war that has captivated and horrified the nation. The man who tried to “cancel” a 40-year legacy is now, himself, allegedly “canceled” and left weeping over the ruins of his own reputation. This is the story of how the “Eat Bulaga!” war was finally, and decisively, won—not by Yllana, but by the “family” he tried to destroy.

To understand the tears, one must first understand the rage. This all began with the “Eat Bulaga!” split, the “divorce” that saw TVJ and their loyal “dabarkads” leave their long-time producer, TAPE Inc. Anjo Yllana, a 20-year veteran of the show, made a fateful, and in the eyes of loyalists, treacherous decision: he did not go with them.

What followed was not a quiet parting of ways, but a campaign of character assassination. Yllana, from the “outside,” began a series of cryptic, then direct, attacks. His primary target was the patriarch, Tito Sotto. This was not a professional critique; it was a “paninira” (slander) of the highest order.

Yllana escalated his attacks in stages, each more toxic than the last. First, it was vague insinuations. Then, it was the bombshell allegation that “Tito Sen” Sotto, the statesman and 50-year husband to Helen Gamboa, had multiple “kabit” (mistresses), with Yllana’s camp even “naming” alleged women.

When that didn’t fully destroy Sotto’s reputation, Yllana went nuclear. He, or those aligned with him, launched the “Box Reveal,” the ultimate allegation: that Sotto had a “secret child” (“may anak sila”).

When even that “kill shot” was met with a ferocious defense from Sotto’s allies, Yllana opened a new, desperate front. He attacked the “untouchable” one, Vic “Bossing” Sotto, alleging a “secret relationship” with former host Julia Clarete—a move so low it was seen as a direct, public humiliation of Vic’s wife, Pauleen Luna.

Yllana’s strategy was clear: If he was to be seen as a “traitor,” he would burn the entire TVJ temple to the ground. He would expose their alleged “secrets,” shatter their “family man” images, and prove to the world that they were all frauds.

He had become a man with nothing left to lose. What he forgot to account for was the “resbak.”

The TVJ camp, a “family” forged over 40 years, did not just sit there. The “old guard,” in the form of the beloved Jimmy Santos, rose up to defend his mentor’s honor, questioning Yllana’s “utang na loob” (debt of gratitude). The “new guard,” led by the show’s current comedic heart, Jose Manalo, “broke his silence” to deliver an emotional, personal defense of Sotto as a “father figure,” condemning Yllana’s betrayal of the brotherhood.

But the final, definitive, and annihilating blow came from media titan Cristy Fermin.

Fermin, a long-time friend of Sotto, unleashed a “takedown” so brilliant and so brutal, it is now clear this is the reason for Yllana’s tears. She didn’t just defend; she exposed. She deployed a three-pronged “hypocrisy bomb” that didn’t just neutralize Yllana’s attacks—it destroyed him as a credible source.

First, Fermin exposed Yllana’s alleged “Utang” (Debt). She claimed his entire campaign of rage was not one of “principle,” but of bitterness, stemming from a massive, unpaid personal debt. This provided a motive.

Second, she exposed Yllana’s own alleged “Kabit” (Mistress). This was the masterstroke. In a moment of supreme irony, Fermin alleged that Yllana, the man trying to destroy Sotto for infidelity, was hiding his own secret affair. This exposed his “hypocrisy.”

Third, and most devastatingly, she exposed Yllana’s alleged ties to a “Sindikato” (Syndicate) that had been operating inside “Eat Bulaga!” This allegation reframed his entire war. His “rage,” Fermin suggested, was not about loyalty; it was the fury of a man who, because of the TVJ split, had allegedly lost his “racket.” This questioned his “legality.”

In the span of a few days, Anjo Yllana was reframed. He was no longer the “whistleblower.” He was a “bitter debtor,” a “hypocritical adulterer,” and an “alleged criminal.”

This is the “what is happening to him now” that has reportedly left him in tears. The new report of his breakdown is the direct consequence of Fermin’s “resbak.”

His tears are not, as some might hope, tears of remorse. They are, by all accounts, the tears of a man who has been publicly checkmated. They are the tears of a man who gambled, went “all in” with a campaign of slander, and lost everything.

He has been publicly humiliated. He, who tried to “shame” Tito and Vic, is now the one in the headlines for “utang,” “kabit,” and “sindikato.” His name, once synonymous with “Eat Bulaga!” laughter, is now synonymous with hypocrisy and betrayal.

He has been politically and socially isolated. The TVJ camp, with its legions of loyalists, is firmly against him. He has no allies left. The very “secrets” he tried to expose have been eclipsed by his own.

He has lost the war of public opinion. The Filipino public, which lives by the sacred, unwritten code of “utang na loob,” has largely sided with the patriarchs. Yllana’s actions were seen as a step too far, a violation of a 20-year bond. His tears are seen not as a tragedy, but as “karma.”

This is a story of how a modern-day war is fought and won. Anjo Yllana brought a knife—a messy, crude “slander” campaign. Cristy Fermin, Jose Manalo, and the loyalists responded with a surgical, multi-front assault on his motive, his morality, and his character.

The “Eat Bulaga!” war is over. The “family,” though scarred, has proven that its bonds are stronger than one man’s rage. And Anjo Yllana, the man who started it all, is now, as the report claims, left with nothing but the tears of a man who has been utterly, and publicly, defeated.