After showbiz absence, Diether Ocampo returns via TV5 show

MANILA, Philippines — Diether Ocampo returned to television more than two years after his last major showbiz project.

But Diether, who has been associated with ABS-CBN since the start of his showbiz career, will be seen on a different television network this time: TV5.

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The actor will star in two editions of the Kapatid network's weekly romance anthology series "Wattpad Presents." He will star in "Wicked Ways" with Ritz Azul and John James Uy from November 23 to 27 and "Mr. Wrong" with Sam Pinto from December 14 to 18.

This doesn't mean, however, that Diether will permanently be a TV5 star,.

"Of course, I’m still with ABS, in fact, I just took this opportunity which I’m very thankful coz hindi pa ako nakapag-guest sa Channel 5 so this is the fist time na magkatrabaho ako with the production of TV5 and this is the initial project that we accepted, of course, there will be two episodes," he told Pang-Masa.

Diether also said, "I’ve been in ABS-CBN for how many years and this is the first time that they offered me in Channel 5, so sabi ko, why not? It’s also something to explore."

The Star Magic talent was set to star in the ABS-CBN drama "Someone To Watch Over Me" with Judy Ann Santos and Richard Yap. However, the project was postponed due to Judy Ann's pregnancy and he is yet to receive a project from the Kapamilya network since.

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His last major project with ABS-CBN is "Apoy sa Dagat" with Angelica Panganiban and Piolo Pascual which aired from February to July 2013.

"I was anticipating na ibang expe­rience ‘yung maano ko rito but I’m quite surprised in a good way dahil siyempre, having to work with these new artists," he said.

“Sa panahon ngayon, ‘pag may trabaho, you know, walang masamang tinapay diyan," Diether added.