MANILA, Philippines- In public, Kris Aquino  has no qualms about letting people know that she feels guilty that she may be the reason that the TV show “The Buzz” was cancelled after more than 15 years.

The Sunday show aired its final episode last April 5 with co-host Boy Abunda describing the cancellation as “very painful.”

Kris revealed that she had asked ABS-CBN executives if it’s possible for her not to have to work on Sundays so she could spend more time with her sons and siblings.  She believes that it was her request to take Sundays off that led the network to cancel the show.

In private, however, Kris is telling all her friends that it feels very good to know that she is “very much valued” by ABS-CBN and that the network thinks that it is she that has made the show popular among its viewers.”I’m very relevant pa pala,” (still relevant) she said.

Kris and Abunda still have their nightly late night talk show together, “Aquino and Abunda Tonight.”

Inside sources at ABS-CBN said they overheard a conversation between Kris and network executives during which she reportedly said, “Don’t you think the talk show sounds much better if we renamed it, ‘Aquino Tonight?’