UPDATE 2) Comedian-TV host Vhong Navarro will take a showbiz break as he recovers from a brutal attack inside a condominium

in Bonifacio Global City on January !"ednesday#$ %is manager Chito &o'o told (ahoo )hili**ines +,G- .riday night the /0t1s 2howtime/ host is scheduled to undergo surgery ne3t week following the attack$ /0t will take time before he recovers4/ &o'o said in an email$ The manager also related that Vhong /was not able to give any money/ when the men tried to e3tort some cash from the actor$ The comedian4 however4 continues to receive threats via te3t messages4 according to &o'o$ The e3tent of his in5uries remain sketchy4 but in a statement sent to 6B2-CBN News4 the director-manager said Vho has been tied4 blindfolded and beaten u* by a grou* of men after entering the *remises of a condominium on "ednesday$ The actor was said to be invited by a still unidentified woman to come over the unit$ /2i Vhong Navarro ay naimbitihan sa isang condominium unit sa .ort ng isang kaibigang babae$ 6t sa di *a malamang kadahilanan4 siya ay *iniringan4 *inagtulungang bugbugin4 gina*os4 tinakot4 at hinihingan ng *era ng isang gru*o ng kalalakihan noong January 4 ,iyerkules4/ &ono said in a statement$ %e added4 /2i Vhong ay kasalukuyang nag*a*agaling at mawawala ng *ansamantala sa 10t1s 2howtime1 at iba *a niyang *royekto$/