(UPDATE 2) For millions of Eat Bulaga viewers, host Jose Manalo is already a stapl e of the 35-year-old noontime show.

He s been a household name over the years. I t s as if every family gets to lunch with the funny guy on TV daily. But that s not the case for his seven children and wife Annalyn. In an interview with The Buzz last March 2012, Annalyn claimed her husband had a bandoned his family for another woman on January 6 the same year. She pressed charges against Jose for violation of R.A. (Republic Act) 9262 or th e Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act at the Office of the Prosecutor i n San Juan City. His 17-year-old daughter has filed the same case December last year. Suicide note Jose s supposed neglect led the comedian s daughter to attempt suicide on Wednesday (March 12). She was then found unconscious by her mother in their condominium un it in Greenhills, San Juan, her legal counsel Dennis Pangan told DZMM. A suicide note revealed his daughter s frustration over Jose s failure to pay for he r tuition fee as promised. This prompted her to drop out of school.