LAOAG CITY, Philippines?No, controversial TV host Kris Aquino is not leaving her Sunday gossip show "The Buzz" on ABS-CBN, saying the network needs her for the ratings.

Aquino made the statement in an interview with some reporters here on Thursday.

"No. No, no," she said when asked if she would leave the program after she complained last week that she was being used to attack her brother, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.

"Actually, if you review carefully what I said, sinabi ko sinabihan ako ng sisters ko na walang quitter sa pamilya. So klaro naman ?yon. So I will be there on Sunday," she said.

Asked if she would take a leave from her other television shows aside from her late night show "SNN" also on ABS-CBN, Kris answered in the negative.

"Alam mo masyado ka namang excited na mawala ako. Kawawa naman ang ABS-CBN, kailangan pa rin naman ako for the ratings," she said.

But she said she agreed to help the campaign her brother on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and on other important days that her presence in the campaign might be needed.

And to her critics,, Kris said she would just ignore them since she could not get them on her side anyway.

Asked why she thought she was the easy target by the senator's rivals in politics, Kris said, "Kasi sikat ako... Aminin na natin. ?Yan naman ang totoo."

"Kung wala akong pangalan, wala akong naipundar, hindi nila ako papansanin. E engot na ako kung papansinin ko pa sila. So ang papansinin ko na lang ?yong nagmamahal sa akin...," she said.

Kris also denied critics claim Noynoy was in a panic mode because his ratings in the surveys were dwindling and he was using her to improve his standing in surveys.

She said it was always part of the strategy that she would only join the campaign this March.

"But I don't think it?s a sign of panic. It's a sign of strength," she said.

"Kasi bakit hindi naman gagamitin ni Noy na isama n?ya ako considering na mayron nang ready audience d?yan na medyo mayrong nagdadalawang-isip dahil di s?ya masyadong kilala. Tahimik s?ya simple s?yang tao. Maingay ako. So kelangan n?ya ganong klaseng ingay lang,? Kris said.

?Pero I don't think its a sign of panic at all," she added.