Heart on breakup with Echo: Yes, there's a third party

Column: Freehand
Author: Mario E. Bautista

JERICHO Rosales was interviewed by Boy Abunda in "The Buzz" about his breakup with Heart Evangelista. He earlier said he was the last to know and just learned about it from watching TV. But later, he said he had known about it while still in Malaysia, even before he returned to Manila.

In "Showbiz Central," Heart (who's in Dubai taping "Codename: Asero" with Richard Gutierrez) was interviewed live on the phone by host Raymond Gutierrez and she cried, saying a mouthful against Jericho in the course of the interview with her.

"Ang feeling ko napahiya ako," she says. "Naiiyak ako at nagagalit ako. Bakit hindi siya consistent sa sagot niya? I broke up with him on the phone. Naiiyak ako kasi sobrang sakit ng ginawa niya sa akin. Bakit siya nagsisinungaling at pinalalabas pa niyang ako ang nagsisinungaling? Yes, may third party involved. There were actually two girls. One was 'yung leading lady niya sa movie, 'I Love You Virus', that was shot here (Brianna Evigan).

"Kilala ko siya for three years at sobrang laki ng ipinagbago niya nang magkakilala sila. I saw him hugging her at nakita rin ng driver ko. When I asked him about it, he denied it, but later, inamin din niya. I gave up everything for him. Bulag ako kaya ipinaglaban ko siya sa parents ko. Pero ngayon, below the belt na ang ginawa niya. Pinalalabas pa niyang he's miserable, na siya ang kawawa. Malinaw na malinaw ang pakikipag-break ko sa kanya.

"I told him I want to move on. Kailangan ko nang makahanap ng taong mamahalin ako na hindi parang may itinatago at tinatanong ko: sino ka ba talaga? Akala ko, kilala ko siya, 'yun pala, hindi. Akala ko worth it siya, kaya pinaglaban ko siya. It turned out tama pala ang family ko from the start. Napahiya ako sa kanila. I don't think I'll ever want to talk to him again. Sana, magsabi na lang siya ng totoo, huwag 'yung pinapaikot niya kaming lahat. Sana, maintindihan niya ang ginawa niya sa akin. Tapos na talaga kami. Okay na kami ng parents ko. May new chapter na sa buhay ko. I hope hindi niya ito gagawin sa ibang babae. "

ENEMIES ONSCREEN, FRIENDS OFFSCREEN
MYLENE Dizon is now more active in GMA-7 than in her home studio, ABS-CBN. She plays the villainous Reyna Diyangga who torments Marian Rivera in "Dyesebel".

"Wala kaming taping na hindi ko pinahihirapan si Marian kaya inaasahan ko nang marami ng fans ng 'Dyesebel' ang galit sa akin," she says. "Pero after the take, friends kami't super chikahan kasi nakatrabaho ko na rin si Marian noon sa TAPE in the afternoon soap na 'Agawin Mo Man ang Lahat sa Akin'. Bago pa lang siya noon kaya 'Dyesebel' is bale our reunion. I'm really happy for her that her career is doing so good. Sana magtuluy-tuloy. "

Doesn't she get tired of playing villain roles? "Ngayon pa ba ako mag-iinarte, e meron akong baby boy na binubuhay, ano? At sa panahon ngayon, you should just be thankful na patuloy kang may trabaho. Let's be realistic, ang daming artistang bakante, di ba? So, we have no right to be choosy. Ako nga, I just feel so blessed na nakakapagtrabaho ako in both networks. Meron pa rin naman akong show sa ABS-CBN. I'm hosting 'My Space', a weekly show every Tuesday at 9 p. m. on Cinema One. Ang role ko naman as Reyna Diyangga in 'Dyesebel' is not an ordinary one. Bonggang reyna ako ng underwater kingdom of Sirenea rito. Super ganda ang costume ko, lalo buntot ko, at super inggitera rin ako rito kay Dyesebel. First time kong gumanap na sirena at enjoy ang lola n'yo. Pati nga anak kong si Tomas, aliw na aliw sa show. "

This week, people will be shocked at how ugly Dyesebel has become after she got a pair of legs. She goes to Manila to look for the love of her life, Fredo. She sees his billboard and climbs it until guards stop her. She lives with Aling Melba, a fish vendor, and meets Betty (Bianca King) by chance in the market. They get into a fight. Dyesebel is about to be arrested by cops but the bystanders defend her.

Dyangga learns that Dyesebel has chosen to be human and orders that Banak be punished for this. Berbola gets inside the cave Amanfura and sees the treasure boxes there where she recognizes Lucia, the former queen of Sirenea who's Dyesebel's real mom. She asks Dyangga about it and Dyangga gets mad.

Dyesebel sees Fredo riding a white stallion. Fredo has become the president of their company and he's doing a commercial. She follows Fredo inside his building and finds work as janitress. She is so happy to learn that she's cleaning Fredo's room. She falls while cleaning and Fredo helps her. They see each other again.

UNEXPECTED EVICTION
LETHAL La Sallite Josef Elizalde was evicted from PBB Teen Plus last Saturday night. A lot of people didn't expect it, including us since we really thought he has lots of fans and his love team with Nicole is definitely helping the show to gain more regular viewers. But it turned out more people voted for the two girls, Nicole and Rona, to be saved.

How does he feel about it? "Tanggap ko naman po nang buong puso," says Josef. "I've been nominated for four times and each eviction night, ine-expect ko nang ako ang matatanggal. "

What can he say that the girlfriend he left behind has broken up with him in her blog because of his on-cam closeness with Nicole? "Hindi naman namin 'yun sinadya ni Nicole. It's a close environment at nahulog lang ang loob ko sa kanya, pero wala pa rin sa point ng pagmamahal. "

His girlfriend said, "I am too good of a woman for you. "

"Well, that's her opinion and I respect that. I'd rather na pag-usapan na lang namin ang nangyari face to face. "

What's his message to Nicole? "I hope she makes it to the Big Four. "

HEALING MASS FOR RUDY
WE attended the healing mass for Rudy Fernandez at Christ the King last Saturday and we know that with so many people praying for him, God will clear him of his ailment. Among the first to arrive were veteran stars Gloria Romero, Susan Roces, Perla Bautista, and Luz Valdez.

Boots Anson Roa acted as the lector. We also saw Laurice Guillen and Johnny Delgado, Robin Padilla and daughters Queenie and Kylie with Ai Ai de las Alas, Ricky Davao, Glydel Mercado (who did the first reading) and Tonton Gutierrez, Tirso Cruz III and wife Lyn Ynchausti, Iza Calzado, Diana Zubiri, Phillip Salvador, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Lloyd Samartino, Rez Cortez, Leo Martinez, Conrad Poe, Roy Alvarez, Andeng Bautista and husband Gov. Junjun Ynares, Boots Plata and Dolor Guevarra, Lolit Solis, Nora Calderon, Ronald Constantino, Mario Hernando, Ricky Calderon, Jojo Gabinete, and many more. Daboy's sons, Mark Anthony, Ralph and Renz, delivered messages of appreciation from their family. Let's all continue to pray for Daboy's full recovery.

A FREE STAR-STUDDED DANCE CONCERT
DOUGLAS Nierras founded the country's top dance company, PowerDance, on May 27, 1987. Now, they're holding their 21st anniversary concert, "PowerDance @ 21: Licensed to Thrill," their first at the Araneta Coliseum on May 27, Tuesday. As a treat to the public, this will be a free concert and you can get your free tickets from Araneta and Gateway.

"It will be a visual spectacle as it will show our dancers fly and weave magic in mid-air," says Douglas, who's known to be super taray dance teacher in Star Struck. "Our dancers are dedicated artists who view their involvement with dance a serious career, honing their craft to a high degree of technical competence and artistry. "

PowerDance has represented our county in various international events, like "Festival International de Jazz (Mexico)" in 1990, Asean Festival of Songs (Singapore) from 1989 to 94, "Asia Dancefest" (Tokyo) in 1996. It also performed at the Lincoln Center New York City in 1998 and won the grand prize for Modern Dance Choreography in the 10th Saitama International Creative Dance Concourse in Yono City, Japan in 1999, besting 73 other countries who competed.

Their 21st anniversary show will feature their most applauded piece likes Buhay, Hapis at Pagibig, Ngayon at Kailanman, Sayaw ng Puso at Kaluluwa. It will also feature an all-prayer dance repertoire, Panalangin, that's now touring the country. The special guests are Boy Abunda and KC Concepcion as hostS, Gary Valenciano and with Arnell Ignacio conducting a choir of 70 people led by the Madrigals to interpret "An Email from Liverpool," a compilation of music from The Beatles.

"I first met Douglas when I did 'La Cage Aux Folles' for Repertory Philippines exactly 20 years ago," says Arnell. "Boyfriend ko kasi 'yung isang dancer doon, so join din ako as dancer. Douglas was our choreographer at sabi ko, sino ba 'tong mestisang baklang itong sobrang taray? But when he started to dance, I was dumbfounded. Noon lang ako nakakita ng ganun kagaling mag-move. Tapos, pinapagaya sa'kin ng hindi na uulitin at pinagka-cartwheel ba naman ako! Nang hindi ko magawa, binato ako ng monobloc. That's how our friendship started. "

Douglas also choreographed KC Concepcion's stunning dance number in her mom Sharon Cuneta's birthday celebration last January. "Akala ni Sharon, she'll just sing. She didn't have any idea that it'll be a complex dance number with KC flying on harness.

"For that, we trained KC for one month muna sa gym, then another month sa dance and gym, and two weeks aerial training na lumilipad siya. Bilib ako kay KC as she has drive, discipline, sense and intelligence. She's very well put together and I must congratulate Sharon for bringing up a young woman who's so refreshing to work with. "

Douglas is also convincing Aga Muhlach to guest in the show. "Aga is a good dancer," sayd Douglas. "But he says he's still conditioning himself to do a dance number with the PowerDance dahil matagal na raw siyang hindi nagsasayaw. "

Source: People's Journal