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THE word
war involving Gabby Concepcion’s controversial former
manager Rose Flaminiano, former actress Nadia Montenegro
and, recently joining the arena, TV-radio show
host-tabloid scribe Cristy Fermin, has made local show
biz an exciting “battle of the bulge.”
And by
bulge, we mean the meat of the news.
It all
began when the former Regal Baby, Nadia Montenegro,
unleashed all her rants about the recent controversies
involving her. She tattled in several interviews on
national TV that all she did was protect her friends who
she thought were her real friends.
It’s
been talk of the town how Montenegro fought for her
long-time friend Gabby Concepcion. She was first alleged
as the one discrediting Flaminiano in the face of
Concepcion, who eventually filed charges against his
former manager. Concepcion simply wanted to free himself
from Flaminiano’s clutches.
Close
show biz observers concluded that Fermin came into the
picture because of her past riff with Montenegro. And it
seems she’s out to defend Flaminiano and discredit
Montenegro. It can be recalled that Montenegro was the
one who reportedly tipped off Fermin about the Dodie
Puno-Gretchen Barretto affair. Fermin wrote about it in
her multitabloid columns and was picked up by various
media outlets. When the sh-t hit the industrial fan,
Fermin was confronted by Puno-Barretto’s camp to confess
the source. Fermin readily named Montenegro.
The
bigger problem started here. Fermin wanted to prove to
the Barretto camp that she was telling the truth. Then
again, if you view yourself a credible reporter, you
should never reveal your source. But Fermin was caught
in the crossfire really hard and to make a long story
short, she was forced to present her source. It led to
the infamous confrontation among concerned parties in a
hotel near ABS-CBN. The agenda was to have Montenegro
confess that she was the one who tipped off Fermin.
According to Fermin, her source called her up.
Montenegro said she never made the call or sent an SMS
about the affair. Her phone transactions were shown as
proof and there never was a call to Fermin. Same with
the mysterious SMS in her cell phone’s inbox. In an
instant, Fermin’s credibility went down the drain in the
face of the Barrettos. But the story didn’t end there.
Montenegro lost friends for defending a friend.
Eventually, Fermin and Barretto banded together and are
out after her head.
Now,
there’s the allegation that she sired a love child just
two years ago, as Fermin recently revealed on national
television. Montenegro remains unfazed, saying it’s all
meant to discredit her. She even received reports from
show-biz writers who are on her side that her enemies
are spending a hefty sum to pay other writers and attack
her. The battle of the bulge continues and whoever has
more meat will survive. For the weak of heart, it would
be better to jog away all that fat and read a book on
weekend afternoons, or stay away from show biz-oriented
talk shows and focus on the tearful presidential debates
on CNN and BBC. |
