THE love month is over and we march on to a new one bringing all the good vibes and positive emotions, including the lessons learned about people, feelings and relationships.
Show business has never been lacking of tales of couples breaking up, lovers getting back together and new relationships being formed. Love stories are, in fact, the real spice of the entertainment business.
Maja Salvador looks very happy these days. After a very short-lived and discreet liaison with former model-turned-businessman Rambo Nuñez nine years ago, Salvador has rekindled her romance with Nuñez. The couple have posted some beautiful photos on their respective social-media accounts, and their friends and family members are happy with this unfolding love story.
Before Salvador, Nuñez had a much publicized relationship with Kelsey Merritt, who made headlines last year as a Victoria Secret model in the US. But distance and time zones were more than enough for the couple to go on their separate ways. Merritt has already found a new love in Olympic Gold Medalist Conor Dwyer, a member of the US national swimming team.
Salvador, who is one of the celebrity jurors for the new show World of Dance Philippines, was rumored to have had short-lived romances with actors Gerald Anderson, Matteo Guidicelli and Carlo Aquino in the past. Let’s wish them well and see how far their love story will go.
The case of Angelica Panganiban and Carlo Aquino is altogether different. The former lovebirds were in the course of getting back together, especially when they were heavily promoting their film Exes Baggage during the last half of 2018. But things didn’t work out and they have since kept their distance.
We heard Panganiban took it really badly, affecting her so much. She had again fallen deeply for the same man, but the guy just couldn’t bring back those lovely feelings anymore. Their TV commercial for a chicken brand continues to air but it came at the most inauspicious time when the romance had already fizzled out. Tough luck for the brand.
Rising star Arjo Atayde has also found true love, and he does not care if this new romance has already attracted tons of bashers from die-hard fans of his new lady love, Maine Mendoza.
Known to be unrelenting and oftentimes unreasonable, these fans of Mendoza and her erstwhile showbiz tandem Alden Richards have stormed all possible avenues to “massacre” this budding romance of Mendoza with Atayde before it even starts to blossom.
But true love is stronger than any threat, and both Atayde and Mendoza are enjoying each other’s company very much. In fact, they have already traveled overseas together where they can freely shower each other with the affection and attention they want to give one another. We spotted them quietly sharing a meal at the Bugis Singapore Street Food in Banawe recently.
Atayde’s last relationship was with It’s Showtime’s GirlTrends member Sammie Rimando. It lasted for only a year. For his part, the well-loved Richards continues to remain single, and no one in the business has any clue whether there is a brewing love life in the horizon, or if he is happy being single. He comes off too clean, even too sanitized, which we really do not mind at all. He is a really nice guy, and that is what’s important.
Love comes, love goes. Sometimes, love even comes back and takes a second chance. Such is life.