TIME to bring out my inner Maritess (a rather generic, barangay version of Gossip Girl) and relish on some juicy tidbits about the private lives of public people. Earlier this year, Bond Girl Ana de Armas split from Batman Ben Affleck while pop diva Jennifer Lopez separated from athlete Alex Rodriguez. Now, Ben and Jen, who were previously engaged in the early 2000s, are rekindling their combustible coupling.
Some recent conscious uncouplings have been both scandalous and amicable: LJ Reyes and Paolo Contis, Alodia Gosiengfiao and Wil Dasovich, Kylie Padilla and Aljur Abrenica, Camilla Cabello and Shawn Mendes, Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik, Elon Musk and Grimes, Bill and Melinda Gates, Kim and Kanye.
Not all is sad in the celebrity relationships front, though. Artist and heiress Ivy Love Getty married photographer Tobias Alexander Engel, wearing a gown by John Galliano for Maison Margiela Haute Couture. Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai married Asser Malik, a general manager of high performance at the Pakistan Cricket Board, in an Islamic ceremony wearing a peach salwar suit. And hotel heiress Paris Hilton wore Oscar de la Renta to marry venture capitalist Carter Reum.
Love is also in full bloom on the local front. Favorite model Jasmine Maierhofer wore Francis Libiran to her wedding to Angelo. Other promises of forever include JC de Vera (Paul Cabral) and Rikkah Cruz (Francis Libiran), Kris Bernal (in Mak Tumang) and Perry Choi, Sam Pinto (in Michael Leyva) and Anthony Semerad (in Francis Libiran), Jessy Mendiola (Patricia Santos) and Luis Manzano (in Paulo Lazaro), and Rocco Nacino and Melssisa Gohing (both in Libiran).
The loveliest weddings to behold, all with IATF-approved intimacy, happened lately. After seven years together, GMA prized talents Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo married in a no-fuss civil ceremony, both clad in creamy white matching tuxedo suits.
Bubble Gang mainstay Arny Ross married her longtime boyfriend Franklin Banogon, wearing Mikee Andrei finery. The beautiful bride posted a quote: “Love is peaceful; pride is fearful. Love clarifies with truth; pride confuses with lies. Love and pride are mutually exclusive. Love dies with pride but comes alive with humility.”
Badass bride Ellen Adarna chose the equally spitfire Marc Rancy as her designer for her wedding to Derek Ramsay. As a self-confessed Maritess, Racy shared: “It was only during our final fitting in the atelier when Ellen, her besties and Derek’s mom chose which one would be worn on the big day. She chose the other one as it had less volume, and she wanted to move more easily as the wedding was to take place literally on top of a mountain.”
GMA power couple Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez sealed the love that was developed in the groundbreaking LGBT-themed teleserye My Husband’s Lover, where both costarred with Denis Trillo.
“I’m so happy because it’s true when they say na parang nabunutan ng tinik ’yung dibdib mo. Gumaan na ’yung pakiramdam. Nawala na lahat ng stress,” the To Have And To Hold actress told www.gmanetwok.com. “Lahat noong iniyak ko, na pinagdasal ko. Sulit talaga. Super thank you. Alam ko parang mababaw but it’s really my dream, so finally tuloy na siya.”