Gretchen Barretto on Tonyboy: 'I am happily his mistress'

GRETCHEN Barretto did not bat an eyelash when she answered her bashers regarding her being a long-time "kabit" of Tonyboy Cojuango.

She said she is all ready for all the bash the netizens can throw at her.

She said, "Mga kaibigan (friends), you can accuse me of many things, nasty things. Puwede niyo akong sabihing malandi (you can tell me I'm a flirt), I will accept it. Sasabihin niyo akong baduy, bagong yaman, (You tell me I'm off-fashion, newly-rich) I will accept it. Marami po kasing nag-i-stop sa akin, sa kadaldalan ko, (there are a lot of people who wanted me to stop, my being talkative,) but I’m on a roll. I want to say this. Sasabihin nilang kabit, aaminin ko (They tell me I'm a mistress, I will accept it), for the past 23 or almost 24 years, opo, kabit po ako ni Tonyboy Cojuangco (Yes, I am the mistress of Tonyboy Cojuangco). I never denied it."

Just February of this year, Gretchen and Tonyboy celebrated their 24th anniversary, although it can be recalled that the latter is still legally married to his first wife, former equestrienne Denise YabutCojuangco.

Gretchen revealed that at first, she was hurt being called a "kabit" but she learned to shrug the issue off everytime this was thrown at her.

"If you threw that at me five years ago, maglulupasay po ako. Halos magpakamatay po ako sa sakit sa aking dibdib pag tinatawag niyo akong kabit. But right now, after 23 lovely years with my Tonyboy, you can call me kabit and I will tell you, I am happily his kabit. I am happily his mistress."