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Daniel sad over break-up

Daniel Matsunaga & Erich Gonzales: The promise of ‘forever’ is not enough to sustain a relationsh­ip

- By RICARDO F. LO

Curtain-raisers:

Just when everybody thought that the marriage of a semi-retired singer-actress is exceptiona­lly stable, much more so than any showbiz marriages, comes the sad news that her business manhusband is having an affair with another woman. But he remains a good provider and, knowing how understand­ing she is, the wife understand­s and can tolerate her husband’s indiscreti­on according to those close to the couple. Sorry but no clues may be given at this point.

Could it be true that a celebrity is banned from buying any items from an A-list store? The

Funfare DPA said that when the celebrity was in the US, she wanted to buy for a friend the same item that the celebrity already had. I didn’t know that the “branded” store has such a rule but the wellplaced DPA insisted, “Yes, there is!”

A hunky actor told his assistant to withdraw money from the bank. Because the assistant didn’t have any authorizat­ion letter, the teller turned him down. The actor got furious and called the teller, “Bakit, pera ko

naman ‘yan, a!” He refused to listen to any explanatio­n. Finally, the teller politely asked the actor, “Sino po sila?” That made the actor more curious than the refusal to release the money. “Ako si _______. Hindi

mo ba ako kilala?” The teller said, “Sorry, hindi po!”

Showbiz couples are so funny. They update netizens with daily accounts of their romance(s) complete with loveydovey photos and swearing to high heavens that, yes, they have “forever,” when in truth and in fact, the promise of “forever” is not enough to sustain a relationsh­ip.

Then, netizens wake up one morning to find a couple “unfriendin­g” each other, alerting the whole world that their “forever” has gone pffft. The un-couple proceed to appeal to netizens to leave them alone for some private moments away from each other.

Case in point: Daniel Matsunaga and Erich Gonzales, a.k.a. DanRich, who have called it quits after a two-year romance. Erich has “privatized” her Instagram from

which she deleted all her

and Daniel’s photos. (Trivia: Was it really Kris Aquino who “entrusted” Daniel to Erich? Kris, who used to be close to Erich, was briefly linked to Daniel. Erich split up with her rich non-showbiz boyfriend in favor of Daniel.)

“Daniel looked very sad when I saw him a couple of times,” said his manager Jonas Gaffud. “I’m not aware of the story yet. I just don’t talk to him about it now.”

Showbiz watchers are wondering if Erich broke up with Daniel for the same reason that Heart Evangelist­a did.

After she was crowned 2016 Miss Earth in October last year, Katherine Espin

(photo) of Ecuador returned to the Philippine­s to continue her work in advocating the preservati­on and protection of the environmen­t, to address climate change and promote eco-tourism and good health.

Joining Katherine on this journey are the reigning environmen­tal queens 2016 Miss Philippine­s-Earth and Eco-Tourism. Last week, the eco-warrior beauties visited Isabela where they attended the opening of the Agro

Ecotourism Exhibit, Bambanti Village, selection of 2016 Bambanti Kings and Queens, visited the Sta. Victoria Green Sanctuary in Ilagan and toured the Eco-Fuel Agro-Industrial Plant in San Mariano. Then, they traveled to Ilocos Sur to celebrate with the Ilocanos their environmen­tal prosperity. Then, they will also conduct the “I Love My Planet Earth” school tours of the Miss Earth Foundation to educate youngsters about the preservati­on of the environmen­t. On Feb. 21, Katherine and 2016 Miss Philippine­s Eco-Tourism Melanie Mader will return to Isabela to assist in the province’s medical mission activities. Katherine will leave for her country on March 16.

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1975 Miss U winners (from left): the Philippine­s’ Chiqui Brosas, fourth runner-up; Sweden’s Catharine Sjodahl, third runner-up; Finland’s Anne Pohtamo, winner; Haiti’s Gerthie David, first runner-up; and USA’s Summer Bartholome­w, second runner-up…
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From left: Misses Haiti (left) and Colombia, first and second runners-up respective­ly in the 2016 Miss Universe pageant…
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Luz Marina Zuluaga, Colombia’s first Miss U (1958), and (right) Paulina Vega, Colombia’s second Miss U (2014).
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