PNS — THE country’s bachelor President has appealed for privacy, saying journalists’ prying eyes are ruining his love life.
President Benigno Aquino III has been linked to several women after he broke up with girlfriend Shalani Soledad in October. One was his stylist.
On Friday, a newspaper had a front page picture of him with a stockbroker, who is said to be his new romantic interest.
The 50-year-old Mr. Aquino says he will be spending Christmas without a date because women are scared to go out with him for fear of ending up in the newspaper headlines.
He says its difficult to woo a woman with the whole nation watching, and joked with reporters that it will “be on your conscience” if another prospective girlfriend stays away.
Meanwhile, Soledad says she will not be loveless this Christmas.
“A lot of people love me,” the Valenzuela councilor says.
“Theres my family, my friends, my constituents, and most especially my newfound home” [referring to TV5, where she co-hosts a show with Willie Revillame].
She declines to answer any questions regarding Revillame’s alleged courtship. She also denies any reconciliation with the President, although she admits that he sends her text messages once in a while.
“Nangungumusta lang [He just texts to say hello],” Soledad says.
Her uncle Mon says Revillame visited her at their Valenzuela home on Dec. 2, the day the Makati Regional Trial Court ruled to continue hearing ABS-CBN’s plea to stop Revillame’s Willing-Willie game show for allegedly being a copy of its noontime show Wowowee.
Revillame stayed until the wee hours of the morning and even fell asleep on the couch, Mon says. The TV host went visiting as a show of support for the election protest that he has filed in connection with the village polls.
Mon says the last time he saw his niece this happy was when she was still in a relationship with the President.