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Philippine Showbiz Today
June 22 - July 7, 2018
Gretchen Barretto, Tonyboy Cojuangco react to
‘mistress,’ ‘gold digger’ accusations
Actress
Gretchen
Barretto
admitted she is the mistress of
businessman Tonyboy Cojuangco,
but it took her time to admit it, even
suffering from depression in the
process.
In an Instagram live video on
June 9, Gretchen and her friends
apologized for a video showing them
laughing while reading the request of
a netizen. In the same live video, the
actress also addressed her bashers
who had accusations against her.
“Mga kaibigan, you can accuse
me of many things, nasty things,
pwede n’yo akong sabihing malandi,
I will accept it. Sasabihin n’yo akong
baduy, bagong-yaman, I will accept
it. Sasabihin nilang kabit, aaminin
ko. For the past 23 or almost 24
years, opo, kabit po ako ni Tonyboy
Cojuangco. I never denied it,” she
said.
“If you threw that at me five
years ago, maglulupasay po ako.
Halos magpakamatay ako sa sakit sa
aking dibdib ‘pag tinawag n’yo akong
kabit,” the actress added.
Tonyboy is still legally married
Kristine’s
to his first wife Denise Yabut-
Cojuangco. Despite being tagged as
mistress, Gretchen said she is happy
with Tonyboy because he loves her
unconditionally.
“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. I have a man who loves me
unconditionally.”
Gretchen said she does not
care if she and Tonyboy do not got
married because she has learned to
embrace her “very flawed” life.
“Yes, it is true. Maybe I will never
be marrying him. Maybe he will never
marry me. Maybe I will never have
that dream to walk down the aisle
and have that fabulous gown. But
who cares? I have a very flawed life,
a flawed relationship, but I’m happy.
It’s not perfect. He understands me
fully, he loves me fully, and in his
eyes, I can do no wrong. So, who
am I to complain? Life isn’t perfect.
Hey, here we live right now, it’s not
heaven, you know. And I’m not the
only one, you know, who lives an
11th Birthday Bash
Jae Kirstine 11th birthday celebration on June 12, 2018. Kristine’s Mom
put together a picnic and barbeque party at Queen Elizabeth Park. Her
guests were her family, schoolmates, Mom’s friends and D Exclusive
friends group.
Photos by Christian Cunanan
imperfect life.”
In another Instagram live video,
Gretchen was with Tonyboy and she
asked him to say “hi” to viewers.
Tonyboy refused.
Gretchen then teased her
partner: “Dada, they said, I’m a gold
digger, and I’m your kabit.”
Laughingly,
Gretchen
told
the audience Tonyboy’s supposed
response: “Sabi niya, ‘Baba, you did
not dig gold. I handed it to you. Can
I have it back?’ I said, ‘No way. You
have to dig it back!’”
As of posting time, Gretchen
is still getting both praises and
criticisms for the videos on her
Instagram account. She responds
by posting more “Hello, bashers!”
videos that showcase her beauty and
high society life.●
(J. M. Severo, Editor’s Note:
The first paragraph of this article
has been edited for clarity. The
earlier version lacked in accuracy
in
describing
Ms.
Barretto’s
statement.)