What can he say about Marian topping the partial list of FHM’s poll on the sexiest Pinay? “Siempre, proud ako. Number one siya talaga, lalong-lalo na para sa akin. Nakakatuwa nga kasi lagi siyang kasama sa list when she has not posed yet for FHM. I asked her if she wants me to vote for her at ikakampanya ko rin siya, and she said, ‘Huwag na’. She’s really so humble. Her sexiness is hindi kasi pilit kaya mas kahanga-hanga.”
What about those who criticized Marian for allegedly making “batok” to Manny Pacquiao in “Party Pilipinas”? “Andami kong tinanong if they saw it, pero walang nakakita. But if it were true, Marian would never do it to someone na wala silang level of closeness and she’s not comfortable with it, kasi part yun ng lambing niya, e. She’s really the jolly, palabiro type so I don’t think she meant anything bad. Parang sign of endearment yun for her. Hindi ko masisisi yung iba kundi nila ito naiintindihan. Basta ang importante, okay sila ni Manny Pacquiao. Kawawa nga si Marian dahil naninira na naman ang haters niya. Sinabi raw niya sa Boracay na pangit si Venus Raj, which is not true kasi we were never in Boracay noong Holy Week. Nasa Singapore kami. When Venus guested in ‘Show Me Da Manny’, she even told me na hanga siya sa beauty ni Venus who just represented our country then sa Miss Universe.”
Since “I Heart You Pare” is ending this Friday, what’s in store for him? “I’m hosting a new reality show, ‘The Protegee’, but later this year pa. It’s big and so different kaya pinaghahandaan talagang mabuti. I’d focus muna on movies. I’ll start ‘Aswang’ with Lovi Poe for Direk Erik Matti. Next year pa ang showing nito but we’ll shoot most of the scenes now kasi maraming computer generated special effects that will be used in it. Then I’m resuming the dance movie with the Cebu inmates I’m doing with Direk Cesar Apolinario, ‘Dance of the Steel Bars’. Also, I have a filmfest entry with Kris Aquino which is now being finalized, a horror film.”