Alden Richards asked Sam Pinto to date on national TV

ALDEN RICHARDS, who won as Yahoo OMG’s Most Amazing Male Newcomer, took the lie detector test in “Showbiz Central” last Sunday. “Don’t Lie to Me” segment host John Lapus called him Ang Pambansang Dimples and they say he’s the new Aga Muhlach.

Was he pressured that he competed with Mikael Daez in the Yahoo contest? He said no and it’s true.

Is there competition between him and other young male stars of the movie “Tween Academy, Class of 2012”? He said no and again, it’s true. He added that colleagues Kristoffer Martin, Derrick Monasterio, Joshua Dionisio and Jake Vargas are all nice to him. “Kahit nauna sila sa’kin because of ‘Tween Hearts’, they all welcomed me and are very accommodating.”

The last question was asked by his ka-love team in “Tween Academy”, Louise de los Reyes: Nagbababad ka raw para bantayan si Sam Pinto sa shooting natin sa “Tween Hearts”? He said no and, this time, it’s a lie. Alden is 18 and Sam is 23, playing their teacher in the movie. He admitted that Sam is his crush but he says “hindi ako nagbababad sa shooting for her.” Later on, John urged him to extend an invitation to Sam Pinto if they could go out on a friendly date and he did so on national TV.