Carmina Villaroel proclaims: "Biyuda na ako"

CARMINA VILLAROEL nixed doing “Munting Heredera” as she was busy then with “Amazing Cooking Kids”. “Tapos, may ‘Pepito Manaloto’ pa ko, so sabi ko, hindi ko kaya,” she says. “But now tapos na yung cooking show, okay na ko gumawa ng soap kaya tinanggap ko ang ‘Pahiram ng Isang Ina’. Iyakan ito, tapos nagpapatawa naman kami sa ‘Pepito’ so happy kong may drama at may comedy ako ngayon. After taping for ‘Pahiram ng Isang Ina’, na-realized kong na-miss ko rin pala talaga magdrama. I play a rich woman na mapapalapit sa magkapatid na ulila, sina Bea Binene and Martin de los Santos. But there’ll be a kidnap try on me that will leave me catatonic or tulala. Sila ang tutulong para hindi makamkam ng ex-husband kong si Antonio Aquitania yung properties ko.”

Is it true she’ll move to TV5 to follow her longtime partner Zoren Legaspi who’s in “The Sisters”? “Ano ba? Magsisimula pa lang sa Monday at 2:30 PM itong ‘Pahiram ng Isang Ina’, gusto nyo na kong palipatin sa ibang channel? Wala akong alam na ganun.”

Whatever happened to their plan to tie the knot officially? “Naku, uungkatin na naman ba yan? Kami nga, di na namin pinag-uusapan. Pero kung mangyayari talaga yan, mangyayari yan, kahit pigilan pa natin.”

Someone quips that maybe she can’t remarry because her first husband is still alive? “Ay, di ba patay na raw?” she says, since Rustom Padilla himself proclaimed that his old self is dead and he’s now Bebe Gandanghari. “Kung patay na, di biyuda na ako.”

What can she say about reports that Bebe is now a model in New York? “E, di good for... her. I’m happy for... her. Kasi happy ako sa buhay, kaya dapat, maging happy na lang tayong lahat.”