Richard Gutierrez To Be Paired With Carla Abellana And Sarah Lahbati In His New Soap

RICHARD GUTIERREZ was congratulated by the guests in his dad Eddie’s 70th birthday celebration for his fine handling of his hosting chores in the recently concluded “Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles” where Betong Sumaya won and whose finale night became the highest rating show on that day with a very high 17.9% in MegaManila.

Chard is resting for a while and will start taping his new show, a yet untitled action-drama, in March. He confirmed to us that his leading ladies are Carla Abellana and Sarah Lahbati, which means it’s not true that Carla is moving to another network as GMA-7 has neglected her.

The show will be directed by Ricky Davao. Ricky was also at the party and told us that he’s flattered to be chosen to do it but will only believe that he’s really the director once he starts taping it. “Siempre, excited ako, first time ko to direct a show on primetime and with Richard pa, kaya sana matuloy,” he says.