THE OTHER ENDORSER of Indomie is Dino Guevarra, a contemporary of Dingdong Dantes during their “TGIS” days. What can he say now that Dingdong is about to wed Marian Rivera? “It’s about time,” he says. “34 na siya. I’m only one year older than him. I wish them all the best.”
At 35, Dino already has two teenage sons, Ethan, 16, and Miguel, 15. This means he was already a father at 19 when he was paired by with Kim de los Santos, who eventually became his wife. The mother of his sons are Monica de Leon, now working as editor of In Flight Magazine for Air Asia. He and Kim have long separated and Dino is now with Karen Gabriel, with whom he has two kids, Joaquin, 9, and Annika, 5. At the launch of Indomie, both Monica and Karen were present and they all get along fine.
How come Dino’s career didn’t flourish? “After Kim and I separated, puro bad publicity ang lumabas sa akin at naapektuhan talaga ang career ko. Dati, I had five shows. Isa-isang nawala. Tapos, tinatawaran na ang talent fee ko na para akong isda. Nadismaya ako so I just went into the buy and sell of cars. But now, I’m all set to make a comeback. Nag-guest ako sa show ni Jean Garcia na ‘Love Hotline’ at may mga kumukuha sa’kin, but I want to get a good manager muna.”