Bea Binene On The Real Score Between Her & Derrick Monasterio, And How She Feels About Ex-BF Jake Vargas New Romance With Ina De Belen

BEA BINENE is presented by GMA Artist Center in a solo presscon and denies the rumor that she and Derrick Monasterio are already in a relationship. “Paano magiging kami ganung never naman siyang nanligaw sa akin?” she says. “Noong mga time na pinalalabas niyang nanliligaw siya, sino-showbiz lang niya, he was just going with the flow kasi ang lahat, yun ang tinatanong sa amin. But yung seryosong panliligaw, wala pang ganun. Mga lokohan lang. Recently, ala-tres ng madaling araw, tumawag siya. Sabi ko, bakit, lumabas daw kami at kumain ng tapsilog. Siempre, hindi ako pumayag. Tulog na mommy ko para magpaalam.”

Someone says she can make “takas”. “Ay, hindi po ako ganun. Mabait po akong bata. Hindi nga po ako nagpa-party o lumalabas mag-isa, kaya never kong tatakasan ang mommy ko. Ayoko po.”

So what’s the status of her relationship with Derrick now? “We’re really close kasi ilang beses na rin naman kaming nagkasama muli nang i-build up kami as a love team, from ‘Tween Hearts’ and ‘Alice Bungisngis’ na sobrang bata pa kami, to ‘Hanggang Makita Kang Muli’, ‘Tsuperhero’ and now, ‘Mulawin vs. Ravena’. But friends lang talaga kami, magkatrabaho who enjoy each other’s company kapag magkasama kami.”

This means that since she broke up with Jake Vargas, she hasn’t gotten into a new relationship? “Yes. Halos three years ago na yun ha. When we meet each other, civil naman kami. Nag-guest siya noon sa amin sa ‘Tsuperhero’ at nag-guest naman ako sa kanila sa ‘Pepito Manaloto’, so I guess okay kami.”

How does she feel that Jake already found a replacement for her, Ina de Belen? “Okay lang, happy ako for them.”

Has she met Ina? “Yes, sa photo shoot ng GMA Artist Center folio. Akong lumapit at yung handler niya, ipinakilala ako sa kanya. Okay naman.”

So she’s not looking for a new love? “No, mas nae-enjoy ko ngayon ang pagiging single. Wala kang pagpapaalaman, walang mga selos-selos. Hindi rin naman ako nagmamadali at di ko priority ang love life, kasi 19 lang naman ako. Siguro five years pa, kapag 24 na ako.”

What can she say that her contemporary, Barbie Forteza, has reached solo stardom with the huge success of “Meant to Be”? “Very happy po ako for her. We’re good friends and we really miss each other. Ilang beses na kaming nagbalak na lumabas, along with Joyce Ching, kaso hindi mag-match ang schedule ng free time namin.”

In “Mulawin Vs. Ravena”, she plays a bird woman called Anya. “Yes, ibon naman ako after I played a dog in ‘Hanggang Makita Kang Muli’. Iisa-isahin ko lahat ng mga hayop hanggang makabuo ako ng zoo,” she laughs.

How did she feel when Kapamilya actor Xian Lim made fun of her in a comedy show? “Hindi ako na-offend. Natuwa nga ako kasi kahit taga-kabilang network siya, kilala niya kaming mga Kapuso. At saka nag-apologize naman siya. Nagulat na lang ako, pag-uwi ko, may malaking flower vase, puno ng big flowers.”

It’s Father’s Day soon, how’s her dad who left them about four or five years ago? “We haven’t heard from him since then. But I can feel na proud naman siya sa akin. Naiintindihan ko naman ang sitwasyon niya, so wala akong napi-feel na sama ng loob sa kanya. All I can say is Happy Father’s Day, Dad.”