Gretchen Barreto: “When you give wholeheartedly, there’s no room for making sumbat.” (Sumbat is Tagalog for blame.)
About these pictures with John Estrada at my girl Rufa Mae Quinto's party at her house, I would just like to commend Ms. Barreto for being a free, independent woman. It's such a big scandal in the Philippines, because there is a sexist double standard for women. If Gretchen was a man, they'd just say, oh "he's just a babaero" (ladies' man), and it wouldn't even have been made into a big media spectacle, but because she's a woman, it's automatically scandalous. It's
marianismo at it's most disintegrating force in the Filipino culture, and the way Gretchen handled it in the press, like she just laughed it off and said "Oh it was nothing, I reconciled with my husband, and we're fine." I applaud her, because it's nothing. So that's why I put this here, not to scandalize it, but to open some Filipinos' over-conservative closed-mindedness: look at it, it's a beautiful woman having fun at a party with her friend, and they just happen to have a kiss. There should be nothing scandalous about it
, because women should be equal to men.
Dingdong Dantes: “It’s flattering when people say I’m sexy but that’s not how I want to be remembered.”
Polo Ravales: “When you’re in a relationship with someone from show biz, there are others involved: The fans.”
Gloria Diaz: “Beauty is skin deep, but ugliness is to the bone.”
Vicki Belo: “The only cure for a broken heart is to fall in love with someone else, but that will just lead to another heartache.”
Amalia Fuentes: “It’s not a sin to be born poor; it’s a sin to die poor.”
Claudine Barretto was at the Folded & Hung Fashion Show this weekend as the head celebrity spokesmodel. Claudine was also the celebrity guest of Vicki Belo's TV show on ABS-CBN, Belo Beauty 101. Ms. Belo performed a lyposunction on Claudine to reduce her fat after giving birth to her baby. Claudine also had plastic surgery done on her breasts and got a breast reduction. Claudine was also reported to have gotten veneers on her teeth. Charice Pempengco's mom Raquel was also one of Vicki Belo's clients on the show. Thanks to ClaudineTilDEnd!
