Pauleen Luna and Vic Sotto. INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS
MANILA, Philippines – She has been branded a “gold digger.” It has been said that she is too young for him. But for Pauleen Luna, it is all about loving Vic Sotto.
More than money, Luna said there were “a lot of reasons, too many to mention” for being with Sotto, one of the pillars of the long-running noontime show Eat Bulaga and one of the country’s more successful television and movie personalities.
For the actress-TV host, her “true intention” is love.
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Luna made the revelations in a recent chat with media in Quezon City for Eat Bulaga’s six-episode Lenten presentation this 2015.
According to her, she rarely got affected by bashers’ accusations that she was only after Sotto’s money, but still she noted some charges that were “below the belt.”
If at all, Luna said, she was more affected for Sotto, with whom she has been romantically engaged for three years.
It’s so “unfair” to Sotto, the actress said, for some people to think that he could be loved “only for money.”
Money not only reason
“Yun lang ba ang dahilan para magustuhan siya?” Luna asked about Sotto, an accomplished actor-comedian and producer who is known as a third of the highly popular Tito, Vic and Joey trio and who is fondly called “Bossing” on and off screen
“It’s so easy for some people to judge,” she lamented.
Luna acknowledged one reason for the bashing: hers and Sotto’s age gap of 34 years.
“It’s a fact,” she said, referring to her being 26 years old and Sotto being 60.
The actress said she understood by some are uncomfortable about that—especially the children of Sotto.
Sotto has two children with Dina Bonnevie: Danica Sotto-Pingris and Oyo Boy,
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In a recent interview by PEP.ph, Danica, the eldest child of Sotto, expressed apprehension over the age difference.
The actress said she was “slowly” trying to get closer to Sotto’s children but was not forcing the issue.
“Ayaw ko namang ipilit ang sarili ko,” Luna said.
Luna only hopes that Sotto’s children would see her “true intentions” about the actor-comedian.
“I love their father,” she said. “Sana nakikita na nila (yan),” Luna added, calling out to Danica and Oyo Boy. CB
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