Younger lover meant to irk playboy’s ex

Seasoned Playboy wanted to get even with Former Flame, who had dumped him for Rich Kid.

SP had become irritable, said an insider, but his mood quickly changed for the better when he won the heart of Younger Sweetheart.

YS and FF are certified frenemies, civil in public, but cannot stand each other in private. They just hate each other’s guts.

Seems SP hooked up with YS to annoy FF. The plan has apparently clicked. FF and YS are irrevocably far from chummy now.

Flimsy excuse

Big Boss tried to contact Handsome Actor for a project, but HA was missing in action. Not even his handlers knew where HA is, BB complained.

The project was delayed until BB found a replacement for HA.

When HA resurfaced, he offered a flimsy excuse: “I had to sort out a personal problem.” And he couldn’t check his cell phone for a minute?

Ill-gotten wealth

Colleagues are raising a collective brow: Show biz Insider somehow amassed wealth even after giving up a lucrative job.

Anonymous texters have been spreading rumors about the questionable source of SI’s prosperity.

Enemies are asking: Could it be true that SI is just a front for Powerful Boss, whose deals are dubious at best? Or is it because one of SI’s Closest Wards is the kept boy of Influential Celebrity?

SI should learn that it’s best not to flaunt ill-gotten affluence.

Pro name-droppers

These Devious Characters really know who to befriend. Attaching themselves like barnacles to Wheeler-Dealer has proven to be providential in countless ways.

DCs are obviously using WD to get close to even more Prominent Personalities—specifically, whenever they engage in illicit activities.

Worse, DCs pretend to be do-gooders, when they actually cheated their way to the top.

Suspicious hater

Noisy Hater has been unrelenting in disparaging Notorious Celebrity, exposing NC’s shenanigans. All because of a nasty falling-out.

Then again, NC must be tolerating NH because the latter has succeeded in keeping this “has-been” in the news. In a roundabout way, NH is fanning the flames of NC’s infamy. Perhaps NH should just ignore NC—the best way to deal with someone who’s publicity hungry.

Pudding pot

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—Golden Globe winner Claire Danes will pick up a pudding pot from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The student group named Danes on Friday as Woman of the Year. She’ll get a parade and a roast tomorrow.

Danes, 32, won her third Golden Globe on Sunday for her role as CIA agent Carrie Mathison on Showtime’s new “Homeland.” She won a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild award last year for her work in HBO’s “Temple Grandin.” She won her first Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination at 15, for “My So Called Life.” AP

Top of the Talk Shows

CHARICE: Thanksgiving to mom.

For those who missed last weekend’s TV gabfests (And why we are moved, if we are moved):

Charice on throwing a “coming-out” birthday party for mom Raquel: “Nung 18th birthday niya, hindi niya na-experience ’to… Kulang pa ’to para sa lahat ng pasasalamat ko sa kanya.” (Thank you na, you’re welcome pa!)

Charice, asked about her love life: “Wala pa po. Pero kung magkakaroon… it doesn’t really matter kung sino man ’yan. Basta for me it’s the personality.” (So it should matter after all.)

Kris Bernal, asked if she’s ready to do love scenes with Mark Herras: “Naku, hindi ko yata kaya!” (Si Mark kaya?)

Jake Cuenca, asked about his love life: “I don’t want to make people cry anymore. I don’t want to hurt anyone. If I step into a relationship, dapat all the way na.” (Shortchanged exes, unite!)

Agot Isidro on dealing with Twitter bashers: “Kasama ’yun sa trabaho natin… My tweets are positive—as much as possible. But sometimes, some people really need to be put in their place.” (Positive din naman ’yun.)

Jinkee Pacquiao, asked if husband Manny has given up his vices: “Si Manny ngayon laging nasa bahay na. Naglalaro sila ng mga bata… Mas marami na siyang time para sa kanila.” (May weather na, in other words.)

Kris Aquino on rumors that estranged husband James Yap and Isabel Oli are in a relationship: (’Wag na lang ito.)

Eula Valdez on the one thing that she doesn’t want to hear from his 17-year-old son: “Siguro kapag sinabi niyang nakabuntis siya. ’Di ko yata pa matatangap ’yun!” (Mom! Language, please!)

NIKKI Gil: About Luis...

Nikki Gil, learning that Matteo Guidicelli needed five takes for a kissing scene with “My Cactus Heart” leading lady Maja Salvador: “[Nangyari rin kay] Luis (Manzano) ’yan sa movie nila ni John Lloyd (Cruz)!”

Dingdong Dantes, asked if he and girlfriend Marian Rivera plan on getting married this year: “Wala pa naman po sa mga ganung klaseng usapan. There are many things lined up for us as partners and as individuals this year. So, I think paglalaanan muna namin ng oras ’yung mga ’yun.”

Startalk, E-Live, with Allan Policarpio, contributor