Wholesome idol sweeps dark past under the rug

Nothing seems to faze Resolute Jock (RJ) these days—which makes Knowledgeable Insider (KI) squirm every time RJ acts like a jerk or an uncompromising brat.

“He wasn’t this stubborn before he hit the big-time,” a very annoyed KI told Inquirer Entertainment. “Puwede ba? He isn’t as wholesome as he appears. I knew him when…”

Apparently, just months before RJ was tasked by the group that manages his career, RJ was so desperate for income-generating endeavors that would “subsidize” his expensive lifestyle and hard-partying ways. It got so bad that RJ finally agreed to accept a known pimp’s offer to “peddle” his body to gay businessmen—the moneyed but discrete kind.

RJ was so worried he would be recognized by kibitzers that he agreed to “do the deed” in the condo he was renting at the time. If asked by the lobby guard for his business with RJ, the red-blooded client was coached by the pimp to say he was there to pitch a new project for RJ to endorse.

What an “endorsement” that turned out to be.

TOP OF THE TABLOIDS

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