Veteran star’s selective amnesia

Don’t be fooled by Forgetful Star’s (FS) winsome charm—you’ll only see it on full display when FS needs something. This was Veteran Reporter’s (VR) advice to young writers around him who can easily get swept off their feet by FS’ “calculating” ways.

When FS shot her first film after a pandemic-induced hiatus, FS even went out of her way to get VR to attend her film’s press briefing and announced to every person around how special VR was to her. Some projects later, she also asked her assistants to invite VR to a get-together she was organizing to celebrate another milestone.

Touched by the sweet gesture, VR decided to attend. When he got to the venue, VR went straight to FS, congratulated her and shared some jokes with her. So you can imagine VR’s surprise when, about a week after the event, two people from FS’ coterie of “yes men” called him up asking if he ever went to the get-together! He was told, “FS wants to know if you were there.”

Knowing how loopy FS could get, VR told Rushes that he simply shrugged off FS’ “weirdness,” as he described the star’s “selective amnesia.” FS may have claimed how close she is to VR, but she doesn’t really “know” who VR is—until the next important project comes along! “Ang saklap, but that’s how the cookie crumbles in Tinseltown (laughs),” VR quipped matter-of-factly. Tsk.

This week’s top show biz news from the tabloids (and why we are moved, if we are moved):

From left: Pokwang, daughter Malia and Lee O’Brian

• Pokwang nag-sorry sa DOJ, BI: Pasensya na po sa bugso ng aking damdamin (As they say, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”)

• Eric Quizon muntik makatuluyan si Aiko Melendez, tanggap nang hindi magpapamilya (Weh…’di nga?)

Daniel Padilla

• Daniel Padilla lumipad mag-isa patungong Dubai para raw makatakas sa mga Marites? (Sometimes, it’s harder to hide from your own demons.)

• Andrea Brillantes sa pagsosolo bilang aktres: Mas marami na akong pwedeng paglaruan (Looks like this girl really like to play, huh?)

• Ricci Rivero naka-jackpot sa career at lovelife; ‘no comment’ kay Andrea Brillantes (Good move.)

• Patrick Sugui tinuldukan na ang pagkaka-link ng misis kay Daniel Padilla (That’s what you call a good husband…)

• Paano pinaghati-hatian ng 18 anak ni Dolphy ang mga naiwang ari-arian? (Solomonic dilemma.)

• Pamilya ni Ronaldo Valdez nag-demand ng public apology sa PNP (If they think they handled the situation well, think again!)