Rica Peralejo recalls relationship with Piolo Pascual: ‘We loved each other’

Rica Peralejo and Piolo Pascual. Image: YouTube/GMA Network

Rica Peralejo opened up about her past relationship with Piolo Pascual, saying they loved each other and “functioned like a couple” despite not putting any label to their romance.

The celebrity mom spoke about this after show host Boy Abunda asked what she and the actor had, during their conversation on “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda” on Thursday, April 11.

“Hindi ko nga alam, pero we existed and functioned like a couple talaga,” Peralejo said of her relationship with Pascual.

Peralejo admitted that they “entertained” the possibilities of settling down together, but that it was a mere thought and their relationship “never got to that point.”

“There were talks of like—’di naman diretso pero parang magse-settle down together, ganyan. Pero [it was] like any other couple, gano’n lang siya—na maiisip mo na pwedeng mangyari ito, pero he never naman promised,” she clarified.

“I never naman really said na I wanted this. It was just something that we entertained. It never got to that point and we never labeled our relationship, but it was very very good naman what we had together,” she added.

Peralejo noted that even she was clueless about what relationship they had, recalling how there were “hints” but that she didn’t assume.

Despite this, Peralejo underscored that she is on good terms with Pascual and that the past is no longer an issue for them.

“I think it was very obvious that we liked each other, we loved each other, but we were like more friends really na we just like to be together a lot,” she said.

“Parang may mga hints here and there na ganito… [But] I didn’t really ride on that whenever I would hear something and whenever I would feel something,” she told Abunda. “Parang sa akin, maybe there is a possibility but let’s see. Until it’s really there, I don’t consider it serious. ”

Peralejo has been married to her pastor husband Joseph Bonifacio since 2010. They have two sons together, namely Philip and Manu.