(From left) Bela Padilla and Norman Bay. Image: Instagram/@bela
Bela Padilla denied that she has tied the knot with her Swiss boyfriend Norman Bay, while urging her fans to be wary of fake news, in response to a false report about their alleged wedding.
On X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, June 16, Padilla denied the reports of her alleged wedding with Bay, while attaching a video from the YouTube channel Celebrity News PH. The video showed a photo of the actress clad in a wedding gown and veil while claiming the couple already wed.
“Can we all please report this account that keeps spreading fake news? That clickbait photo is from a teleserye scene,” she wrote. “Not married. Stop congratulating me guys.”
Can we all please report this account that keeps spreading fake news. That clickbait photo is from a teleserye scene. 👎🏻 https://t.co/hrCkGVrfPL
— Bela “mapanakit” Padilla (@padillabela) June 16, 2024
Not married. Stop congratulating me guys 😂
— Bela “mapanakit” Padilla (@padillabela) June 16, 2024
In an Instagram Story, the actress called out the platform for posting “clickbait videos” while reminding her followers to “save the congratulations for another day.”
“Nothing to ruin your day like getting congratulatory messages from your people you know cause a YouTube account keeps posting click bait videos that you got married. Not married, yet, guys. Save the congratulations for another day,” she said.
Image: Screengrab from Instagram/@bela
Padilla and Bay, who celebrated their fourth anniversary in February, first met in St. Gallen, Switzerland where the actress was filming for the 2018 film “Meet Me in St. Gallen.”
The actress confirmed her relationship with Bay in October 2020, although it remains unknown how their romance started.