In Line with the Kim Chiu, Maja Salvador Rift over Gerald Anderson - Is It Okay to Date Your Best Friend's Ex?

In line with the latest happenings in the local showbiz scene, an interesting topic is now the talk-of-the-town at schools, in the offices, segments at shows like Umagang Kay Ganda, social networking sites and so many more.

Is it okay to date the ex of your best friend? 

When the news about the Kim Chiu-Maja Salvador rift broke out, I can totally relate with Kim. No one needs to ask, I just thought that I don’t think that any girl would want to be in the position of Kim. It may be okay if the Maja in the story is a mere acquaintance or a classmate or a former colleague, but if this was done by the person whom you consider the best among your friends, it can really get confusing and unfathomable on how could they do this to you.

I have read some articles, which commented that this only happened because Kim still has feelings for Gerald. Most of these articles were written by gays. I still have to see a woman write that this scenario is okay or a straight man. This draws me into the conclusion that for gays, they would be fine with it. Is it?

The scenario here is this. Gerald was Kim’s first love. She has suffered lots of heartaches, and even Gerald admitted that he has hurt Kim’s feelings over and over again. Kim used to be meek. She even defended this guy amid the Pauleen Luna issue even when Pauleen herself was posting pictures of Gerald and her together, along with the same friends (cohorts) whom he would always be seen whenever Gerald would have controversial pictures out with different girls, both from showbiz and out of the industry.

Kim was able to keep her silence. To get past the broken-hearted stage, she turned to Maja and told her everything about this person who has given her biggest heart break. As a best friend, you would think that Maja would always keep a safe distance from Gerald for hurting her best friend (the best friend who has showered her with material gifts and helped her to be noticed in the business where Maja has been stuck as a starlet for a long time).

Maja may be a friendly person and she extended the attitude towards Gerald, the one person who made her best friend feel like a trash at one point in her life. I don’t know what’s the real score between them. With Gerald’s history and reputation, he would not tell the truth even if he is already caught red-handed. He was seen with Pauleen at the time that he was still in a relationship with Kim.

Gerald said. Not true. He doesn't even know the girl

He was seen going out with Bea Alonzo, while his relationship with Kim was said to be on the rocks.

Gerald said. Not true. Bea was only his crush. (Yeah, I know, he was forced to admit the truth after Bea turned her back on him for not having enough balls to defend her against the detractors that were throwing the stones at the wrong person.)

He was seen being intimate with a non-showbiz girl while he was professing on screen his admiration for Sarah Geronimo.

CTO: Google and all original owners of the pictures above 

Gerald said. She was just a fan.

I already saw the teaser for tomorrow's The Buzz episode (January 13), so I'll add it here. Regarding Maja...

Gerald said. I would love to (court her) if she will give me the chance.

Court talaga? Based on the pictures and recent twits of sighting of these two, parang di na kailangan ng ligawan e =)

All these images can be found in Google. And I did not search for anything that relates to Gerald being linked with gay benefactors. I am not sure that I am ready with what I’ll find and a part of me still believes that he would not do that. Don’t tell me Maja was not aware of these brouhahas because all you need is to type Gerald’s name and name of the person whom you think he is dating or used to date, on Google, and you will see trails of this playboy’s favorite game – girls.

In my opinion, if Maja was a real friend of Kim, she would not dare date or even think of getting close to Gerald.

If the Gerald in the story was part of a girl-boy romance that ended because they realized that they did not click, but parted as friends and the girl still regards the boy highly, then I don’t see anything wrong if the best friend would later on enter the scene. The former girlfriend would even try pairing up the two if she believes that they are more right for each other.

Well, as we all know and also Mr. Google, the Kim-Gerald romance did not end the typical way. One was left badly hurting, while the other just went on doing what he does best – girl hunting.

To make the story more complicated, Maja was a good friend of Sarah as well. They may not be the best of friends, but they would always have good words towards one another and Maja even showed her support by watching Sarah’s shows.

If this happened to commoners like me, I would even be fiercer than Kim. After asking Maja to help me get through my trust issues, she would be the last person I’d think of who will break that trust. If I were Kim, I would not plead to the bashers to stop hating on the two. I will cheer them on. Haha!

On the part of Gerald, knowing that her ex girlfriend is the best friend of his current eye candy, he would have the decency not to make the latter fall for him, if he was sincere in saying that he was sorry for hurting Kim in the past. Well, I guess that decency is not part of Gerald's vocabulary.

I have read somewhere that Sam Milby asked John Pratts’ permission before he started dating or asked Shaina Magdayao out. The case here is that Shaina gave John a bad heartbreak for dumping him to be with John Lloyd Cruz. It is just that John also has the image of being a playboy, so I guess, he would not really mind this development.

Oh well, papel, is it really okay to date your best friend’s ex?

See related articles here:

Kim Chiu on Maja Salvador and Gerald Anderson - And So the Story Goes

Fiercer Kim Chiu and Sarah Geronimo, Lovebirds Maja Salvador and Gerald Anderson, and Other Local Tsismis

The Ugly Side of Toni Gonzaga

I used to admire Toni Gonzaga for her wittiness, but she's had too much of it that she seems to have forgotten about respect and responsibility. These two words fill her co-hosts on the Sunday showbiz talk show, The Buzz, Charlene Gonzales, Boy Abunda and KC Concepcion. She might as well learn from their good demeanors, or else she will definitely stand out for having lack of manners and ethics.

I watched last Sunday's episode of The Buzz. All the hosts grilled Bianca Manalo, asking her for clarifications on the issue that the girl was sadly brought into. While Bianca was trying her best to stay composed all throughout the interview, Toni just went out with the show as if she did not do anything wrong on the previous episode.

She somehow admitted that to her best knowledge, John Pratts and Rachelle Ann Go are already separated for quite some time already. Last Sunday, she defended what she said by saying all of us have our own opinions. It is just that she's being seen and heard on TV and we're not.

That's it. She has said it herself. A simple sorry could have eased her out of this issue. She is a TV personality, thus she ought to be more careful with what she delivers to her audience. We're not. We may have our opinions and we can tell it to the world through blogging and other mediums, but the number of people that we'd be able to reach is still far from the hoards of viewers who have heard what Toni spilled out about the relationship that in the first place, she did not have anything to do about.

She should have shown some respect for her fellow actors who were suddenly placed in an ugly limelight just because Toni Gonzaga wanted it so bad to be as witty as Kris Aquino. The latter can get away with almost anything that she says, because she has class and the kind of conviction that she was able to muster on her long stint in showbizness.

Toni is still young. She is not as credible as Boy Abunda or Kris Aquino, so she must stop acting like one. Yes, her presence in The Buzz, can be annoying at times, especially when she acts as if she knows it all. If she was in the position of Rachelle Ann, whether the breakup issue is true or not, would she want it to go out of hand just because of someone who has an opinion and has a TV show, which makes her think it gives her ample reasons to give her obtrusive opinion?

Just asking. And as a viewer (who can only relay her opinion on the cyberspace and not on TV), I am still waiting for Toni Gonzaga to humbly accept her fault and apologize to Rachelle Ann, John Pratts and everybody who is giving their opinions about the matter who are not seen on TV, unlike Toni G. This is to prove that she doesn't think highly of herself, because she must really not. She still has not reached the amount of respect that KC Concepcion keeps on garnering by being a very sensitive TV host, especially when seated alongside this bitch! (sorry for the outburst, what I mean is Toni G.) Haha! It's okay, I'm not on TV so I can say whatever I want, di ba Toni G?