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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Richard laughs off Angel issue

By: Mario E. Bautista
Freehand

RICHARD Gutierrez just laughs off the rumor that he’s trying to woo Angel Locsin. “That started when she attended the birthday party of my Ate Ruffa and when we saw each other, siyempre we hugged nang mahigpit,” he explains. “Kasi we haven’t seen one another since we shot a TV commercial in Bangkok a long time ago. May pinagsamahan din naman kaming ilang TV shows (on GMA7) and movies kaya na-miss namin ang isa’t isa. O, ’yung mga nakakita sa hug namin, siguro they gave malice to what they saw. But for us, definitely walang malisya ’yun. Just a friendly hug at hindi ibig sabihin liligawan ko siya.”

How do rumors linking him to Angel or to Heart Evangelista affect his relationship with KC who he admits to be the one closest to him now? “I don’t think that will be an issue between us. She knows naging ka-love team ko si Angel and I’m now paired with Heart in GMA7’s ‘Codename: Asero’, kaya walang epekto ’yan sa aming friendship.”

His mom Annabelle Rama is so against the idea of his Ate Ruffa falling in love again, but is very liberal with him in proclaiming that she approves of a Richard-KC match. “Magkaiba naman kasi ang sitwasyon namin ng ate ko. She’s still hurting from the end of her marriage. E ako naman, single and Mom knows I can take care of myself.”

How about him? Is he also against his Ate Ruffa falling in love again? “No, okay lang with me if she’d fall in love again. What’s important is will she be happy. If she’d be happy, then I’ll also be happy for her.”

Richard is sporting a more buff physique these days. “I really trained for my role as Grecko Abesamis in ‘Asero.’ Along with workouts, I also trained in combat aikiko, muay thai and taekwondo dahil sa dami ng action scenes and stunts ko rito.”

The show’s fighting director and instructor, Ralph Roxas, says he takes his hat off to Chard’s dedication to this work. “Parang hindi siya napapagod kahit anong hirap ang ipagawa sa kanya. Gusto niya talaga pagandahin nang husto ang ‘Asero’.”

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