8 Pinoy Love Teams that Made it (to the Altar)

Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo

 

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I was maybe 26, Mom and I were only really starting to get to know each other. I’d pick her up from 1 of her movie sets, we’d ride a motorcycle thru fog and a thunderstorm just to hang. Not every girl would’ve liked it, Mom just giggled thru shivers, while we were sipping gas station coffees, soaked to the socks in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes, Mom would drop in on me at the rock and roll club I used to own with your Ninong Ramdy. She’d offer to mix drinks and serve beer at the bar for guests along with her other beautiful friends, I don’t think we ever refused. There was also this time, she pitched to help set up at one of my photo shoots. While in the studio hallway talking shop with the fashion editor, Mom comes out, wearing mechanics gloves, all sweaty from adjusting the lights, telling me the set up was ready. I turned to face my editor, her mouth was just wide open, her jaw, we had to scrape off the floor. Apparently, her team had been trying to book her for a cover shoot for months already, and there she was, on a random morning fixing lights for the part time photographer. By this time though, I’ve had my heart broken enough times to know that exciting times fade, I knew it was a must to also be comfortable in silences. Mom hit a very rough patch and wanted to disappear, even just a few days, to breathe. I took her to Lolo and Lola’s and they agreed that it was the best place for her to relax, undisturbed. She stayed, with one of her cousins, in my bedroom since I was 8. There wasnt much, just a big mattress on the floor, a noisy A/C and a wonky CD player you had to whack to get thru old DMB records. I slept in my parents room, as I usually do when I’m home for the weekends. Probably the 2nd afternoon though, I was on the parquet floor, reading a paperback, your aunt had just quietly come in with 3 Frappuccinos, and Mom gets up from under the blankets and pillows. There wasn’t much talk, but I do remember asking her with a sideways glance, “you cool with this?” she said “with what?” “this. this is how quiet and boring it gets with me too.” She just sipped the frap, smiled, and went back to her nap. That’s when I knew Bud. #storiesforlucho

A post shared by Ryan Agoncillo (@ryan_agoncillo) on May 31, 2019 at 4:51am PDT

From ABS-CBN’s Krystala to starring in blockbuster romcoms like Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo, Judy Ann and Ryan have been together for almost 15 years. The father of three talks about how he knew Juday was ‘the one’ in this now-viral IG post, tagged #storiesforlucho.

Gladys Reyes and Christopher Roxas

 

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It’s been a while since we had our movie date, just us 😙 enjoy the rest of the evening!! #couplemoviedate

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This pair takes it back all the way to the OG Mara Clara days, a show that started its run in 1992. In a recent video interview, Gladys recalls that she knew he was the one even as early as then. The reel-to-real couple have been together for 26 years (14 as a married couple). The couple renewed their vows last year for their 25th anniversary as a couple.

Drew Arellano and Iya Villana

Drew and Iya played Gilbert and Sydney on GMA’s teen-oriented show Click, back in 2003. Back then, it was Iya who asked the DTR question. After ten years together, they finally tied the knot in 2014. Iya and Drew regularly update their IG stories with their life, resulting in an even bigger following—their eldest, Primo, is already proving to be quite the Instagram celebrity.

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes

 

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The couple starred in the local adaptation of Marimar in 2007 and began dating a year later. In 2014, Dingdong proposed publicly on Marian’s dance show. Later, the couple revealed he had actually already proposed in private two years prior. Marian and Dingdong married in 2014 and now have two children.

Manilyn Reyes and Aljon Jimenez

 

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Manilyn and Aljon starred in Shake, Rattle, and Roll IV’s Ang Guro. They have been married for 23 years, and been together for 28. Aljon is now Manilyn’s manager, and the actress quips that their contract lasts ‘forever’.

Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco

 

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After meeting in Pinoy Big Brother in 2009, Melai and Jason—dubbed ‘Melason’—continued their relationship off screen and married in 2013. They even starred in a show named after their portmanteau. As a relationship truly born in the public eye, the couple have been candid with their separation, reconciliation, and problems.

Ronnie Ricketts and Mariz

The action star and singer/actress starred in Ganti ng Api in 1991 and got married two years later. Married for 25 years, the pair will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary this December.

Rosemarie Gil and Eddie Mesa

Eddie met Rosemarie at her first movie, where he was asked to sing during the intermission. Too shy to approach her, he asked her mother for a picture of Rosemarie. Later on, the pair starred in their first movie together—Aawitan Kita—which is where their courtship started.

They separated in the 70s and after sixteen years, reunited. While he has been with other women, Eddie maintains that he has only ever been in love with Rosemarie. Still together, the pair now live in the United States.

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