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IF it’s true that Carlene is pregnant, the baby is not mine!”
Without blinking, actor Dennis Trillo uttered this statement a few
months ago when he was cornered by a small group of entertainment
media practitioners on the rumor that his girlfriend Carlene Aguilar
is pregnant with his baby.
When GMA 7 news reporter Lhar Santiago bumped
into a very much pregnant Aguilar in a fashion retail store in the
West Coast while he was on assignment, the former model-beauty queen
denied that Trillo is the father of her baby and gave a hint that it
is a Chinese businessman who is fathering her child.
Of course, no one believed them since most of
their closest friends (except perhaps Trillo’s manager who never
liked his girlfriend and any girl being linked to him for that
matter) would attest that Trillo and Aguilar were very much in love
and very much together before she flew to the United States.
In fact, the well-intentioned journalist-friends
of Trillo we know were concerned and advised him to just tell the
truth because sooner or later, it will come out eventually and
Trillo will just be walking the hall of shame if he comes out and
says another thing. A former adviser of Trillo told him straight to
his face, “If you deny it now Dennis, then stand by it and deny it
forever because people, specially your fans, will never believe you
anymore.”
So when Aguilar finally gave birth to a baby boy
on September 22 at a Los Angeles hospital and some people leaked the
news that the baby’s registered surname is Ho (we all know how
many Filipino medical workers are now employed all over the United
States and the media can always get hold of these small but vital
information), the issue that Trillo, whose real name is Abelardo
Dennis Florencio Ho, once again surfaced.
Initially, he appeared to still be hesitant and
even sent his manager to represent him in appearing on Startalk, a
Saturday showbiz oriented-program of GMA. But the day after, on
another GMA show, he finally mustered enough guts to admit that yes
indeed, he lied.
With a voice that sounded more like that of a
fallen angel, he said, “Yes, I’m the father of Carlene’s
baby.” He also confirmed that he gave permission for the baby to
carry his surname. “Tingin ko nararapat lang din naman na gamitin
’yung apelyido ko kasi baby ko naman ’yun e.”
What irked many viewers was Trillo’s defensive
stance (acted out in a very subtle, convincing manner) regarding his
previous denials and even used Aguilar as an alibi. “Nung bago pa
umalis si Carlene, meron kaming kasunduan, nag-request siya sa akin
na gusto niyang manahimik. As much as possible ayaw niyang mabanggit
yung pangalan niya sa kahit anong interview kaya ’yun ’yung mga
ginagawa ko kapag ini-interview ako bilang respect dahil nagpunta
siya sa Amerika para manahimik, di ba?”
What respect was he talking about? We thought
that was a spineless Trillo we saw on TV. If you now say that the
baby is a blessing, and you believed that right from the start, then
perhaps you should have been man enough to take the responsibility
from the beginning. People know all along how much you and Carlene
loved each other and the least you can do is face up to the
consequences of siring a baby. But you didn’t and you denied and
now, you’re washing your hands and telling us another thing?
Is Dennis Trillo being influenced, misguided and
dictated upon by the people around him? If he allows that (and we
reckon he has already allowed that to happen) then how can we expect
him to be a responsible dad to his baby boy? How can he maintain his
credibility both as an actor and as a person when he can brazenly
lie and then recant his statement whenever he feels like it?
The problem with these celebrities, especially
those who appear like meek sheep, is that they think they can always
get away with everything. In a few weeks, people might not talk
about this anymore after a new controversy takes over, but we never
forget. A lie is a lie and we didn’t expect it to come from Dennis
Trillo, the metal hero of the current GMA 7 fantasy series Zaido.
True heroes don’t lie, baby.
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