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Date Posted: 23:15:02 02/18/06 Sat
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Pops dates guys, young and older
Date: 2/1/2006
Source: The Manila Times /By: Danny Vibas
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The Pops-Fernandez-Jomari rumors are untrue.
They are being spread by media practitioners
who are linked to publicist Boy Abunda.
- Music Inside Buzz
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The sultry singer Pops Fernandez admits she has been dating the actor Jomari Yllana, but firmly asserts they are not sweethearts, “because I have been dating other guys, too.”
Pops, the former wife of Concert King Martin Nievera, says she sees nothing wrong with going out with a number of guys, because she is legally single despite being the mother of two grown-up sons, Robin and Ram.
“I am single, and it is the privilege of single women to go out with as many decent single men who are willing to take them out,” she reasons out.
The Concert Queen acknowledges that Jomari, the former husband of the actress and Councilor Aiko Melendez, is much younger than her, just like Piolo Pascual and Brad Turvey, both of whom had also dated her.
She goes on to stress, though: “If I have been going out with younger men, it is not because I seek them out, it is because they seek me out. And since they are decent, interesting and presentable young men, I don’t see anything wrong with going out with them.
“But, then, those young guys—even as I had never sought them out—are not the only ones I go out with. I do have friends and admirers who are my age or older, but they are not from show biz, so my friendships with them do not get written about and don’t become show-biz issues.”
Realizing that her revelation might make others think she does not have much to do in her life, Pops quickly clarifies that she is basically a homebody.
“I have been keeping a hectic schedule in and outside the country for sometime now, so during much of my free time, I have to stay at home as much as I can because I do have two sons to take care of. And the truth is that I do prefer to stay at home than going out to parties.”
So where does ex-husband Martin figure in her life now?
“We’re friends now—very good friends who are very comfortable with each other. So comfortable that we can now stay together with the kids for long vacations without them worrying that we might have a misunderstanding any time.”
Pops further confides that she and Martin had already sat down and figured out what went wrong with their marriage so they could both learn from it.
“As far as I am concerned, and without getting into so much detail, it all boils down to ‘incomplete’ communication between the two of us. I’m sure people will find that ironic since Martin and I are both known for being very articulate! But we both failed in the honesty part of it. We were not always completely honest in what we would tell each other then even in terms of our feelings toward certain things or issues in our lives. So the lack of an honest and thorough communication between the two of us snowballed into other problems until we were both overwhelmed and had to separate to make our lives less miserable, as well as those of our very young kids then.
With their differences practically settled, is reconciliation between them as husband and wife, and not just as parents to their teenage sons, possible?
Pops is very straightforward in her answer: “No. I prefer to enjoy more years being single while attending to the needs of our children and enjoying my career, for which I have become more passionate than ever. I am not really closing my doors on Martin, especially if we talk about 10 or 15 years from now. I will be dishonest and heartless if I say that he has totally lost his place in my heart.”
“Showbits” practically cornered Pops for this very revealing conversation after her press conference with Pop Diva Kuh Ledesma for their Valentine concert, “Lets Talk About Love.” The concert will be at the Captains Bar of The Mandarin Oriental Manila in Makati on February 13 and 14
Not counting the bands, there seems to be more female musical entertainers doing shows this Valentine season than males. For instance, there is Soul Ties at the Bagaberde Bar and Restaurant in Pasig City on February 8 featuring soul songstresses Lana J, Gail Blanco and Julianne. They will have as special guest Robbie Navarro, formerly of the all-male vocal quartet Wiseguys. They will sing a whole range from ballads to R&B, and soul. Though all four performers are young, they are veterans in the country’s music scene. Their friends from the industry are likely to turn up and jam with them for a song or two, including Jay-R, Joey Benin of Side A, Jeffrey Hidalgo and Michael Manahan who used to be with MYMP.
For tickets, call Bagaberde at 671-2316.
Soul Ties is produced by Intuition Creative Marketing.
http://www.yehey.com/entertainment/celebs/article.aspx?i=9137
mmJun :
Join the Pops Fernandez fans groups. There are four of
them that are active at this time.
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