TV host-actress Kris Aquino on Sunday said she and former husband, cager James Yap, had stopped loving each other “a long time ago."
Bishop to Kris: You can find happiness in God Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has advice for actress-television host Kris Aquino, who is currently seeking legal separation from her husband of five years, basketball star James Yap. “Kris, as you continue to stay in the limelight of show business and go up higher in your career on television, remember: All of these will pass. Your beauty and talents are not yours; they are God’s. You will find your real happiness, as your mother did, not in being in the limelight but by being the spotlight lighting the face of Jesus," Villegas said. Villegas gave the advice during his homily at the Eucharistic Mass commemorating the first death anniversary of Kris’ mother, former President Corazon Aquino, at the St. Benilde Gymnasium in La Salle Greenhills in San Juan. Kris, who was seated at the front with her son James Yap Jr. on her lap, just smiled while Villegas addressed her. Kris, who recently arrived from a three-week vacation with her sons Joshua and James Jr. in the US, denied in an interview after the Mass that she is romantically involved with somebody. However, she admitted that she has become close to Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, son of Vice Mayor Jejomar Binay, saying he became a shoulder to cry on when she lost her mother to cancer on Aug. 1, 2009. That same month, the younger Binay had lost his wife Kennley Ann after undergoing a difficult pregnancy. - KBK, GMANews.TV In an interview with ABS-CBN’s entertainment program
The Buzz, the youngest sister of President Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino III even mentioned the exact date—April 26— when she decided that she would end their five-year marriage. Without elaborating, she told host Boy Abunda that it was something James said to their son that convinced her to end their relationship. “I acknowledged in my heart
naubos talaga yung love, April 26 of this year.
May nasabi siya sa anak ko, which I will forever keep between the two of us.
May nasabi siya, sa galit namin sa isa't isa siguro, noong panahon na yon na nasaktan talaga ako," she said. Kris said the incident showed her that "this is not the man for me, this is not the man I want to stay with because
dinadamay na niya ang three years old
na bata na dapat protektahan naming dalawa." She said she did not end the marriage then as it would affect the campaign for president of her brother. During the interview, Kris urged James not to drag her mother, former President Corazon Aquino, who died of colon cancer exactly a year ago, into the issue. She was reacting to James’ statement that he would fight for their marriage because it was his promise to his mother-in-law. Kris said she had been faithful to James, who has been linked to several women in the past, throughout their marriage. “I can honestly say
na in the five years
na nagsama kami, hindi ako nagloko (I can honestly say that in the five years that we were together, I never cheated). I don't think he can say the same," she said. She said they had never been able to resolve James’ alleged affairs with other women. She said they just pretended that things were normal to save themselves from embarrassment. “Before, I used to question, bakit kinailangan mong mambabae (why did you have to have another woman)? Ngayon, nare-realize ko na minsan, gusto mong maramdaman na ikaw ang hari (Now I realize that at times, he wants to feel that he’s the king)," Kris said. Kris said she first sought the advice of her sisters before agreeing to the interview. She however said that although her siblings, including President Aquino, have always understood her, they were apprehensive of how her image as an actress and a product endorser would be affected by her marital problems. “
Kung hindi magustuhan ng mga tao ang desisyon ko at hindi na ako panoorin, hindi na tangkilikin yung mga produktong ineendorso ko (If people wouldn’t like my decision and stop watching my shows or buying the products I endorse), what happens to us?" she said.
- KBK, GMANews.TV 
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