Hayden hopes to be forgiven this Christmas

Before reports surfaced that Hayden Kho has again attempted suicide following the revocation of his medical license due to a sex video scandal, the celebrity doctor taped an interview for Rated K which was aired Sunday.

Kho, in a segment dubbed “Kapatawaran,” opened up on what he has been up to after being elusive for several months now following the scandal that titillated the nation.

He told Rated K host Korina Sanchez: “Sinadya ko talaga na umiwas muna sa TV. Parang I decided to stay away from the lenses. Nagustuhan ko siya [showbiz], pero parang hindi naging maganda para sa akin. It’s an experience I don’t regret, e. At one point in our life, we have to try something we haven’t tried before.”

Kho first shot to prominence after hooking up with famous beauty doctor to the stars, Vicki Belo. Showbiz offers eventually poured in for the good-looking doctor, but just as he was enjoying his newfound fame, his privately taped trysts with different starlets spread throughout in the Internet, becoming serious fodder for the media. The controversy also drove him to attempt suicide. “I did that before. I don’t know what happened. Pag-open ko ng mata ko, floors and lamp lang nakita ko. I felt so low. I felt so hopeless.”

As he distanced himself from showbiz, he tried to redeem himself by enrolling in an MBA class, among others. He also opened a bar called The Lounge.

But just as he was picking up the pieces, his medical license got revoked by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). “I am really hoping that they will just suspend me because pinaghirapan... alam naman nila ‘yan, doktor din kasi sila, e. And what happened to me and in my personal life, it has nothing to do with my practice of medicine.”

Nevertheless, Kho said in the interview that he hopes to be finally forgiven by the people he had hurt in the past this Christmas. “Given the complication, given the situation... but I am really sorry.”

A few days after the taped interview, news broke out that Kho had attempted suicide again, although no confirmation was made by his camp.