MANILA, Philippines — Beauty queen-comedienne Herlene Budol is dismayed after being "dragged" into an issue involving her and her co-star Rob Gomez.
A now-deleted post on Gomez's social media accounts contained screenshots of the actor's supposedly flirtatious exchanges with Budol and at least two other women.
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His alleged conversations with Budol were said to be flirtatious, some even provocative.
They were co-stars on the recently concluded afternoon drama "Magandang Dilag."
Showbiz nga talaga! Pag dedicated ka sa trabaho.
— Herlene Hipon Budol (@herlene_budol) December 20, 2023
gagawan ka ng issue!
Dati asa #wowowin gumawa ng issue na buntis daw ako.
Ngayon naman sa #MagandangDilag may issue uli na buntis ako uli?
Ano susunod? Sa #BlackRider mabubuntis ako uli?
Though the post was taken down, several social media users managed to take screenshots that circulated on the internet.
"Bakit ako nakaladkad?" Budol said in one X (formerly Twitter) post, while in another she wrote, "Showbiz nga talaga! Pag dedicated ka sa trabaho. Gagawan ka ng issue!"
In the latter post, Budol also mentioned the pregnancy rumors while on afternoon shows "Wowowin" and "Magandang Dilag," and quipped the same might occur because of her involvement on the action series "Black Rider."
Hirap na hirap ako magka jowa, tapos basic lang sa iba yung magkaron ng kabet! Tandaan, Nanabunot si Pretty sa mga kabet! ????
— Herlene Hipon Budol (@herlene_budol) November 27, 2023
Amid the reactions, some internet users also reposted Budol's X post last month that mentioned about mistresses.
"Hirap na hirap ako magka-jowa, tapos basic lang sa iba 'yung magkaroon ng kabit! Tandaan, nanabunot si Pretty sa mga kabit!" Budol wrote at the time.
She appears as Pretty on the nightly action series "Black Rider."
Gomez alleged that his former live-in partner and Miss Multinational Philippines 2021 Shaila Rebortera, with whom he has a child, as the person who leaked the screenshots after the beauty queen was able to obtain his mobile phone without his consent.
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