Alden Richards, the hunky Kapuso star, acknowledged “falling” for the other half of the couple years after AlDub’s prime.
Alden said that AlDub was both his biggest romance and his biggest breakup during an interview on the GMA-7 chat show “Fast Talk With Boy Abunda” on Monday, October 9.
On October 9, the veteran presenter posed the question during an episode of his show, “Did you fall for Maine Mendoza?”
Alden hesitated, grinned, and then responded.
“Tito Boy, I agree. Yes po. Hypocrite po if you’re not, and yes, I know what you’re saying, but I did confess, he continued.
In addition, the actor gave a favorable response when asked if “AlDub” was his “biggest romance” and “biggest breakup.”
Yes, romance, Tito Boy. Because of it, I have been given several amazing possibilities for my business. Maine has been kind to me. By any means, “Eat Bulaga” has my sincere gratitude. I mean that,” Alden added.
“Kasi parang dun ko po naramdaman na talagang when you put a lot of effort into something, Lord, ‘pag may hinihingi ka, hindi niya ‘yan ibibigay sa panahong gusto mong makuha,” she said. He always has the ability to give it at the perfect moment. However, break up, Tito Boy, he continued.
“AlDub was also a break up,” said Tito Boy.
“A separation. However, let’s take the breakup background out of this talk with AlDub. It doesn’t necessarily imply that you should “laging masama, laging masakit, laging malungkot” while you’re going through a breakup, the actor remarked.
We both needed to develop, Maine and I, therefore it was a breakup. We had to step out into our own lives, so that we could learn how to move,” Alden continued.
Tito Boy responded, “To advance.”
The actor said, “And move on po, opo.”
AlDub is a combination of Alden and “Yaya Dub,” the on-screen identity of Maine in “Eat Bulaga’s” “Kalyeserye” episode that aired from July 2015 to December 2016.
Maine rose to fame at the time for her popular Dubsmash videos, in which she mimics actors like Kris Aquino and lip-syncs to well-known lines. Her character’s nickname was influenced by this.
The “Pambansang Bae” and Yaya Dub’s traditional courting was depicted in their noontime episode, which also emphasized virtues like respecting authority figures and waiting for things to fall into place (referred to as “tamang panahon”).
The performers have split up by the middle of 2018.
The next year, Maine made a public announcement about her relationship with Rep. Arjo Atayde (Quezon City, First District), an actress and politician.
Maine claimed last year that despite the breakup of her love team, there were still ardent AlDub supporters who insisted she and Alden were married and had children.
She admits having a crush on Arjo when she was a teenager, and they are now married.
In the meantime, Alden is still unmarried.
