Young actor Jericho Rosales said that he was shocked by Heart Evangelista's revelation about their breakup. In an interview upon his arrival from Malaysia last May 8, Jericho said, "I myself, I'm confused, e. I heard nakipag-break siya sa akin on TV, e, so... On text, it wasn't clear, e."

Yesterday, May 11, The Buzz aired separate taped interviews with Jericho who poured out his feelings about his breakup with Heart. The young actor said that he is hurting and miserable. He also denied rumors linking him to Hollywood actress Briana Evigan and Malaysian actress Carmen Soo. Both women were said to be the reason Heart broke up with him. (Click hear to read related article.)

To get Heart's reaction to Jericho's statement, Showbiz Central's Raymond Gutierrez had a phone-patch interview with the young actress yesterday, May 11. She is currently in Dubai for the taping of her first project with GMA-7 titled Codename: Asero.

Before she made any statement, Heart first clarified, "Before anything else, wala talaga, wala akong plano na magsalita ng ganito. Ayoko, parang sobrang feeling ko kasi napahiya ako.

"Hindi ko alam kung ano talaga ang nararamdaman ko—kung naiiyak ako, naiinis ako o kung anuman. Pero bakit hindi siya [Jericho] consistent sa sagot niya, di ba? Alam mo yun? Yun yun, e."

She insisted that Jericho already knew about their split.

"Matagal na niyang alam na break na kami," Heart said. "Nakipag-break ako sa kanya sa telepono dahil sobrang sakit ng ginawa niya sa akin. Kaya para sa akin, hindi ko na kayang... Ayoko na siyang iharap, ayoko na siyang harapin, ayoko na siyang kausapin, kaya nakipag-break ako sa kanya sa phone.

"Hindi ko lang maintindihan kung bakit nagsinungaling siya, na pinalabas niyang nagsisinungaling ako, parang ganun."

THIRD PARTY. During the interview, Raymond reminded Heart about his previous interview with her. Raymond said to Heart, "Last week, I asked you kung may third party ba, you said, ‘No comment,' and smiled. Tanong ko ulit, Heart, mayroon bang third party?"

Heart answered right away, "Yes, there was someone, there were two girls... In fact, I didn't wanna say it kasi alam mo yun, parang hindi kasi ako ganun, e. But, oo, nagsimula 'yan noong nagsisimula siya ng movie niya with the girl from Step Up 2 [Briana Evigan]."

Jericho did a foreign movie with Briana titled I Luv U Virus

The 23-year-old actress said that she noticed some changes about Jericho after this. Heart narrated, "Ang laki ng ipinagbago niya, ibang-iba na siya. Biglang... Basta, kilala ko siya for three years at sobrang laki ng ipinagbago niya. Tapos isang beses kasi, nakita ko silang [Jericho and Briana] nag-hug sila sa isang party. And then, hindi ako nagsalita, nagulat ako kasi parang, alam mo yun, iba.

"Alam mo yun, girlfriend ako, kilala ko siya. Nakita ko na may something doon. Tapos nang tinanong ko sa kanya [Jericho] kung bakit sila nag-hug, dinenay niya, tapos after a day, in-admit niya, tapos biglang idinenay na naman niya. E, nakita din ng driver ko... So, alam mo yun, nung naglabasan yung mga taong nagsasalita sa akin na may nangyayari na nga at first..."

While explaining, Heart recalled how she gave up her career and even her family for Echo. "Alam mo kasi, mahal ko siya. Minahal ko talaga siya. Ginive-up ko lahat para sa kanya, para sa kanya lahat-lahat—pamilya, career...lahat. Lahat, everything, ibinigay ko kanya kaya naging bulag ako sa mga sinasabi ng mga tao sa akin."

She also dismissed rumors saying that she was influenced by her parents and talent manager Annabelle Rama. "Hindi si Tita Annabelle [Rama], hindi magulang ko, wala silang nagawa. Matigas ang ulo ko, ipinaglaban ko si Echo."