Fans of Angelika dela Cruz have good reason to speculate about their idol since rumors suggest that Angelika has already tied the knot with a man referred to only as "Mr. Orion." Startalk host Butch Franciso interviewed Angelika yesterday via phone patch to ask whether or not the good news was true.
"Totoo bang magpapakasal ka sa isang ‘Orion'?" Butch asked.
"Uy, hindi," exclaimed Angelika. "Hindi, wala pa! If ever naman na mangyayari iyon, e, magiging proud ako at ia-announce ko pa yun. Hindi ko po yun itatago."
Butch followed, "Kailan ito kung sakali?"
"Wala pa naman kaming ganoon usapan," Angelika explained. "Pero, ako po, kung ako tatanungin, e, siyempre gusto ko po na siya [Orion] na. Pero hindi pa napag-uusapan, e, kaya hindi pa ako makapagsalita, Tito Butch."
CODENAME: ORION. The man known only as "Mr. Orion" got Butch's curiosity to the point that he asked Angelika, "Sino ba si Orion talaga?"
"Si Orion po, non-showbiz boyfriend ko for three years po," Angelika answered.
Sensing that Angelika wasn't giving away much information on the guy, Butch immediately followed, "Ano negosyo niya?"
"Ah, kung anu-ano po," Angelika said, laughing.
Not quite content with the scarce info Angelika was giving to him, Butch got back to the wedding rumor, saying, "Uhm, may apelyido na ba, like Angelika dela Cruz-Orion ba o ano?"
"Hindi ko po talaga masabi," Angelika said. "Siguro po kung nag-propose na po siya."
When Butch egged her on for more details about the mysterious non-showbiz boyfriend, he got only an apologetic response. Angelika said, "As much as possible hindi ko talaga pinag-uusapan since...siyempre po yung tao, hindi naman showbiz at nahihiya ako sa pamilya niya."