Nakausap ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang piling entertainment press ang Concert King na si Martin Nievera upang kunin ang kanyang reaksiyon sa breakup ng dati niyang asawa na si Pops Fernandez sa boyfriend nitong si Jomari Yllana.

Matatandaang ilang linggo pagkatapos ng Missing You concert nina Martin at Pops ay inamin ni Jomari na break na sila ng Concert Queen. Ang Fearless Productions, na kinabibilangan ni Jomari, ang producer ng reunion concert ng dating mag-asawa.

May usap-usapan na pera diumano ang dahilan ng paghihiwalay nina Pops at Jomari, pero itinanggi ito ng aktor.

 "I'm shocked!" sambit ni Martin nang kunin namin ang kanyang panig. "It's really a shock for me that they have any kind of disagreement or argument, lalo na breakup. Kasi kapag dumating sa mga concert productions, palaging may problema, may mga questions, may mga issues. So I thought maybe after the show, wala na yung pressure, wala na ang lahat. That if ever happened of any kind of issues between the two of them, we didn't see it during the production. Wala."

Wala ba siyang napansin during the staging ng reunion concert nila ni Pops na maghihiwalay ang dalawa?

"No, no. Not that I saw. Maybe everyone is so intense, siyempre, pagdating sa mga kantahan and sa mga choreo [choreography] and all the scripts. Pops and I were very ano, and then Jomari was always doing what producers do. I guess he's looking for sponsors and doing the work of a producer thing. So, we were never, the three of us, together. I never saw the two of them together. Only in the show, the cast party, the surprise party that they threw for me for my birthday," lahad ni Martin.

THE BREAKUP. Paano niya nalaman ang hiwalayan nina Pops at Jomari?

"It was actually Pops who told me," pag-amin ni Martin. "She says she has something to tell me and I said, 'What is this?' I felt, you know, because when Pops said, 'I have something to tell you,' it's pretty serious. We were both very much in shock with all of the things.

"It was a  phone call, actually. She asked me if she can call me at the end of the night. Almost three in the morning. We spoke many hours on the phone as she does in any situation Pops is in an emotional problem.

"First, for some reasons, we find each other and I think that's what keeps this friendship going so well. No matter what we've been through, it's the love that we have for each other. Kapag may, kunyari ako, kapag may bad day or I'm going through a personal problem, I'll just send her one text and I'll say, 'How are you?' That means, please ask me how I am.

"And more often than not, she'll say, 'Why? What's wrong?' She knows right away kung may problema ako. So, we have this  connection pa rin until now, and we spoke for many hours about this. Of course, she wasn't very happy and I was trying to console her and let her, you know, 'Ganyan talaga ang mga lalaki.' I mean, of all people to give advice!" natatawa niyang sabi.

Lagi ba niyang binibigyan ng advice si Pops?

 "Always, always naman," sagot ni Martin. "In all of her more personal problems—whether it's about relationship or not—ako palagi ang nagbibigay ng second opinion or from a man's point of view. Parang ganun."

POPS IS HURTING. Ano ang nararamdaman niya ngayon para kay Jomari?

"Well, there's so many issues. If you believe what you read, siyempre magagalit ka talaga. Mapipikon ka talaga sa mga lumalabas because it's all anti-Pops. Kasama pa rin ako diyan sa mga ibang write-ups, but that's okay.