Ogie Alcasid is forever the comedian, cheekily responding to "How are you?" with "I'm great! I sometimes think about being gay, happy naman ako..."

Ogie just takes that rumor in stride and even manages to joke about it.

Kidding aside, Ogie sits down with PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) for a quick catch-up during the first-episode taping of his newest project, Mind Master, on GMA7.

Ogie will serve as the celebrity co-host for the first episode.

He says that he is excited about it, even saying that regular host Nomer Lasala will become a "rockstar mentalist."

"Showman siya, he's got the theatrics. He's very friendly, very intelligent, he's quite talented. And I'm excited to see the mind-boggling things that he will  do."

Ogie has been a believer of other mentalists abroad and grabbed the chance to be part of the first Philippine showcase of the mind-reading process.

REGINE'S PREGNANCY. The daddy-to-be says that hearing about a new baby is always great news and makes people smile.

And now that it's happening to him again, he says, "It's great! We've been very excited. It's something our families have been praying for.

"We just have to be more careful now because we're not that young. Kailangan ingat-ingat si Regine kaya ako ang kumakayod ngayon."

Ogie is married to Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez, who is now on her second month of pregnancy.

The singer-songwriter says the pregnancy wasn't really planned because Regine was supposed to have finished first her commitment to I ♥ You Pare, a movie, as well as a concert.

But Ogie shares, "God is a God of timing. His will be done."

Regine's pregnancy isn't easy too.

"She's maselan," mentions Ogie.

"The first few weeks have been difficult, and we were in and out of the hospital a lot."