Nagsimula sa reunion concert ng dating magkasintahan na sina Dingdong Avanzado at Rachel Alejandro noong March 7, na pinamagatang Music & Lyrics, sa Metro Bar, ang balitang nagkakalabuan na ang mag-asawang Dingdong at Jessa Zaragoza.
Pero bago pa man ang naturang concert, ilang kuwento na ang nakarating sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) na kasangkot si Jessa. Isa na rito ang pagre-react daw ni Jessa na nakarating din naman kay Rachel.
Pagkatapos nito, may iba't ibang isyu pang lumabas. The recent, of course, ay ang blind item tungkol sa paghihiwalay ng isang married couple na parehong singers na obviously naman ay sina Dingdong at Jessa ang tinutukoy.
Sa isang artikulo na lumabas dito sa PEP, parehong itinanggi nina Dingdong at Jessa na hiwalay na sila. (Click here to read related article.)
Pero nag-react na ang manager ni Rachel na si Girlie Rodis sa pamamagitan ng pagsusulat ng entry sa kanyang Facebook account kaugnay ng lumabas na artikulo ni Ricky Lo sa Philippine Star noong March 18. Nakausap ni Ricky si Jessa tungkol sa balitang "hiwalayan" ng Phenomenal Diva at ng mister nito.
"Dingdong and I are having a problem and we are trying to solve it. But we are not separated. Pinaiiral namin ang pagiging Christian namin not to let anybody break our marriage," sabi ni Jessa sa naturang interview.
Ayon pa sa report, "Jessa was silent when asked if Rachel is involved in the problem." Ayon sa source ni Ricky, may nakapagsabi raw na nagte-text pa rin si Rachel kay Dingdong, "even in the wee hours of the night," kahit matagal nang tapos ang concert ng dalawa. As a wife, natural lang daw kay Jessa na mabahala.
Nakasaad din sa article ni Ricky, up to now ay meron pa rin daw framed photo ni Dingdong si Rachel on her bedroom.
But when Ricky asked Jessa if she's jealous of Rachel, Jessa answered, "Not really... In fact, their concert together wouldn't have been possible if I didn't give Dingdong my consent."
Nakasaad din sa article na ayon daw sa source ni Ricky, "there is a bond between Dingdong and Rachel that is strictly between them and that even Jessa doesn't know exactly what that bond is."
Kahapon, March 25, nag-post ng kanyang entry si Girlie Rodis, or known as GR in showbiz, sa kanyang Facebook account bilang sagot sa artikulong lumabas sa column ni Ricky. Ito ay para na rin ipagtanggol ang kanyang alaga.
Humingi muna ng permiso ang PEP kay Girlie through text kung puwedeng i-publish dito ang entry niya sa kanyang Facebook account, na nakatanggap din ng iba't ibang reaction, mostly from showbiz people. Ilang minuto pagkatapos naming mag-text sa kanya ay sumagot ito agad ng" "Sure."
So, here's GR's answer to the Rachel-Dingdong-Jessa issue with the title, "Jessa - Please stop this already!":
"I know I shouldn't let this article get to me but I am really getting tired of Jessa's PR slants. Too bad because the recent show of Dingdong & Rachel (Music & Lyrics) was really good, very entertaining, and a lot of fun.
"But this Jessa just needs to call attention to herself. And she has this compulsion to include other people.
"May I correct the following: there is no picture of Dingdong displayed anywhere in Rachel's new digs. The only pictures on display are pictures of Rachel and her boyfriend Philip as well as a picture of Rachel with Felix Rivera (who played Princeton) taken from her favorite musical Avenue Q. Let me clarify that Rachel only texted Dingdong when she was working on getting material for a new album. When she was told that it bothered Jessa, she stopped texting him. During the time they worked on the concert, Rachel would have all requirements and coordination coursed through her production assistant for the show. Certainly, Rachel has not texted Dingdong during or after the concert.
"The only bond that exists between Rachel and Dingdong is a friendship born out of their past—only of a brotherly nature now. Rachel was very young when she was in a relationship with Dingdong more than 10 years ago. It is wonderful that Jessa is so in love with her husband that she believes every woman is attracted to him, but I think it is time that she moves past all that and know the reality that not every woman is out to get her husband or is even attracted to him.
"If the Rachel-Dingdong concert production bothers her so much then she should not have given her consent. But for her to drag us into her press releases is simply not acceptable. Working with Rachel certainly did not bother her when she requested me for Rachel to guest in three of their concerts in the U.S. She was perfectly congenial then.
"Rachel even invited her to come to the pictorial for the concert's publicity photos (Patrick Uy's studio) and she even brought her daughter Jayda. Rachel had merienda from the Sexy Chef delivered.
"Maybe what bothers Jessa is not really that she believes there is something going on because clearly Rachel is no longer attracted to Dingdong, but the fact that there is more of a clamor for the Dingdong-Rachel tandem than there is for the Dingdong-Jessa one."