After 25 yrs… AI AI AT OSANG, BATI NA!

ni Mercy Lejarde @Talkies | July 4, 2026

Photo: FB Ai Ai delas Alas

Opisyal nang inianunsiyo ng dating aktres na si Queenie Padilla, anak ni Sen. Robin Padilla at ng dati nitong partner na si Liezl Sicangco, na hiwalay na siya sa kanyang Pakistani husband na si Usama Mir.

Sa kanyang social media post, ibinahagi ni Queenie na pormal nang natapos ang kanilang kasal sa pamamagitan ng ‘divorce by faskh’, isang uri ng diborsiyo sa ilalim ng batas Islamiko na ipinagkakaloob ng korte matapos maghain ng kahilingan ang asawang babae.

Ani Queenie, “Alhamdulillah. I’ve reached a place in my life where my peace is absolute and my path is clear.

“My silence was never confusion or weakness; it was a conscious choice to protect the life I've built since closing that chapter. I closed that chapter exactly 2 years ago. 

“To be perfectly clear that chapter is fully, finally, and irreversibly closed since October last year and finalised December the same year. To be more specific it is not a talaq divorce it is divorce by faskh with a condition that makes it impossible to remarry the ex-husband. 

“I have been at peace for a long while now, and I no longer recognize myself in any story that tries to drag me backward. So please do not get confused. 

“I don’t revisit the past because I’m simply not there anymore. My energy belongs entirely to what lies ahead my faith, my growth, and the quiet blessings of a heart that has let go completely. Please keep me in your du’as (prayers) for my future, not my past.

“I am not promoting divorce or encouraging it. It is a solution and THE LAST RESORT for couples who are incapable of giving each other mawaddah or rahmah (love, affection, compassion, and mercy). 

“May Allah grant us all hearts that are content with His decree and give us a better future Ameen (Arabic of Amen).”

Amen to that, Queenie. Salamat sa iyong panalangin. Nawa’y pagpalain tayong lahat ng Diyos.

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AFTER 25 yrs., all’s well that ends well para sa dating magkaibigang aktres na sina Ai Ai delas Alas at Rosanna Roces.

Matapos ang mahigit dalawang dekada ng hindi pagkakaunawaan, tuluyan nang nagkaayos ang dalawang batikang aktres nang magkita sila sa taping ng My Bespren Emman (MBE) noong Hulyo 1, 2026.

Sa Facebook (FB) post ni Ai Ai, ibinahagi niya ang kanyang kasiyahan sa muling pagkikita nila ni Rosanna. 

Ayon sa Comedy Queen, nami-miss niya ang dating kaibigan at hindi sila halos natigil sa kuwentuhan at tawanan.

Saad ni Ai Ai, “Na-miss ko s’ya nang bongga. Grabe, tawa kami nang tawa kahapon nu’ng nag-usap kami. Ang dami naming napag-usapan—love life n’ya, love life ko, mga anak namin, mga apo n’ya, apo ko. Mataas ang sense of humor nito.

“Noon, tawagan namin ay ‘Kambal,’ ngayon iniba na namin. S’ya na si ‘Susie Shepherd,’ ako naman si ‘Tambelina Sesi Hoya’ (oh, jambo, jambo), apelyido ko mga names namin sa 143, una naming sitcom.

“Pero ang pinaka-highlight ng usapan namin ay ang pagmamahal namin sa mga alaga namin. Ako si Sailor, dog ko; s’ya naman si Lebron, ang alaga n’yang pig. Sosyal si Lebron, mga pagkain pang-mayaman — kumakain pa ng cake.

“Nag-catch up kami nito malamang every taping ng My Bespren Emman. Let’s go, Susie Shepherd. Mahal kita.”

Sure si yours truly na mahal din ni ‘Susie Shepherd’ (Rosanna Roces) si ‘Tambelina Sesi Hoya’ (Ai Ai delas Alas), ‘di ba naman, Osang?

Kantahan na lang natin ang magkaibigan ng… “You just call out my name and you know wherever I am, I’ll come running… Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you’ve got to do is call and I’ll be there — ‘you’ve got a friend…” 

Pak, ganern!

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IBINIGAY ni Ian De Leon ang isang Nora Aunor fan memorabilia kay Kuh Ledesma, matalik na kaibigan ng kanyang yumaong inang National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts.

Nagpahayag ng pasasalamat si Ian sa singer, at ayon sa kanya, “It was my honor to personally give a Nora Aunor fan to my mom’s dear friend, the one and only Kuh Ledesma. 

“More than a simple keepsake, it carries the love, memories, and enduring legacy of a friendship built on mutual respect through the years.

“Thank you, Tita Kuh, for your unwavering affection for Mom. Your friendship will always hold a special place in our hearts.

“To friendship. To music. To a legacy that lives on.”

Matatandaang nagsama sina Kuh Ledesma at Nora Aunor sa concert series na Power of Two. Nagtanghal sila sa iba’t ibang lugar sa Pilipinas at sa ibang bansa, kabilang ang Amerika.

‘Yun lang, and I thank you.