Kapuso actor David Licauco appears amused by naughty remarks from netizens who have begun to remind him about the “three-month rule,” amid speculations that the actor might soon begin courting his on-screen sweetheart Barbie Forteza who has joltingly announced a few days ago that she has broken up with fellow GMA7 actor Jak Roberto, her real-life boyfriend of seven years.

That supposed rule means a guy should wait for three months before courting a girl who has broken up with her boyfriend.

Bash us if you want to, but we have a sneaking suspicion that Forteza broke up with Roberto because she has fallen for Licauco, who in early December allowed it to be announced by GMA7 executive Joy Marcelo in a social media posting that he was already “single.”

The announcement from Marcelo didn’t reveal since when Licauco had broken off with his non-showbiz girlfriend. In June last year, Licauco told Boy Abunda of GMA7’s Fast Talk that he was already “taken” by some girl not from showbiz whose name he did not reveal.

Forteza announced her split from Roberto on 2 January. For reasons only he knows, Licauco posted on the same day on his Facebook a photo of a bottle of wine on a window. The next day he posted a photo of himself “chilling” (just standing, facing the camera in what looked like his lounging clothes at home) in what appears to be a balcony. That’s the picture that prompted some wags to react by reminding him of the “three-month rule.”

In response to the netizens’ remarks, Licauco sent a grinning face with sweat emoji.

Ex-lovers Forteza and Roberto have not posted anything after Forteza’s sweet and serene posting on her Instagram about their break up.

We further suspect that Licauco doesn’t have to court Forteza long and hard. They already know each other well after several projects together, including some group concerts abroad and a movie shot in South Korea.

If we turn out to be wrong, so be it. Call us awful, if you wish. Call us names, it’s okay. But please don’ bash Forteza and Licauco. Spare them. They’re just living the love stories mostly portrayed in the movies. Well-liked movies. Or in songs that become hits.

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Meanwhile, it looks like 2025 will be the year of Jennylyn Mercado and Denis Trillo will be seen as a leading showbiz loveteam on- and off-screen.

Their visibility as a loveteam begins sometime next month (February) in the moviehouses. Their tandem will have a sort of re-launch in the film Everything About My Wife, mainly produced by CreaZion Studios, the main company behind Isang Himala for the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (which ends tomorrow, 7 January). GMA Pictures is a co-producer of Everything About My Wife, directed by Real Florido (1st Ko Si 3rd and Will You Be My Ex).

CreaZion has released on YouTube a teaser for the film. The teaser introduces Dom (Trillo) and Imo (Mercado) who are initially a happy couple. However, after seven years of being together, Dom finds himself unhappily married. He seeks help from notorious womanizer, Miguel (Sam Milby), to seduce his wife.

As Miguel and Imo grow closer, Dom realizes he has made the gravest mistake of his life when Miguel unexpectedly falls in love with Imo. But as Imo and Dom part ways, their love for each other begins to re-assert.