Coco Martin and Julia Montes unwittingly created a buzz when a Reddit report on Saturday, 20 December claimed that the couple applied for Schengen visas for them and for their three kids.

"Coco and Julia recently applied for a Schengen visa, and it turns out they didn't apply alone.  They applied with three dependent children.  This wasn't speculation, this wasn't fan math - this came straight from embassy-side confirmation during the processing," the Reddit report went.

"And let's be real, for YEARS the public conversation barely reached ‘maybe they have one child.’  That alone felt like a guarded secret. Finding out it's actually three feels like whiplash," the report added.

The anonymous author was aghast at how the couple was able to keep their secret for so long,  "how clean everything has been" with "no leaks, no accidental sightings, and no travel clues."

"In this day and age, hiding one child is already impressive. Hiding three? That's a whole different level," the report noted.

While the couple does not owe anyone any explanation, the author believes that "you can't blame people for being shook when the story everyone thought they knew triples suddenly overnight."

Martin shocked everyone during the ABS-CBN Christmas special when he planted a kiss on Montes' lips while doing a duet.