During the huge and elaborate press conference held last Tuesday at the Fernwood Gardens in Quezon City for the ABS-CBN cineserye "Panday" (set to open on the first week of November), Heart revealed to Manila Bulletin that, "siyempre mao-offend ako kapag nagdate siya ng iba. I am not that kind of girl. Kapag meron akong nakakasundong lalaki, I don’t look for other guys to date."
Heart said she and Jericho didn’t agree to exclusively date each other but, "he could go ahead and date other girls if he wants, I won’t stop him but he can’t be friends with me again. It’s a choice that he has to make. For me kasi, that kind of action will show a lot about his character. About what kind of a man he is," she said.
The young lady, who is essaying her first mature role as the leading lady of Jericho’s "Panday" said she has changed a lot in perspective since doing the series and being with the actor. "Iba na ang pananaw ko ngayon. I really have changed a lot. Kung dati medyo impulsive ako, now it’s different because I stop to ponder on things now. Kung dati pagdating sa love, kilig lang okay na yan akala ko real thing na, now it’s different. I have learned to stop and take some time to think."
Heart said that she and Jericho, they have discovered, are so alike in so many ways that it scares her. "Sobrang weird kasi sa workshop pa lang namin, may mga questions that we were asked to answer independently. Later on, we will find out, pareho kami ng isinagot sa mga tanong. Minsan naman, we were eating, and then we started to talk, tapos we have the exact same words to say. We even had identical dreams one time. I dreamt about my father, and when we spoke the following day, he told me about his dream and it was the same dream that I had. Sobrang weird."
Before acting together in "Panday," Heart said she just knows Jericho as one of her co-ABS-CBN talents who is a bit older than her. "Hi, hello lang kami. But when we got to know each other better, we discovered our friendship has shifted to a different and deeper level."
Heart said she has discovered Jericho to possess some qualities that she has been looking out for in a man. "I like a guy who has a free spirit, happy-go-lucky type who wouldn’t care about his looks. Gusto ko kahit magulo ang buhok, walang pakialam. Ganun siya," she said referring to the apple of her eyes right now, Jericho.
Right now, Heart said they are happy with the kind of relationship that they are enjoying between them. "Masaya kami. Comfortable kami with each other. It is nice, really," she ended stressing the fact that she will not stop anybody from drawing his own conclusion based on what he sees from them and their special friendship.
