Diether returns to work after health scare

By JAJA RODRIGUEZ
July 7, 2009, 1:47pm

After getting a clean bill of health from doctors, actor Diether Ocampo is back to work in his hit teleserye, “Only You.”

“Walang dapat ipag-alala,” he said on “The Buzz.” “Yung nangyari dun sa Amerika, medyo na-exaggerate [lang].”

Diether refers to news that he had a seizure and was rushed to a hospital while in the US. Rumors circulated thereafter that the actor has a congenital heart disease and had had an attack.

Although it is true that Diether was brought to the San Antonio Community Hospital and had to have an immediate CT scan after falling head first when he had a seizure, the medical tests performed on him disproved the rumors.

“(It’s) nothing serious,” said Diether who blamed a packed schedule as culprit for his being overfatigued.

“Nung bago [kasi] kami umalis papuntang Amerika [ay] halos araw-araw kaming nag-taping [for “Only You].  Madami din akong inasikaso sa [KIDS] foundation, tapos pagdating sa Amerika, tuluy-tuloy ang rehearsals, activities…”

Diether said that the incident reminded him of how much he is loved by people, one of whom is his ex-wife, Kristine Hermosa.

Kristine is said to be one of those who brought Diether to the hospital and allegedly introduced herself to hospital attendants as “his ex-wife.”

Diether said: “I’ve nothing against it, kasi baliktarin natin yung situation baka sabihin ko din, ‘I’m the ex-husband’ with conviction.”

He, however, reiterated that he and Kristine are just friends. Diether pointed out that he is in a relationship with 23-year old Rema Ostwani, a non-celebrity.

“Ang pag-aalala niya sa ‘kin, grabe - hindi na halos siya natulog,” he said of Rema, who was then in Manila. “The distance was something already [kaya] gusto man niya pumunta [ay] hindi kakayanin.”

Did Rema get jealous of Kristine?

“I’m sure nag-aalala siya [Rema] more than nagselos.”

Diether, a self-confessed workaholic, said that he now knows it pays to pace one’s self.

“Paalala rin sa mga kasamahan nating mga masisipag: kailangan din natin ng kaunting pahinga. Minsan kasi, kaya nang utak natin pero yung katawan natin, di [na] pala kaya.”