Rufa Mae recounts how Cristine-Heart spat started

By ALEX VALENTIN BROSAS
January 1, 2010, 5:28pm

Comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto has broken her silence on how she got involved in the spat between Cristine Reyes and Heart Evangelista.

The comedienne, a mutual friend of Cristine and Heart, forwarded the former’s text message to the latter between March or April 2009.

Apparently, Cristine, who was in a relationship with actor Dennis Trillo at the time, got overly jealous of Heart's “friendliness” towards him.

“Noong lumabas 'yon, matagal na. Nakalimutan ko na nga until lumabas ang name ko,” Rufa Mae said on “Showbiz News Ngayon.”

She recalled: “Ang nangyari diyan, nagtext sa akin si Cristine, ‘Pakisabi na ganyan, ganyan.’ Hindi ko sinabi (noong una) kasi....parang wala lang.

“Ayaw ko namang may wall silang dalawa [kasi] siyempre, ayaw kong ma-feel bad 'yong isa [lalo at kung] 'yong isa [ay] baka naman nabigla lang.”

But Cristine insisted on getting her message to Heart through mediator Rufa Mae.

“Noong second time, sinabi ko na kasi siyempre, nahiya rin naman ako.Pero, after that, nag-usap na naman yata sila so, kumabaga, parang ang sabi ko, kayo na lang ang mag-message-message.”

Rufa Mae hopes the spat is really over.

“Sana maayos na kasi maliit lang naman ang industriya. At saka mabait naman ang dalawang iyon.”

Why did Heart and Cristine choose her as mediator?

“Kasi siguro, confident din sila sa akin, alam mo 'yon? Kaya kung meron silang concern, nasasabi nila sa akin. They trust me. Isa pa 'yon, 'di ba? Peacemaker ako, eh!”

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