Kris puts a lid on her ‘Tweeting’

By KRIS BAYOS
June 20, 2010, 5:43pm

Kristina Bernadette C. Aquino-Yap’s followers on Twitter are up for a big disappointment as the celebrity sister of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III decided to put a lid on her “micro-blogging” in the interactive messaging website.

Kris, as she is more popularly known, said she will suspend her activities on Twitter after the incoming President called her attention to the fact that “Tweeting” has not or does not lead to her solving her personal problems.

The apparent unsolicited advice from big brother to little sister pertained to Kris’ occasional differences with husband and basketball star James Yap.

Although Mr. Aquino told reporters last week that he prefers not to meddle with his youngest sister’s it was apparent that he told Kris to keep her private life private.

“I received this tweet several days ago – ‘Bakit hindi nyo mine-mention si James sa mga tweet nyo, only Josh and Baby James?’ – I replied to it with honesty (and) my attention was called by Noy about this. So, in the interest of keeping what is left of our privacy, I will suspend being active on Twitter,” Kris tweeted over weekend.

Kris, who is noted for being overly frank and public about her private life, had earlier given up hosting daily TV talk show “Showbiz News Ngayon” and weekly “The Buzz” to prevent her candidness to be considered a “liability” to her brother who is set to be inaugurated as the 15th President of the Republic at noon of June 30.

“(But) it doesn’t make sense for me to leave ‘SNN’ and’ The Buzz’ and keep this avenue open for people to speculate and judge. Sometimes being quiet, (which) is obviously difficult for me, is the only prudent course when you are the sister of the country's President-elect,” Kris said, thanking her 233,031 listed followers on Twitter.

Last week, Mr. Aquino declined to comment on how Kris and James are working out their misunderstanding, saying he would only give advice only when asked.

“Sabi ng tatay ko, di ka gumigitna sa problema kung may problema [ang] mag-asawa,” said the soon-to-be President, who is bachelor at 50. “So hanggang di ka hahanapan ng payo o abiso, di ako manghihimasok,” he said.