Sharon Cuneta tackles blind item about her husband and David Celdran

Megastar Sharon Cuneta finally breaks her silence about rumors linking her husband, Senator Kiko Pangilinan (inset, left), to TV personality David Celdran (inset, right). " From PEP.ph

July 19, 2007 - During a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mother Lily Monteverde, Sharon Cuneta finally addressed the rumors regarding the alleged relationship of her husband Senator Francis Pangilinan with news broadcaster/TV host show David Celdran.

The rumors were started by an article posted originally last April 8, 2007 at the Untold Pinoy Stories blog. The original version actually quoted both Pangilinan and Celdran by name. (All the other stories in the blog mention the characters being written about by name.) But it has since been edited. However copies of the original version are in wide circulation in various forums and email messages.

The current version can be read here - Untold Pinoy Stories Blog. It is Story No. 10. Pure Friendship (formerly titled Pure Innuendos). It reads in part -

They were the best of friends. They were always seen together around the UP campus in Diliman: one was undoubtedly a very good-looking guy and the other was unquestionably a plain-looking guy. Opposites really attract. Hey, but they’re both brilliant students. Well, birds of the same feather also flock together.

They were both protégées of then UP Student Council chairman Chito Gascon. Soon, the good-looking guy took the helm as UP Student Council chairman. But the best friends seem to follow each other’s path. The plain-looking guy also ran for the same position with the all-out support of his good-looking friend. He won, of course.

But after finishing college, the best friends went their separate ways. (Or so it seemed). The plain-looking guy pursued his law studies and later taught law courses. The good-looking guy delivered the evening news on TV, hosted a TV quiz show and wrote analytical articles on pop culture. His good looks, intelligence and impeccable manner endeared him to televiewers.

Despite their divergent career choices, the good-looking guy and the plain-looking guy really seemed to follow each other’s path. But this time, their path led to an apartment in Loyola Heights in Quezon City. And they shared that nice little apartment.

Yes, the plain-looking guy and the good-looking guy lived together.

The plain-looking guy’s bible-reading siblings berated him for living with another guy. The plain-looking guy even admitted in an interview in a major daily that his own family started to cast doubt about his masculinity.

In order to prove to his family that he was not what they thought he was, the plain-looking guy announced that he was getting married. His family jumped with joy.

But the plain-looking guy’s marriage did not dispel wild speculations about his sexuality; some accused him of using his wife to finally succeed in his failed initial crack at pursuing his lifelong dream. But it was well worth his efforts. He finally triumphed.

However, the plain-looking guy’s deep friendship with his good-looking friend took a backseat as a result of the former’s new civil status. But he had not entirely forgotten his good-looking best friend at all. As a token of their undying friendship, the good-looking guy stood as one of the godfathers of the plain-looking guy’s first baby, together with a host of household names.

But the plain-looking guy’s wife had her share of dark past. She is a single mother who parted ways with her good-looking “first husband” after she allegedly discovered that her good-looking “first husband” was reportedly married to another woman when she hastily married him after she got pregnant at a young age. Now, the plain-looking guy was her knight-in-shining-armor who rescued her from the stigma of being an unmarried mother...

Later, the good-looking guy reportedly got married also without fanfare. They said that his bride was a creative consultant for ABS-CBN Interactive. However, some women still believe and hope that he is still unmarried to this day.
But they're just friends.

To read the original version (including edited-out unflattering adjectives), simply google their names simultaneously. You will see a lot of websites listed.