Carmina Villaroel and Bebe Gandanghari

Actress, TV host and product endorser Carmina Villaroel has long since been separated with former husband Rustom Padilla and has moved on with her life and has since enjoyed a seemingly happy marriage with the hunk of an actor Zoren Legaspi, with whom she has two kids--fraternal twins in fact. She has been blessed with TV shows and commercials and in the eyes of the public, one couldn't live a more charmed life than what Carmina has now.

But I wonder, does any of the changes in her former husband Rustom Padilla affect her in any way? I mean, wow, once in your life, you have been married to this guy for several years. The only thing missing in their marriage was kids. She has slept with the guy, seen him, talked to him, smelled him etc...And now, he is sexier than you. And he now goes by the name of Bebe Gandanghari (Bebe for Binibini or Miss and Gandanghari for Beautiful King). How about that?

Rustom came out in the open on national TV (including Filipinos abroad, if you count TFC) that he is gay. There were already rumors in the past about his sexuality, and that people say, it was the reason why his marriage with Carmina didn't work. Then the rumors died down and Carmina went on with life.

But this year, Rustom came home from a short stay in the United States. His arrival at the international airport was not discreet at all. He arrived in full regalia, like he just stepped out of the pages of the high fashion magazine, Vogue. Since then he has been granting interviews as Ms. Bebe Gandanghari, claiming that Rustom is dead, but denying that he has had a sex change.

And I wondered how Carmina has taken all of that. Sure, she said on TV that she is happy for Rustom, but how is she during her private moments?

Thankfully, Carmina seems to be taking everything wonderfully. I guess I can say that she is really happy and content with her own marriage and family life right now that things like that do not bother her anymore. She deserves to be happy, every woman does. Or she was not really surprised and already saw this coming from way back and has already prepared herself for this?

Well, I am hoping for the best for Carmina and her family, but I can't say the same for Rustom. I can't what best I can wish for him in his present state--that he gets more modeling offers?