A Princess among Manny’s many women

By JULIO CINCO N.

Princess Snell               and             Manny Pacquiao

IN showbiz and in the so-called civil society, hot rumors fly fast and thick before they turn into cold facts. These days the loudest whisper in town concerns what many consider is an illicit affair between a homegrown world famous celebrity and a starlet upstart. “Hindi pa man sumisikat, laos na,” the rumormongers would say.

         But her 15 minutes of shared fame or infamy, as usual, is treated with a double standard in a country known for major double talk, major double faces and major double cross. The young woman in question, a putative victim, is allegedly pregnant and is identified both in print and in cyber space gossip. But, as of this writing, the celebrated moneyed man, is almost always written blind, so to speak, and remains a big question.

          Until now. Billionaire and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, if rumors are to be believed, is once again proving to all and sundry that he is the pound-for-pound womanizer to reckon with, with or without he wife Jinkee watching  over him. People in the know say that’s what the former poor boy from GenSan gets from fraternizing with the likes of Gov. Chavit Singson and company, It’s a vile world of vices and, as the latest installment of the film “Wall Street”’s blurb say,”money never sleeps.” But Manny does sleep with strange bedfellows many of them women.

           His current conquest, or so various sources say, is 19-year-old (born on April 14, 1992) Princess Snell of GMA-7’s stable of little known talents. Princess entered showbiz in 1988 as part of ABS-CBN’s Star Magic. After portraying bit roles in “I Love Betty La Fea” and “Kambal sa Uma,” she transferred to GMA-7 and joined the fifth season of StarStruck, making it to the final 14. She did more bit roles and became one of the Castaways contenders in the 2010 Survivors Philippines: Celebrity Showdown, but quit on the second day. At present, she continues to do some bit parts on TV until the wild rumors about her supposed relationship with Pacquiao have put her on the spot.

         Of course, Princess denies the rumors about her purported interesting stage, as they always do and then deliver a different story after more or less nine months. Or else you know what they say about the abortive Reproductive Bill--born or bust!

         The semi-retired starlet even dares and challenges others: “Gusto niyong makita ang sexy body ko?” But, as we go to press, she’s not quoted yet denying her relationship with the man of many vices. And what about the reported car and condo gifts?

         So far, we also haven’t heard from the fishwife who practically went berserk at the height of the Manny Pacquiao-Krista Ranillo romantic escapade. Back then, feeling wronged and wasted, she really went to town spewing strong and scathing words in print (and otherwise)—if memory serves, even on the cover of Pete Lacaba and Joan Maglipon’s Yes Magazine—and called Krista a “golddigger”.

         Indeed, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Remember what the notorious groupie Bernard used to tell people about the private bout between the erring husband and wife within the confines of their conjugal home then? “Lumayas ka! Kung gusto mo, dalhin mo na ang pera, at lumayas ka na!” But how true…?

        Just how much gold Krista has dug in Pacman’s Land remains the subject of much speculation up to this very day. The often-touted hundreds of thousands of dollars allowances and business grants from La Vista to Las Vegas still ring in many people’s ears.

        And now this.

        Money Manny is not only a very generous gift giver but he’s also so discreet that people in his inner circle call him a “silent smooth operator”. An SSO to his damsels’ SOS.

        Let’s rewind to the guarded and secretive days of the more creative fortune hunters. The movie press is littered with insiders who claim that they know about the Ara Mina-Manny Pacquiao involvement during a certain time when Jomari Yllana was dancing in the dark.

        At that time, the rumor mill was rife with talks about a “house-and-lot gift” and a “gifted” business establishment somewhere in Quezon City. Somehow, somewhere along the way, the actor-boyfriend got wind of the rumored secret liaison, courtesy of Glorietta’s eyes and ears. Or was it Shangri-La’s night of a thousand eyes, as the old Bobby Vee’s (with a more popular cover by Gary Lewis and the Playboys) song goes.    Other tongues wagged and pointed to a certain Man “of the angels” (“de los angeles”).Or were they such a simultaneous catch of an affair, one on top of the other?

         At any rate, the next time we knew Jomari was crying a river on national television, and most people were clueless where the wailing waterfall was coming from.He kept mum and didn’t mention about any third or fourth party, but it was a quite obvious he was hurting because he lost to a triangle or to a square, as the case might have been

        Or else, why would some movie people insist that should Manny Paquiao have his biography written a certain portion—nay, a chapter—should be devoted to Ara Mina. But then again, Jinkee has been quoted by some quarters as saying she wasn’t as sore she was as in the more controversial Krista-Manny episode. Apparently, Ara didn’t get her GenSan goat in the same manner that the sly and stealthy operator that was Rufa Mae Quinto didn’t seem to bother her either. As a matter of of fact the Manny-Rufa Mae Quinto thing remains a curious guessing game up to now.

         The main bone of contention in Rufa Mae’s case is the much vaunted one- or two-carat diamond ring that she allegedly got from a certain Mr. M. When the scheming comedienne was asked to give a clue by naming Mr. M’s most beautiful facial feature that endeared him to her, she quipped: “His eyes!”

         Oh, the eyes of a woman in love with Manny or his money. Whichever way the whirl wind blows one thing is clear: Money is power and power corrupts!

         Now back to Princess (Snell), is she corrupt or is she corrupted? Whichever comes first, the Manny of many prizes can always come forward and hopefully be man enough not only to face the music but to dance to its tune as well. Meaning to say, he must admit whatever it is that there is to admit and assume full responsibility toward his family and flings.

        How he will handle them requires not only the talent and resources at his disposal but also the experience and advice of the older Don Juans in our midst. From the senior Ramon Revilla to Erap to Bong Revilla, Jr. is a long line of womanizing and family/fund raising that stretches the imagination from the early Customs to the Mayor’s  office to the Senate to Malacanang.

       From smuggling to landgrabbing to jueteng to other nefariors activities the road to perdition is now well laid and clear. All Manny Paquiao has to do is follow it, and everything else will fall into place.