Heart reveals almost breaking up with Chiz because of her parents' objections

Theirs was a love story made stronger by the hurdles they had to overcome from the beginning of their relationship more than two years ago to their wedding in Balesin less than two weeks ago.

 

The fact that it was raining hard in the beautiful island the entire day before their wedding until the wee hours of February 15 was quite symbolic of how Senator Francis "Chiz Escudero and Heart Evangelista weathered every storm in their relationship.

 

As fate would have it, it was sunshine all throughout the day and moonbeam all throughout the night of their wedding.

 

In his homily during the wedding ceremony, Father Jerry Orbos summarized the couple’s love story--succinctly, perfectly.

 

“How can two people from different worlds of showbiz and politics find each other? Could it be magic, destiny, God’s will? God brought you together for a reason,” intoned Father Jerry.

 

Against all odds

 

It was no secret that the idea of their youngest daughter being romantically involved with the senator did not sit well with Heart’s parents right from the start.

 

Chiz stood his ground, maintaining that it was never a big issue between him and Heart even at the height of the controversy back in 2013.

 

He said in this exclusive interview, “Because quite the contrary, our relationship became stronger because of that.

 

"So it’s a challenge in our family, but not in our relationship.

 

“Because I’d like to count Heart as part of my family and her family as well.”

 

PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) had a one-on-one chat with Chiz and Heart six days before the couple’s Balesin wedding.

 

Heart admitted that she almost buckled down and had considered ending their relationship to save Chiz from the wrath of her parents. 

 

“I tried to break up with him.

 

“I felt that I was doing him a favor.

 

“But we never fought about it,” Heart explained. —PEP

 

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