Kris Aquino reveals the identity of her mystery man

It appears that Kris Aquino has finally revealed the identity of her mystery man.

According to the self-styled Queen of All Media, Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento recently borrowed her phone to reply to a basher who left a comment on one of her Instagram posts.

The netizen had asked Kris to consider deleting her social media if she really wanted to keep her life “private.”

“Kawawa naman ang dating DILG secretary sayo be fair. Please abolish you’re social media account. Please lang day! Baka malasin pa,” the commenter said.

Kris fired back first, asking the netizen why she would need to delete her account.

“Why? Did I name names? ikaw ang nag greet by name and nag assume agad… and bakit mo ko didiktahan to 'abolish' my social media account,” the actress and TV host said.

“If you are afraid about my political ambitions, that’s why you called me narcissistic- that’s really not my problem. Mas mamalasin tayo kung puro ka negahan like your attitude instead of positivity and #lovelovelove. We live in a democracy and wala akong masamang pi-nost,” she added.

The basher replied to this, saying: “Madame hindi po ito tungkol sa politics.”

“Ang sabi ko lang kung gusto mo ng private life. Bakit need mo pa mag-post ng ganito. Puwede mo naman i-greet na lng siya in private. Puro ka hanash ano yan parang Shopee may hint. Ang narcissistic mo kaya. Ano yun gusto mo pag-usapan ka lagi duh! Kung tatakbo ka tumakbo ka. Kung hindi eh di hindi. Daming hanash bagay sayo sa bahay na lng,” the netizen continued.

This was when Mel supposedly borrowed Kris’s phone to personally reply to the comment using her account.

“Hiniram ko yung phone ni Kris - ewan ko kung nakatrabaho kita sa DILG sa laki ng department mahirap maalalala ang lahat,” the comment said.

“Wag naman masamain kung nag greet nga sa ‘kin, ba’t naman napunta na sa malas? Eh napasaya nga nya ko- kung tutuusin napaka swerte ko. Kung nag sama nga tayo sa department na minahal ko, konting respeto naman sa min ni Kris,” it added.

The comment was signed with the name: "Mel Senen Sarmiento."

Kris also confirmed this to a netizens who sent her kind message despite keeping her “mystery man” a secret.

“No need to guess, scroll down - he borrowed my phone to reply to this sweet troll,” Kris wrote.

“Maybe now you’ll understand, that at least now there’s someone with the guts to stand up for me,” she added. "Wala akong pinatatamaan. I’m just stating facts… because for the longest time that was what my friends & followers kept telling me — that i deserved snieibe na hands akong ipaglaban."

Mel served as the DILG secretary from 2015 to 2016.

As Kris hinted in her previous posts, he served under the administration of her late brother President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III who just passed away in June this year.

Kris’s lovelife became a hot topic this week after she posted a greeting for her “special” someone  on social media.

She did not give away her mystery man’s identity, only that he was there for her through difficult times and has also earned the favor of her son, Bimby. —Margaret Claire Layug/JCB, GMA News