Days after rumors started circulating that he was dating GMA Network host Grace Lee, President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday confirmed: "We are seeing each other." The President made the revelation during the anniversary rites of the Philippine Information Agency in Quezon City. Last December, the President had said settling down was not his priority. After the announcement, GMA News reporter Chino Gaston immediately tweeted: "PNOY On Grace Lee: 'We're seeing each other.'" Last week on Balitanghali, Lee said: "I have the highest respect for the President and I respect his privacy. I leave it up to him to speak on the matter." Lee, 29, is a Korean who speaks Tagalog and Cebuano fluently. When he saw Lee at an event in Cebu, the 51-year old Aquino described the TV host as "gwapa" or pretty.
Aquino made the comment when he inaugurated the KEPCO-SPC power plant in Cebu in mid-2011, an event hosted by Lee.
Aquino said: "I even mistook the Korean Grace Lee for a Filipina. Even the Koreans who visit our country are beautiful. Maybe we should revive the Malacañang sa Sugbu because we might meet our fate here.”
Lee was wearing Korean traditional attire at that time because KEPCO is a Korean electric utility company.
Netizens' reactions on Twitter Several netizens immediately posted their reactions to the news on Twitter:
Roger Cacayorin: Pnoy invokes right to privacy when asked by media for more info on reported dates with Grace Lee
@Nico_Cando: @MangPandoy PNOY seeing Grace Lee. Now we know why hindi siya masyadong napagkikita ngayon to protect his privacy.@momblogger
@vonneaquino: Pnoy confirms dating Grace Lee - Love month na nga talaga haha!
@lilstarkiddy: You know what kind of nation we are when our "breaking news" is about PNoy dating Grace Lee. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines #facepalm
@aloraguerrero: So President Noynoy Aquino and Grace Lee are dating. It's confirmed: The world is going to end this year.
@justinepapina: I find the PNoy-Grace Lee issue to be a bit...well, odd. Not hatin', just sayin'.
@jessie_1781: wow pnoy seeing grace lee it's about time - u deserve some happiness too. go mr. president!
- with Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/VVP/YA, GMA News 
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