Janine Gutierrez on breakup of love team with Elmo Magalona: ‘May konting lungkot at takot’

Janine Gutierrez admitted that she was shocked when GMA Network management first broke the news about the temporary breakup of her on-screen tandem with boyfriend Elmo Magalona.

After two consecutive soaps together, the 26-year-old actress is going solo for GMA’s newest daytime series Dangwa.

“At first siyempre nagulat ako. Medyo may konting lungkot at takot. Pero I guess normal reaction lang ‘yan since nasanay ako na palagi kaming magkasama sa mga project,” said Janine.

PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) was able to interview Janine after the presscon proper for Dangwa, held at the 17th floor of GMA Network Center, Wednesday night, October 21.

Janine and Elmo started as a love team in the Kapuso afternoon soap, Villa Quintana, until they became a real-life couple sometime during the last quarter of 2014.

Janine's leading men in Dangwa are Aljur Abrenica and Mark Herras.

But even though Janine is paired with two new leading men in Dangwa, the Kapuso actress maintained that her boyfriend has been very supportive of her upcoming daytime series.

“Pero I’m really thankful, kasi even if we do things na hindi kami magkasama, talagang full support pa rin siya at ako rin sa kanya. So, nakakatuwa na it doesn’t end sa pagiging love team.”

At the same time, Janine remains optimistic that having individual projects would further strengthen the bond between her and Elmo.

She cheerfully added, “I guess, in a way, para nagpapa-miss!” – Pep.ph