Nyoy Volante

From the looks of it, Nina’s rift with ex-boyfriend Nyoy Volante over a hotly contested P1.4 unpaid debt has now become a “he said, she said” thing.

Acoustic singer Nyoy Volante acknowledges this during the birthday presscon held at ABS-CBN compound for Star Magic artists born in January. Nyoy was born on Jan. 25.

“Wala akong utang,” Nyoy declared. “ Ang nangyayari kasi ngayon, it’s her word against mine. That’s all it will ever be. May sasabihin siya, papaniwalaan ng mga tao na nasa paligid niya. May sasabihin ako, paniniwalaan ng mga tao sa paligid ko,” he added.

The singer is saddened that even his smile is interpreted differently by his ex-girlfriend. Nina, in a recent interview, reportedly felt insulted over Nyoy’s smile when they bumped into each other in one of the studios in ABS-CBN.     

“The thing is, nakangiti naman ako palagi eh. My smile is for everyone. Ganito na ako. I’m happy kahit sino ang kaharap ko. I don’t think that should change.  Ganoon ang ginagawa ko everyday in my life. If someone takes offense, hindi ko na siguro…,” his explanation trailed off.

Nyoy said he has no bad intention when he smiled at Nina.

“Sa akin all intentions, nandiyan. I’m all for peace and harmony.”

He thinks this is not the right time to thresh things out with her.

“I think it’s too early. Gaya niyan, nakangiti na ako pero meron pang nasasabi, so I think baka may iba na namang interpretasyon,” he explained. Given this scenario, “wala naman talagang mananalo.”

The acoustic singer feels they should settle in the right venue, in court. “Sana, kung meron dapat ayusin, dapat doon na lang. I can’t talk details. If I talk details right now, magkakaroon ng issue about it.

"What I can relay to everyone is that ‘yung mga details na ganyan ay inaasikaso, hindi pinababayaan. I think it’s useless (to talk about it publicly). Kami nga sa pamilya, we don’t talk about it.

“I’m just really sad that this much hatred is present just because of money. Alam ko there are statements na kailangang sabihin, pero siguro kung kayang sa likod na lang ng media...." 

Nina’s ex-boyfriend explained that there were effort on his part to reach out to the Soul Siren.

“I did. There were Facebook messages. I was forced to speak out once about this and it will never happen again. Feeling ko, it will all cause hurt to the people around us.

"Unang-una, being silent is an effort. It’s a lot of effort not to talk about it. ‘Pag may sinabi ako, mas magkakaroon lang ng ano. Minsan you’re tempted to defend yourself. Ginawa ko na po iyon. I did that before the separation, after the separation and way after the separation.”

The debt issue, Nyoy said, did affect him in a way. “Of course, a lot of people are sad hindi lang sa akin. A lot of people are angry, a lot of people are sympathetic. Sa akin kasi, everyone is welcome to be my friend. Those people who want to defend her, okay lang.”

With resignation, Nyoy hopes that this issue will now be a thing of the past. “Matagal na rin ang issue na ito. I hope it dies na.”

Nyoys, however, remains is positive.

“Let’s just live life and love. Hindi natin sinasabi ‘yan dahil sa kakornihan. That’s the way to go. Issues like this, puwede n’yo ‘yang i-discuss nang nakangiti.”

Did he regret having loved Nina?

“Sa ngayon, sa mga ganitong pagkakataon, mahirap [sabihing mahal ko pa siya]. Ang mahirap lang i-express sa ganitong discussion...sana hindi na lang present ‘yung negativity. I regret what happened kasi hindi mo naman masasabing walang magandang nangyari sa amin.”