Former beauty queen-turned-actress Bianca Manalo took to Instagram on Friday, Dec 22, to clear her name on the issue of leaked messages involving hunk actor Rob Gomez.

On Instagram, Bianca said she and fellow actor Rob were only friends. She admitted she was upset that their conversation was exposed without her consent, adding that the controversy was hurting her loved ones.

Bianca added that parts of the conversations were deleted to create malicious insinuations.

Her full statement:

For several days, Bianca, Rob and Herlene Nicole Budol were the hot topics on social media after their private conversations leaked.

Rob said his phone was stolen while Herlene was surprised she was dragged into the controversy.

Bianca, the girlfriend of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, is currently on a holiday vacation with her family in Japan.

Rob, Bianca, and Herlene were co-stars in the hit afternoon series "Magandang Dilag" which wrapped up last November.