Donnalyn Bartolome recently took to social media to announce that she and actor JM de Guzman are officially in a relationship.
It came a month after she declared they are exclusively dating.
The announcement came complete with photos of her and JM dressed like Megara and Hercules, respectively.
Cheesy as it may be, Donnalyn has an explanation ready.
Of course, she also shared a timeline of their romance, if only to sneak in what amounted to an endorsement.
Here it is in full:
“When I met Juan Miguel on February 16, 2022 he made me pinky promise to do a fun collab with him... tawang tawa ako kasi wala akong maalalang lalaki na kilala kong nakikipagPinky promise. Why did he have to make me promise? I’ll tell you next time. I delivered our Pinky Promise.. and all this happened.
“I thought we were only going to be friends. I was almost certain.. If everyone knew in detail how I felt, and everything that transpired, you’d feel the same, but the stars had something else written in them and during our exclusively dating phase, we assured each other promise rings, linked to the first promise we’d made to each other—a pinky kind for when we’re finally ready to be officially in a relationship.
“We trusted only one person for when the time comes. Hiding from each other while we designed each rounded gold separately for both our left littlest fingers in secret. Why they’re designed the way they are? That’s for another time too~@Lesperance_Diamonds was the first one to know of the day.
“JM was unaware... it was a year and five months later from when he first tried to woo me. It was all after asking him to explore other hearts— to just find another heart who’s not mine, but he proved to me that he’s found the heart that made him blind to all other hearts… a blessing it was, that it belonged to me.
“So we flew to the land of the rising sun to ask for my parents’ acceptance… that’s why it took so long for us to share… that on June 22nd 2023… A Hercules costume I made him wear at a basket ball court.
“He had a dream one night, “nanaginip akong nasa basket ball court tayo tapos sobrang saya natin” he told me. I decided to make that a reality. I called out Goddesses to sway and twirl for a play, while I was Megara singing her song about Hercules. What better way can you tell a theatre actor you adore him?
“His determination caused him to persist…until one day I just could no longer resist. He awakened the love I didn’t know I still had to give to someone again ever, and even though I no longer believe in forever…I believe in Now.
“Spell it backwards and that’s what he has done, the match to capture my heart, I declare out loud: Juan Miguel won.”