Kris on Herbert: I want him to remain part of my life

MANILA, Philippines- Kris Aquino clarified that Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista's visit at her home in Quezon City doesn't mean they're rekindling their romance.

On Monday's taped episode of “Kris TV,” Herbert was caught on camera when he dropped by Aquino's house while a mass for her staff was being held. It gained different reactions from the TV host-actress' fans so she clarified the issue on “Aquino & Abunda Tonight” on Monday.

“I asked for permission, na idetalye ko na lang para wala ng paliguy-ligoy. Tsaka oo para wala ng misinterpretation,” she began, referring to Bautista.

Aquino recalled that Bautista first asked if he could have lunch with her in her place on Christmas day, which she turned down.

She recalled saying to him, “Hoy, HB, babae pa rin ako. May meaning pa rin ang Pasko. 'Wag na lang naman sa Pasko, puwede naman tayo magkita sa ibang araw.'

“I just said na even we're already friends I'm sill a girl. At some point we shared something special, so kung pupunta ka do'n baka kung ano pang interpretation ang ibigay ko. Ibang araw na lang.”

This lead to the a visit of Bautista to her home. On Sunday, the two had an exchange of text messages with Aquino even wishing Bautista good luck for Monday's last day of work for 2014.  Herbert then asked where she was and then she replied about the mass for her staff.

The “Feng Shui 2” star was then surprised to see Bautista at her place.

“Kalagitnaan ng mass, dumating [si Herbert],” she recalled. “Sabi ko, 'gusto mo ba maki-pray?' Tapos sabi niya, 'Nagsimba na ako, dalawang beses lalagpas langit na ko.'”

'Friends until our dying day'

Aquino believes that Bautista's visits to her just means that “in his part, it was a genuine effort to say, 'Kris kung anuman ang nangyari sa atin pasensya na. Pero ito nandito ako kasi gusto kita i-congratulate at gusto kong makita mo na um-effort ako.'”

She added that she really wanted to remain friends with him because “I want him to remain a part of my life, I want us to be friends until our dying day and the reason I'm able to say that is because tanggap siya ni Bimb.”

So she asked the public, "Sana 'wag na nila bigyan ng any other kahulugan apart from the fact na we managed to become friends. When the year started we rekindled the friendship, and the year ended that I can say he's one of my closest friends.”