MANILA, Philippines- Jhong Hilario admitted that he's in a relationship with a girl 15 years younger than him.
According to push.com's report, 35-year-old Hilario said in an interview with Anthony Taberna in “Tapatan ni Tunying” that he's in a relationship with Maiya, a 20-year-old student.
He was married before with a foreigner named Michelle, yet their relationship didn't work out.
“Mahirap din kasi yung long-distance,” he explained. “‘Di mo makita kung compatible ba kayo sa isa’t isa. Nalaman ko din sa kanya na ayaw niya dito. ‘Di ko din makita ang future ko doon sa England. Ano ang magiging trabaho ko doon.
“That time nakapasok na ako sa Showtime. Bumalik na yung career ko. Naisip ko yung iiwan kong pamilya. Di ko alam kung paano ko sila iiwan.”
He added that “nasa tamang edad na ako nun sinabi kong magpapakasal ako. Pero natutunan ko din naman na hindi porket kasal kayo, eh magiging kayo na forever.”
Meanwhile, he said that it was not easy for him, despite his celebrity status, to prove to his girlfriend's family that he has clean intentions for their daughter.
“Ito kasi yung babaeng ipinaglaban ko talaga kahit sinabing hiwalayan na,” he relates. “Mali ko lang din kasi nag-aaral."
“Pero nung nalaman nung family na ako yung boyfriend, and siyempre dumaan sa masusing pag-iimbistiga yan, kung ako ba yung Gary sa Mara Clara,” he said smiling. “Pero na prove ko naman sa kanila na malinis ang intensyon ko.”