Joyce Ching's Reaction To Allegations Of Their Co-Stars That She And Kris Martinez Have Indeed Reconciled

JOYCE CHING has been accustomed to playing kontrabida roles, so she welcomes with alacrity the chance to play the lead role opposite Kristoffer Martin in “Healing Hearts” that starts airing on May 11. “Actually, nanibago ako kasi sanay nga akong ako ang nang-aapi,” she says. “But this time, ako yung sinasampal, tinutulak, sinasabunutan. As a baby, napalayo ako sa mother ko ritong si Mickey Ferriols after she’s jailed for killing my dad, Neil Ryan Sese, na nahuli niya in bed with his mistress, Angelika de la Cruz. Ninakaw ako as a baby at lumaking katulong ni Maureen Larrazabal na inaapi-api ng anak niyang si Krystal Reyes. Marami akong hirap na pagdaraanan dito.”
 
She and her leading man and ex-BF, Kristoffer Martin, both keep on saying that they’ve not yet kissed and made up, but their co-stars, like Ken Chan who plays Kristoffer’s best friend, says he has noticed they’ve become so close again at “mukha ngang nagkabalikan na.”

“Ay, hindi po, totoo po ‘yun, hindi pa po talaga!” she vehemently denies. “Kasalanan din namin siguro kasi, may isang taping kaming niloloko namin sila. “Sabi namin, ‘Kami na uli, tingnan n’yo, oh, kami na .’ But joke lang talaga yun, niloloko lang namin sila.”

So is there really no chance for them to have a second round. “Yung chance, we’re both open naman sa possibilities. Parehas kaming hindi nagsasalita nang patapos. And in fairness to him, maalaga pa rin siya. Nag-uusap kami palagi, ganu’n pa rin ang concern niya. But as of now, we’re really both very busy sa trabaho, tapings, at sa school. Pareho kasi kaming nagbalik sa college. He’s taking up entrepreneurship in San Beda and I’m enrolled in filmmaking in Meridian College.”

Since the title of their show is “Healing Hearts”, did she go through a process of healing when they broke up more than a year ago? “It’s not a long process of healing kasi we parted as friends. Naalagaan namin yung friendship namin kaya hindi kami bitter sa isa’t isa. Kaya dito sa ‘Healing Hearts’, kahit marami kaming kissing scenes, wala kaming ilangan ta­laga. May eksena pa ngang galing sa pagsu-swimming si Kris at nakatapis lang siya ng tuwalya, then natumba kami nang nakapatong ako sa kanya. Nagawa naman namin nang tama, walang take two. Pero kung magkakabalikan nga kami talaga, hindi pa namin masabi at this point.”