Grace Lee, naglahad ng mga detalye tungkol sa kanila ni PNoy sa isang magazine

Cover photo ng isang magazine ang itinuturing “woman of hour" at “apple of the eye" ni Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino III na si Kapuso host Grace Lee.

Sa ulat ni Nelson Canlas sa Chika Minute ng GMA news 24 Oras nitong Huwebes, ikinuwento umano ni Grace sa Inside Showbiz magazine kung papaano sila nagkakilala ni Aquino.

Inilahad din ng 29-anyos na Kapuso host sa naturang babasahin kung ano ang mga common interest nila ng 52-anyos na binatang pangulo.

Sinasabing nagbigay din si Grace ng ilang detalye tungkol sa regalong ibinigay niya kay Aquino.

Nais umano ni Grace na makilala nang lubusan ang pagkatao ni Aquino, at hindi lang ang pagiging lider nito ng bansa.

Kamakailan ay namataan ang dalawa na magkasama habang tumitingin ng mga libro sa isang mall.

Source - FRJimenez, GMA News

I never said those things in interview, protests Grace Lee

‘JUST PRAYING’ TV host Grace Lee said she didn’t mention
the word ‘altar’ on her relationship with President Aquino but
she prayed that “everything will go well.” INQUIRER file photo

-By Fe Zamora (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines—TV host Grace Lee wants journalist Ellen Tordesillas to “formally apologize to the public” for a report that appeared on Monday in the Inquirer quoting Lee as having said that she hoped her relationship with President Benigno Aquino III would go “the full length.”
In her tweet @gracelee899, Lee described the article as “very false n vile.” The tweet was posted at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
In an earlier tweet, Lee said the article titled “Grace Lee sees herself marrying P-Noy” was a “lie.”
Later in the afternoon, Lee tagged @dziq990 in yet another tweet, saying, “I’m deeply offended that a journalist like Ellen Tordesillas would write an article of lies to sensationalize one’s private life. I never said anything remotely close to what her write-up says I did.”
Lee also asked Tordesillas to identify the source “who claims to have spoken to me regarding the PSG (Presidential Security Group) issue as this is not to be taken lightly.”
In the story, Tordesillas reported that Lee revealed that the President had offered to provide her with a security detail from the PSG.
Lee followed up the tirades with a light-hearted tweet at about 3 p.m. which said: “Ok enough na…. can’t let this affect me the whole day.  natatalo positivity ko! let’s cook! haven’t eaten whole day.”
Lee also on Monday sent a text message to Tordesillas informing the Vera Files reporter that it was her coanchor, DJ Suzy, and not herself who had said that the relationship between Lee and Mr. Aquino was headed for the altar.
Lee made the clarification in reaction to the Vera Files story that said she saw herself tying the knot with the President.
In her text message, Lee said, “The only points about your article I want to clarify is that I never uttered the words ‘altar’ or anything that might hint to desiring marriage.”
Lee later said in a phone interview with Tordesillas that the talk of she and the President ending up at the altar was part of the banter between hosts of the program, “Good Times in the Morning” which airs over FM radio station 89.9.
Lee said it was Suzy who replied, “the full length” when asked by New York-based DJ Mo Twister how long the relationship would last.
She also clarified that she did not say “I’m praying for this,” in referring to her relationship with Mr. Aquino. “What I said is that I pray everything will go well,” she said.

Grace Lee sees herself marrying P-Noy

This handout photo taken on December 23, 2011 and released by Malacanang on February 2, 2012 shows President Aquino talking to media personality Grace Lee prior to an interview at the Malacañan Palace in Manila. Aquino confirmed Wednesday he is dating the 29-year old native of South Korea. Photo by Gil Nartea, Malacañang Photo, AFP

-By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files (ABS-CBNnews.com)
The altar.
That’s where Grace Lee says her relationship with President Benigno Aquino III is headed.

In her morning show “Good Times in the Morning” last Wednesday, the Korean-born radio and TV personality was asked by her New York-based co-anchor Mo Twister how long their relationship would last.

She replied, “The full length.”

Needled further on where she expected their dates would lead to, Lee answered, “The altar.” She added, “I’m praying for this.”

Aquino celebrated his birthday on Wednesday, Feb.8, the same day Lee said they were destined for the altar.

The romance between the 29-year-old Lee and the 52-year-old Aquino has been met with skepticism by many who have become used to the President’s short-lived romances. Among those linked to him in his almost two-year presidency are Valenzuela councilor Shalani Soledad, who recently married Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo, stylist Liz Uy and stockbroker Len Lopez.

During the program, Mo Twister predicted the relationship to last until “August.”

He then opened the phone lines to the question, “How long will this (Aquino-Lee) relationship last?” One listener replied, “May.”

The bachelor president admitted two weeks ago that he has been dating Lee.

While Aquino asked media to grant him the privacy he said he was entitled to, Lee has been forthcoming in media interviews. She disclosed that she and the President would talk animatedly for three to five hours.

“He’s brilliant, he is the most intelligent man I’ve met in my life,” an obviously smitten Lee enthused, even describing the President as “a walking encyclopedia.”

Lee revealed in an off-camera talk with a TV host that the President had offered to provide her security courtesy of a team from the Presidential Security Group. This prompted Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte to say the Palace would still have to review whether or not the mandate of the PSG can cover even persons outside the President’s official family.

Lee’s talent manager Arnold Vegafria said the radio and TV jockey first met on June 27, 2011 at the inauguration of the Korea Electric Power Corp. in Barangay Colon in Naga, Cebu. He said the President was heard to have remarked that Lee was “guapa (pretty),” mistaking her to be Cebuana.

Their second meeting took place during the state visit of Korean president Lee Myung-bak in November, where Lee was in Malacañang as an interpreter and host of the event.

Before the end of 2011, Vegafria said the President granted Lee an interview in Malacanang for her radio show. “And that’s it,” he said.

In an earlier exclusive interview with TV5’s Luchi Cruz-Valdes for the show “Journo,” Lee admitted that the 22-year age difference between them sometimes bothers her. “But the more I get to know him, the less I feel the age difference,” she said.

Asked by Cruz-Valdes if she sees the relationship “pushing through already," Lee replied, “I don't think we're playing around. We're both not at the age to be playing around.”

In her radio show, Lee said she would try to convince the President to stop smoking.

She has met with two of the President’s elder sisters, Ballsy Cruz and Pinky Abellada, but has yet to meet his movie-and-TV-star sister, Kris Aquino.

Lee denied earlier rumors linking her romantically to Kris’ former husband, basketball star James Yap.

(VERA Files is put out by veteran journalists taking a deeper look at current issues. Vera is Latin for “true.”)