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Xian Lim admits to dating Iris Lee: 'We are seeing each other and we are very happy'

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

<div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Actor Xian Lim has finally clarified his current relationship status with film producer Iris Lee after months of speculations.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">In an interview for <em>Esquire </em>magazine’s cover story, Xian confirmed that he and the film producer are currently seeing each other.</span><span style="color:black;background:white"></span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Yes, I’m seeing Iris,” Xian announced. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Just to clear everything, to clear all the speculations. We are seeing each other and we are very happy,” he added. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C1lmWdEvfdo/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=728&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A775855.6999999285%2C%22ls%22%3A728939%2C%22le%22%3A729615.5999999046%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="857" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Xian also put an end to all the rumors that have circulated online regarding his breakup with <span style="color:black;background:white">actress and host Kim Chiu last December.</span>.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“These are the things that I want to clarify. Number one: that there was a third party. There&#x27;s no third party. That&#x27;s it. That plain and simple,” Xian clarified. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">He also added that he and Iris are not married and not living together, contrary to what has been claimed by some netizens.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Another rumor: when I see my friends—the people who are the last to even care about these things — kino-congratulate na ko. They say, ‘Congratulations on the marriage in New York!’ And I&#x27;m like, no, I am not married,” he expressed.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">He went on: “And there&#x27;s also this one absurd article, or a thing said about me, that I have been living with someone for years na daw. The only people I live with is my mom, my lola, my lolo. These are the things na, parang, it&#x27;s just so absurd and it&#x27;s just…why?!”</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong> </strong></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ybcVvPnkP/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=728&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A729636.1999999285%2C%22ls%22%3A728939%2C%22le%22%3A729615.5999999046%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="772" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Xian then stated how the rumors about his new relationship got out of hand and that it affected not only himself but also the people around him.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Things happen in life that we&#x27;re not going to be able to control. And as much as we don&#x27;t want it to happen, life happens. And it just pains me na parang may mga taong nadamay. That just really saddens me and that&#x27;s very unfortunate,” he said.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Ang busy-busy ni Iris, ang busy-busy ko. She has a lot on her plate, and I have a lot on my plate. And, you know, she doesn&#x27;t deserve all that flak. We don&#x27;t deserve that because all the things na people are saying, there&#x27;s no truth to any of it,” he continued. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2qhJpIvTV_/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=728&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A862285.5%2C%22ls%22%3A728939%2C%22le%22%3A729615.5999999046%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="858" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong> </strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Last December 23, Xian penned a lengthy message to his ex-girlfriend Kim with whom he had been in a relationship for 12 years.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“We have expressed our love for each other to the fullest and knowing that I got to share those moments with you, knowing our hearts beat as one at one point in our lives is truly something I will cherish for life,” he wrote.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/12/23/xian-lim-on-breakup-with-kim-chiu-you-deserve-nothing-but-the-best-1940" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:black;background:white">READ: Xian Lim on breakup with Kim Chiu: ‘You deserve nothing but the best’</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/12/23/xian-lim-on-breakup-with-kim-chiu-you-deserve-nothing-but-the-best-1940"></a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong> </strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Xian also added that though they had decided to part ways, it doesn’t stop him from respecting and admiring Kim as an actress and as a person. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Like all good things, it must eventually come to an end. I am grateful for all the moments we shared together. Thank you for all the unconditional love throughout the years. My respect and admiration for you as a person, as an artist, and as someone I spent more than a decade with will always remain,” he continued. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Although the two never disclosed the reason for their breakup, rumors speculated about a possible third party as Xian was spotted with the Filipino-Chinese film producer Iris, whom he worked with in his past projects.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Iris is a talented filmmaker. She&#x27;s my producer, and she&#x27;s also my creative partner,” Xian said in the same interview with<em> Esquire.</em></span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLjdjSlrrAX/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=728&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A904586.1999999285%2C%22ls%22%3A728939%2C%22le%22%3A729615.5999999046%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="540" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div><br/></div>

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Xian Lim admits to dating Iris Lee: 'We are seeing each other and we are very happy'

Nikka Sabio

Published May 02, 2024 10:09 PM PHT

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