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‘Nonsense, irrelevant’: Daniel Padilla dismisses post linking him to Barbie Imperial

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Screen superstars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo have been a couple for nearly 10 years. Instagram: @supremo_dp" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/01/07/daniel-padilla,-kathryn-bernardo.jpg"/><figcaption>Screen superstars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo have been a couple for nearly 10 years. <em>Instagram: @supremo_dp</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Screen superstar Daniel Padilla dismissed as “nonsense” a post linking him to Kapamilya actress Barbie Imperial.</p><p>Through an Instagram Stories update on Friday, Padilla shared a screenshot of his comment on a news outlet’s Facebook post about a netizen’s insinuation of his supposed ties with Imperial.</p><p>“Cheating speculation?” Padilla wrote. “Na nanggaling lang sa salita ng isang tao na wala lang magawa? Please. This is nonsense and irrelevant.”</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Instagram: @supremo_dp" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/01/07/supremo_dp.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Instagram: @supremo_dp</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The netizen, whose account is widely followed, published a series of posts early this week implying that Padilla has romantic ties with Imperial, with mentions of the actor’s mother Karla Estrada, and Padilla’s long-time reel and real-life partner Kathryn Bernardo.</p><p>Neither Padilla nor Bernardo directly addressed the netizen’s posts, until the news outlet picked up the rumor and published it.</p><p>Around the same time the claims made the rounds on social media, beauty queen MJ Lastimosa, who formerly co-starred with the couple in “La Luna Sangre,” shared a screenshot of her private chat with Bernardo, indicating that all is well in their relationship.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">kabogera yun asa trending topic ha!!!! ooops na post ~ <a href="https://t.co/Xap8CHC2Ld">pic.twitter.com/Xap8CHC2Ld</a></p>— MJ Lastimosa (@MJ_Lastimosa) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJ_Lastimosa/status/1479054573327159296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“Alagang Ford po,” went part of Bernardo’s message, pertaining to Padilla’s real last name.</p><p>Padilla, 26, and Bernardo, 25, have been together for nearly a decade. They will celebrate their 10th anniversary in May.</p><p>The two are also set make their teleserye comeback via ABS-CBN’s “2 Good 2 Be True” this year.</p>

“Cheating speculation?” Padilla wrote. “Na nanggaling lang sa salita ng isang tao na wala lang magawa? Please. This is nonsense and irrelevant.”