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‘When the person is gone, maraming realization’: Carmina recalls once separating from Zoren

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/02/19/carminazoren.jpg"/><figcaption>Carmina Villaroel and Zoren Legaspi had been together for 12 years when the latter surprised the actress with a grand wedding ceremony in 2012. <em>FILE/Nice Print Photography</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — Carmina Villaroel realized Zoren Legaspi was the man she wanted to marry when they once broke up, the celebrity couple recalled.</p><p>The topic came up when Villaroel and Legaspi were interviewed by their children, Mavy and and Cassy, in a recent episode of “Sarap, ‘Di Ba?”.</p><p>Villaroel, 45, mentioned once separating from Legaspi when Mavy asked them when they realized they were “the one” for each other.</p><p>“Noong nawala siya, kasi parang nag-break kami for a while, e,” the actress said. “Noong nawala siya, doon ko na-realize. ‘Di ba iyon ‘yung sinasabi nila — &#x27;pag nawala na… Ang dami mong realizations when the person is gone.”</p><p>“Noong nawala si Zoren for a while, doon ko na-realize na, ‘Oh my gosh, I think he’s the one.’”</p><p>Legaspi, 48, did not provide a particular instance when the same realization hit him, but did recount the same breakup his wife referred to.</p><p>He explained to the 20-year-old twins that while they were never officially a couple — “parang best friends,” he said — there came a time when they decided to part ways for a while.</p><p>Villaroel, in a 2014 interview on “Kris TV,” said that the “cool-off” period with Legaspi lasted “months.”</p><p>“That time, I wasn’t really ready to have a serious commitment,” Villaroel said at the time.</p><p>When Villaroel and Legaspi started their romance in 2000, the actress had just separated from her former husband, Rustom Padilla, who has since transitioned as a transgender woman.</p><p>Referring to Legaspi, Villaroel said: “Pero with him, and with that cooling off period, parang I felt na, ‘Siya talaga.’ Mararamdaman mo talaga. Akala ko sa mga pelikula o libro lang. Hindi ako naniniwala sa ganoon. But you just feel it. I don’t know how to describe it, pero mararamdaman mo na, ‘Siya talaga ‘yung gusto ko makasama for the rest of my life.’”</p><p>Villaroel and Legaspi finally got married in November 2012 — just three months after “legalities” involving the actress’ previous marriage with Padilla were cleared — with Mavy and Cassie participating in a surprise grand ceremony prepared by their father.</p><div><strong>Related videos:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v4oZ2ifwzM8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UzcccvMsyeA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pjljlUdr9p4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>“Noong nawala si Zoren for a while, doon ko na-realize na, ‘Oh my gosh, I think he’s the one.’”</p>

“Noong nawala si Zoren for a while, doon ko na-realize na, ‘Oh my gosh, I think he’s the one.’”