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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCemZeDM5XP/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Valeen Montenegro (@valeentawak)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-03-03T04:51:47+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Mar 2, 2016 at 8:51pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA – Actress Valeen Montenegro finally broke her silence about speculations that she caused the separation of Ciara Sotto and her husband, businessman Jojo Oconer.</p><p>Entertainment site <a href="http://www.pep.ph/news/62446/pep-exclusive-valeen-montenegro-denies-causing-the-separation-of-joe-oconer-and-ciara-sotto?ref=latest"><strong>PEP</strong></a> caught up with Montenegro at an event on Wednesday and the actress agreed to do an interview about the matter.</p><p>“How am I taking it?” she said. “It&#x27;s not something na I experience every day so parang nagulat din ako.”</p><p>Amid persistent rumors, Montenegro emphasized that she is not the third party in Sotto and Oconer’s marriage.</p><p>“Actually, I don&#x27;t want to talk about it din in a way na wala akong pakialam kasi, it&#x27;s something na...it&#x27;s really big for them, and there are other people involved,” she said.</p><p>When asked if she feels the need to defend herself against bashers who keep on calling her names, Montenegro said: “First, wala naman po kasi ring lumapit sa akin, wala ring nagtanong. Saka it&#x27;s best not to say anything, let the issue die a natural death.”</p><p>She then revealed that her talent management has advised her to just keep quiet about the issue, which she thinks is also the best way to deal with it.</p><p>“I cannot talk about it. The talent management also advised me not to,” she said. “Sorry, I really don’t want to talk about it.”</p><p>Montenegro also told PEP that she hasn’t had the chance to talk to either Sotto or Oconer since the issue surfaced.</p><p>In January, Sotto announced on Instagram that she has decided to leave her husband and go back to the house of her parents, Senator Vicente Sotto III and Helen Gamboa.</p><p>The singer-actress has yet to reveal the exact reason for her split with Oconer, but she has been hinting that a third party might be involved.</p><p>(READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/19/16/is-ciara-sotto-a-scorned-wife"><strong>Is Ciara Sotto a &#x27;scorned&#x27; wife?</strong></a>)</p><p>Sotto married Oconer in 2010. She gave birth to their first child, Vincezo Xose, last year.</p>

Actress Valeen Montenegro finally broke her silence about speculations that she caused the separation of Ciara Sotto and her husband, businessman Jojo Oconer.<br /> 

Actress Valeen Montenegro finally broke her silence about speculations that she caused the separation of Ciara Sotto and her husband, businessman Jojo Oconer.

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Valeen breaks silence on split of Ciara Sotto, husband

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Published Mar 10, 2016 11:51 AM PHT

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Updated Mar 10, 2016 01:20 PM PHT

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