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6 years later, 'The Legal Wife' trends anew as Angel, Maja have 'royal rumble'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/04/14/20200414-the-legal-wife.jpg"/><figcaption>Monica (Angel Locsin) attacks Nicole (Maja Salvador) after discovering her affair with her husband Adrian (Jericho Rosales) in the &#x27;Royal Rumble&#x27; episode of &#x27;The Legal Wife.&#x27; <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Six years since its original airing, &quot;The Legal Wife&quot; topped Twitter trends anew as its rerun aired the now-iconic confrontation of its lead characters.</p><p>The hit ABS-CBN drama returned as part of the network&#x27;s temporary TV programming during the coronavirus quarantine, which has halted its current entertainment productions.</p><p>In the April 14 episode of the series, which was condensed for its Kapamilya Gold run, Monica (Angel Locsin) finally confirmed her suspicions as she witnessed first-hand the affair of her husband Adrian (Jericho Rosales) with her best friend Nicole (Maja Salvador).</p><p>Whereas in the original run, Monica&#x27;s confrontation with Nicole and her initial discovery of the affair were episodes apart, in the compressed version, the memorable scene dubbed &quot;The Royal Rumble&quot; was also shown in the same episode.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iLpTStAsA7g?enablejsapi=1"></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>In that scene, an enraged Monica attacks Nicole, who admits to being consumed by envy after feeling unwanted and unloved most of her life.</p><p>The violent confrontation proved to be impactful now as it was then when it originally aired in 2014, going by reactions to it on social media.</p><p>In fact, on Tuesday afternoon, &quot;The Legal Wife&quot; became a top trending topic on Twitter, with viewers praising the portrayals of Locsin and Salvador.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">The Legal Wife is trending! Thank you sa lahat ng nakatutok!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TLWTheFurious?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TLWTheFurious</a></p>— STAR CREATIVES (@StarCreativesTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarCreativesTV/status/1249968497519505410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">3rd spot trending! The Legal Wife<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TLWTheFurious?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TLWTheFurious</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/StarCreativesTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StarCreativesTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/wRWBypJTeY">pic.twitter.com/wRWBypJTeY</a></p>— The Legal Wife 2014 (@itsallaboutTLW) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsallaboutTLW/status/1249980786947665924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Solid ang mga reaction sa The Legal Wife. Thank you ABS-CBN for bringing back again this iconic series of Angel Locsin.<a href="https://twitter.com/StarCreativesTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StarCreativesTV</a><a href="https://twitter.com/143redangel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@143redangel</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZkbUQHFXak">pic.twitter.com/ZkbUQHFXak</a></p>— Angel Locsin Supporters (ALS) Fans Club (@AngelSupporters) <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelSupporters/status/1249982795910230017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

<p>Six years since its original airing, "The Legal Wife" topped Twitter trends anew as its rerun aired the now-iconic confrontation of its lead characters.</p>

Six years since its original airing, "The Legal Wife" topped Twitter trends anew as its rerun aired the now-iconic confrontation of its lead characters.