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'Can't Buy Me Love' pilot explains tragic past of Bingo, Caroline

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="" Buy="" Me="" lead="" stars="" Donny="" Pangilinan="" and="" Belle="" Mariano.="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/10/16/20231016-cbml.jpg"/><figcaption>&#x27;Can&#x27;t Buy Me Love&#x27; lead stars Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The pilot episode of the new romance teleserye &quot;Can&#x27;t Buy Me Love&quot; reveals the tragic past of Donny Pangilinan&#x27;s and Belle Mariano&#x27;s characters.</p><p>As a child, Pangilinan&#x27;s character Andrei is essentially orphaned after his mother Annie (Ina Raymundo) mysteriously left to settle a debt, and his alcoholic father Gilbert (Bernard Palanca) appears to die from a heart attack.</p><p>At a young age, Andrei tries to make a living at a wet market, where he meets Lola Nene (Nova Villa), whom he saves from a road incident. Andrei is nicknamed Bingo by Nene after winning the said game with him.</p><p>Meanwhile, the young Caroline, portrayed as an adult by Mariano, sees her mother (Shaina Magdayao) bloodied after an unidentified person invaded their house.</p><p>Caroline is forced to live with her step-family after being taken in by her father (Rowell Santiago). She is made to feel unwelcome by her step-siblings and stepmother, Cindy (Agot Isidro), who makes it a point to remind her that she is not part of their family.</p><p>As adults, Caroline and Bingo cross paths at the engagement party of her sister Bettina (Kaila Estrada).</p><p>“Can’t Buy Me Love” airs new episodes on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, Jeepney TV, TFC, iWantTFC, Netflix, A2Z, and TV5.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2842774" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The pilot episode of the new romance teleserye 'Can't Buy Me Love' reveals the tragic past of Donny Pangilinan's and Belle Mariano's characters.

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'Can't Buy Me Love' pilot explains tragic past of Bingo, Caroline

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 17, 2023 01:59 AM PHT

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