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Jake Cuenca confirms relationship with Rabiya Mateo

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Reyma Deveza

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MANILA --  Actor Jake Cuenca has confirmed that he and Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo are officially together.&quot;Kami na,&quot; Cuenca told Boy Abunda in an interview on Wednesday.&quot;I&#x27;m really, really proud to say it. She&#x27;s an amazing woman, incredible woman and very intelligent,&quot; the actor added.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17799261160976b938480-fc4c-4f98-9868-e722dd14f65d.jpg" style="width:655px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="655"/>Screen grab: Instagram/Jake Cuenca</div>Asked how they met, Cuenca admitted that he started by &quot;liking&quot; some of Mateo&#x27;s photos before he sent the beauty queen a direct message on social media.&quot;Kasi sabi ko how else magko-cross &#x27;yung paths namin; we&#x27;re two different networks. ...She&#x27;s always definitely been a crush of mine and once tinapos ko &#x27;yung dalawang programa ko, once I was able to finish my responsibilities, I had to shoot my shot and I messaged her on social media,&quot; Cuenca said.&quot;I liked a few of her photos first, then finollow ko siya, then she followed me back and then our conversation started from there,&quot; he added.Cuenca said that one of the qualities he loves about Mateo is her dedication.&quot;I always tell her this, in this world of show business, we&#x27;re all like wanting to stay. We&#x27;re giving all our best and we&#x27;re all like thriving, always doing our best. She&#x27;s the person who&#x27;s willing to walk away from it and go to med school and I find that very remarkable. She just made it to UST med school, arguably the best med school in our country. For me, I&#x27;m very proud of her,&quot; he said.&quot;So I find it, for me, parang contrast, na ako sobrang passionate about show business and I&#x27;ve been here for 25 years. I find it very refreshing na kaya niyang gawin &#x27;yon. I find it very admirable na ide-dedicate niya ang sarili niya dito, this is going to be a long road in med school and I really find it admirable na gagawin niya ito especially everyone around us, everyone&#x27;s always trying to look for the fastest way or a shortcut. This way, she&#x27;s going to go the long way,&quot; added Cuenca, who described their relationship as &quot;very happy.&quot;It was during their recent trip to Hong Kong when he asked Mateo to be his girlfriend.&quot;We&#x27;re dating for three months and finally I asked her to be my girlfriend officially,&quot; he said.As a couple, the two promised loyalty and respect to each other and Cuenca admitted seeing himself marrying the beauty queen. &quot;I can see that. I don&#x27;t want to spoil it, ayaw kong magsalita nang ganoon but definitely with her I can really see it,&quot; he said.Reports romantically linking Cuenca and Mateo first circulated in March after they were spotted together at a restaurant in Taguig City.It was just weeks ago when the actor admitted that he&#x27;s exclusively dating the beauy queen.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/4/2/jake-cuenca-confirms-exclusively-dating-status-with-rabiya-mateo-1441" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jake Cuenca says &#x27;exclusively dating&#x27; Rabiya Mateo</a></div>In a recent interview, Mateo admitted that she&#x27;s in a  happy place.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/3/25/rabiya-mateo-on-the-status-of-her-heart-i-m-in-a-happy-place-0832" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rabiya Mateo on the status of her heart: ‘I’m in a happy place’</a></div>Cuenca previously dated actress Chie Filomeno. They broke up in October 2025.In September 2025, Mateo confirmed that she is single again after years of dating Jeric Gonzales.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/3/27/jake-cuenca-on-being-spotted-dating-i-m-not-gonna-hide-1950" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jake Cuenca on being spotted dating: ‘I’m not gonna hide’</a></div>

Actor Jake Cuenca admitted that he and Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo are officially together.

Actor Jake Cuenca admitted that he and Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo are officially together.

Jake Cuenca confirms relationship with Rabiya Mateo: 'Kami na'

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Jake Cuenca confirms relationship with Rabiya Mateo: 'Kami na'

Reyma Deveza,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 28, 2026 08:35 AM PHT

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