TRENDING ang post sa Facebook ng isang nagngangalang Lisa Araneta, na ikinatuwa rin naming basahin dahil pamilyar na Korina Sanchez ang inilalarawan.

Aware ang mga mambabasa ng Balita na madalas naming isulat si Korina, lalo na ni Reggee Bonoan, na matatandaang sunud-sunod ang scoop noong hindi pa alam ng publiko ang relasyon nila ni Mar Roxas. Dumating sa punto na nag-akala kaming nakukulitan na si Korina sa gossip items namin, kasi pati ba naman umagang-umagang paglabas niya sa compound ng pamilya ni Mar inilabas din namin.

Hindi pa sila kasal noon, at ang punto ni Reggee, live-in na ang dalawa.

Kaya nakahanda kami sa pagsita niya kapag nagkita kami.

Pero never niya kaming sinita. Hindi pala ugali ni Korina ang ganoon. Sa halip, aliw na aliw siya sa amin ni Reggee.

Tuwing may interview kami sa kanya at tinatanong namin siya kung may mali ba sa mga scoop namin, riot ang biruan at pulang-pula ang mukha niya sa katatawa.

Ito namang si Reggee, sumusobra kung minsan. Kasi, pati ba naman kung paano mag-loving-loving sina Mar at Korina, itinatanong! Sinisipa ko na ang paa sa ilalim ng mesa, arya pa rin. Kasi naman si Koring, sagot din naman nang sagot.

Kaya kung gusto ninyo ng juicy details, itanong na lang ninyo kay Reggee dahil kahit isulat niya, hindi ko talaga ilalabas, ha-ha-ha!

Bilang kasamahan sa media na dati na naming tinitingala, mas tumaas pa ang respeto namin kay Korina. Kahit mas sanay sa hard news, naiintindihan niya na journalism pa rin ang “soft news” o ang trabaho ng mga tsismosong tulad namin.

Matagal na kaming nagre-request ng bagong interview kay Korina, pero hindi kami mapagbigyan dahil paspasan ang pagtulong niya sa kampanya ni Mar. Siya ang madalas na kasa-kasama ng mga artista sa sorties.

Naririto ang Facebook post na as of yesterday ay may 1,700 likes, 1,327 shares, at 186 comments, kasunod sa hulihan ang reaksiyon ni Korina sa pamamagitan ng kaibigan niyang si Girlie Rodis:

ON KORINA SANCHEZ.

I am very “permissive” or “supportive” when it comes to whom one chooses to love and/or marry. I try to make no judgments because I must respect the chemistry that is unique to lovers and the choices people make, the way I want my choices respected.

Which brings me to the way Korina Sanchez has been turned into an issue against Mar Roxas. “Mar is okay,” people say, “but I do not like his wife.” My retort always is, “So you prefer Elenita Binay?” Then they laugh and say, “No.” Sometimes I add, “Which of Duterte’s mistresses do you want in Malacañan?” or “Would you rather the American, Mr. Llamanzares, the one who says he will become Filipino only if his wife wins, be the First Gentleman?”

I am not a fan of Korina Sanchez, but whoever a man loves, he loves. And he should not be made to hide her. His campaigners should not allow themselves to be neutralized by Mar’s opponents for Korina Sanchez has more pluses with the CDEFG crowd than minuses. It’s only the AB who are eyeewed by her but the decent people will vote anyway for the Roxas-Robredo tandem.

And I think it would only be fair if we compared candidates with other candidates and spouses/companions with other spouses/companions. Korina is not running against Poe, Duterte and Binay. She is “running” against Elenita, Duterte’s mistresses, Llamanzares, and compared to them she is far more acceptable to people like me.

I am thinking it is time we set our thoughts aright as far as this matter is concerned.

Ito ang ‘komento’ ni Girlie Rodis:

Forwarded by Korina through me:

Lisa, hi.

A classmate of mine forwarded this to our classmates Viber thread and I got to read it. Hey, thanks for giving me a thought and for the generous gesture of going public with your support.

I’ve long made peace with the narrow minded judgments of some people in the AB. I don’t really care much about them as I embrace my universe of CDE with passion. I love the poor. The rich constantly disappoint. So, goodbye to them haha.

Our campaign is doing well. We are in a good place and are working very hard the right way to win this election.

I pray that our voters choose well. This country will get the president it deserves.

My best, Korina (DINDO M. BALARES)