ACTORS Edu Manzano and Cherry Pie Picache might think they’re senior (in the case of the former) and grown up enough to flaunt their love affair so the saying “love knows no age” or “romance is for young and old alike” could apply to them.
Edu and Cherry Pie might not be Bea Alonzo and Dominic Roque or Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla anymore, but they are also entitled to show their love and care for each other anytime, anywhere.
But after Manzano had affirmed his relationship with Picache to TV5 newscaster Cheryl Cosim, the couple has remained silent.
It might look awkward if more photos and exposures of their sweet togetherness would be publicized in the so-called mainstream media networks or uploaded on social media, but Doods and Pie might break tradition and lead a relevant pack of lovers defying ageism or “hindi na bagay sa kanilang mga edad (not suited to their age)” mentality.
Edu and Pie’s love affair started in their ABS-CBN’s primetime drama “Marry Me, Marry You” where they are playing estranged parents of actor Paulo Avelino.
It’s true that constant companionship could breed romance.
At first, Manzano and Picache were just playing it cool by just being themselves privately but when they went abroad—together with fellow stars Arci Muñoz and Janine Gutierrez—some intimate moments were revealed in photos and documents.
In New York, they were photographed with friends and colleagues. Even then, Doods and Pie were seen very sweet with each other, sitting together side-by-side and there was a picture that captured the actress leaning smilingly on the actor’s shoulder. Even their company was cheering on their sweetness and oneness.
It’s no secret that Edu had past formal marriages, first with Vilma Santos and later, with Maricel Soriano. He and Vilma have a son, Luis Manzano. Eventually, these two unions were dissolved legally respectively and the man was single anew.
He then met model Rina Samson and sired her kids Addie and Enzo Manzano.
After his and Rina’s affair ended, he was romantically linked with social entrepreneur Iryne Garcia but since the story of the Edu-Cherry Pie romance went around, it’s noticeable that he and Iryne unfollowed each other on socmed.