Regine VelasquezMANILA — Not a few were surprised when singer Regine Velasquez became emotional when she interpreted a song—one that has a special meaning to her—on “Party Pilipinas" on Aug. 12. “Kasi, meron kaming bagong segment na ‘Mr. & Mrs. A.' Ano ‘to, ‘yung mga viewers natin magpapadala sila ng love stories nila tapos magre-request sila ng song," she shared on “H.O.T. TV" on the same day, Manila Bulletin reported. Unknown to the televiewers, their story for the episode hit quite close to home for Regine. “This week, for the first time ang ginamit naming story...hindi naman talaga namin kinuwento ‘yung buong story...'yung sa nanay at tatay ko. And ‘You'll Never Know' is their favorite song kaya medyo naging emotional ako." Regine also sadly related that her dad, popularly known as Mang Gerry, is not in the pink of health these days. “Siyempre kasi, medyo nagbabago na ang panahon," she said. “Actually, maraming nagtatanong sa akin [kung] okay daw ba si Papa kasi nagtu-tweet din ako. I just want to let everybody know that he's okay." Although she did not detail what ails her father, Regine noted, “He can be better, ‘yung parang I wish na mas okay pa siya, bumalik ‘yung dati niyang sigla, ‘yung gano'n." She added that it pains her to see her dad nowadays. — Agencies
