Phoemela meets Anne after bar incident; hopes for more acting stint

MANILA, Philippines- Phoemela Baranda and Anne Curtis met in an event, more than a month after the bar incident where they were involved.

Phoemela and Anne, who are both Viva talents, exchanged pleasantries during the PInoy Box Office launch Wednesday afternoon, February 5.

“Matagal na, matagal na ‘yon,” Phoemela replied when asked about seeing Anne again. “Last year pa ‘yon di ba? Sobrang tagal ng wala, even the day after that incident wala na kasi nangyari.”

The model-host has earlier denied that Anne told her the line “I can buy you, your friends, and this club,” which has since become one of the more popular lines and statements in 2013. 

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“The day after the incident, bago pa lumabas, naayos na namin ‘yon,” she said. “So when it came out huli na kayo sa balita. It’s just that lumaki nang lumaki na hindi na naming namalayan na may nag-uusap pa pala about it.”

Posing for FHM

Meanwhile, Phoemela is very happy about the positive feedback she’s getting after she posed for the cover of FHM magazine.

This is the third time that she posed for the men’s magazine.

“Sabi nila [FHM], ‘bakit ayaw mo na mag-cover?’ Sabi ko, hindi naman, kasi this is my third already and the gap was 10 years. So Doc Marlon naman is the photographer, so he assured me na okay siya, I trusted him so okay naman lumabas,” she said.

Though Phoemela is known for her sexy body, she related that she still went on a diet before the shoot.

“Ayaw ko kasi ng masyadong ma-photoshop ‘yong picture ko,” she explained. “Dati parang ang dali-dali ng shoot. You just go to the shoot and then ‘yon na. Now I went on a diet talaga, nag-juice cleanse ako.”

As for her showbiz career, Phoemela is set to host a showbiz oriented talk show under Viva Channel, which is still being ironed out. But she also hopes to do more acting roles this year.