Kris Aquino surprises Mayor Herbert Bautista on his birthday celebration

The Queen of All Media now made a surprise appearance on the birthday celebration of his ex-boyfriend, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. (Photo: Kris Aquino/Instagram)

After they were seen together watching a film last week, the Queen of All Media now made a surprise appearance on the birthday celebration of his ex-boyfriend, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista.

Philippine Entertainment Portal (Pep.ph) on Thursday, May 24, reported that Kris Aquino went to a restaurant in Quezon City for Herbert’s surprise birthday party last night, which was organized by his high school friends.

According to the report, many were surprised by Kris’s visit; however, she did not stay for so long as she had to go back to the taping of her Star Cinema movie, “I Love You, Hater.”

Even though she was not able to spend more time with her ex on his birthday party, the actress and talk show host expressed a heart-warming message for Herbert, who turned 50 on May 12.

In an Instagram post on Thursday, Kris admitted that four years ago, she and Herbert “reconnected” and “attempted a ‘relationship’,” but life and responsibilities got in their way.

“4 years after I’m proud of the choices we made because we both have children we love and are very proud of. And he did right by prioritizing them, (advanced congratulations for Saturday’s BLESSING),” Kris said.

“I won’t lie – it took a lot of patience on his part and a lot of acceptance on mine to reach where we are. Trust me when I say- it is possible to 1 day be chill about a broken heart- because without it I wouldn’t have received lasting friendship,” she added.

The actress told Herbert that being the best parents they can be “wins over everything else in this ever-changing, temporary world.”

“They say you can’t move on to the next chapter of your life if you haven’t made peace with the last- I’m finally ready for the continuation of my life story,” Kris stressed.

The I Love You, Hater star said that she is still hoping that one day, there will be a “new character” whom she will introduce because, according to her, she “does still deserve a love story with a happily ever after.”

It can be recalled that Kris and Herbert were about to marry each other but their supposed wedding was canceled twice.

It was the actor-turned-politician who first backed out of their wedding, but proposed to Kris again on January 2017.

In an interview with People Asia Magazine in December last year, Kris revealed that she accepted the one-carat diamond ring Herbert gave to her while they were in Rome; however, their second-chance wedding was once again canceled when Kris decided to return the ring the following day.

“I returned it the next day because I said that we will always have responsibilities that came before he and I meet. And as long as our children are not done yet with their studies, I don’t think we have the freedom to be able to choose happiness,” she said.

“I returned the ring not because gusto kong iparamdam sa kanya kung anong pinaramdam niya sa akin (I want him to feel what he made me feel) three years before that. It was because nagising na ko (I woke up [to reality]),” she added.

Kris now maintained that she and Herbert are good friends, clarifying that nothing romantic is going between them.