VERY rarely in showbiz do we stumble upon a male celebrity and a personal assistant as tightly bonded as Piolo Pascual and Moi Bien. Moi may no longer be under the actor’s employ but their relationship has become one of family.

The 46-year-old actor has become so at home with Moi that even to this day, the latter is Piolo’s favorite masseuse who feels honored if not giddy whenever she wipes his drenched face after every strenuous exercise.

Moi is always ready with videotaping such sessions much to the envy of shrieking female fans who look up to Piolo as their object of fantasy. Then there goes Moi’s threat. “You will soon be 50, Piolo (Piolo is now 46),” she would jest in Filipino, “When you reach that age and you are still single, you’ll be mine!”

It should be noted that Moi is simply grateful that even if she’s his personal assistant no more, Piolo is always at her beck and call.

Proof is that whenever Moi needs to pay for her child’s tuition fees, Piolo is around to hand her the money.

But wait, theirs is a “conditional love” as there exist strict no-nos that Moi has to comply with at all times.

Moi shares how constantly her former employer keeps an eye on her, making sure she’s doing perfectly well in life.

“He monitors my Instagram posts. I can’t post anything unpleasant,” she reveals, perhaps taking a cue from Piolo himself who’s not exactly a soc-med junkie.

Restricted are Moi’s posts regarding her love life, “I can’t also post any update about my partner so I keep everything in that aspect a secret.”

Well, take it from Piolo who — in the first place — is consistent with not letting the public into his inner sanctum. Piolo values his sense of privacy so much despite being a public figure.

Moi realizes Piolo’s well-meaning advice to reserve something for oneself to keep the mystery.

All said, Moi can’t be any happier that if it were not for Piolo, showbiz doors wouldn’t have swung open for her.

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AI AI delas Alas and Pokwang — interesting as it may sound — share the same post-relationship epiphany: they believed their respective partners never loved them at all when still living together.

While promoting their musical comedy show “Dating Kami” which went on stage at a Los Angeles theatre last January, Miguel Vera intimated that Ai Ai felt he didn’t love her.

Of course, it was a mistaken feeling as the comedienne had born two adorable kids Nicolo and Sophia, both US-based, by Miguel.

I for one was privy as to how Miguel struggled to keep their marriage intact even if Ai Ai was a much bigger star than he was.

Now both Ai Ai and Miguel can laughingly talk about their inanities as well as insanities which spiced up their relationship.

Meanwhile, Pokwang isn’t far behind Ai Ai as far as her six-year romance with Lee O’Brian is concerned.

“I feel that he never really loved me,” was Pokwang’s straightforward admission when interviewed on Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

She cited that she and Lee wouldn’t talk to each other even if their paths crossed on the stairwell.

That — she thought — was the aftermath of her asking Lee about how their conjugal bottled food business was doing since it was Pokwang who financed it.

To finally resolve the issue, Pokwang confessed to having driven Lee out of their house. After all, Lee had never supported their five-year-old lovechild Malia financially.

Being a supposed partner-wise, Pokwang claimed that not even once had she received flowers from Lee on special occasions.

While the comedienne’s confounding revelations have spiraled out of control, here’s hoping that like Ai Ai and Miguel, Pokwang and Lee get along well for Malia’s sake, well, not necessarily back in each other’s arms.