The Secret Wedding Is Not A Private Wedding After All

I've had enough of Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo blathering about their "secret" wedding every where. It's been three weeks and I can't watch TV or read a magazine without their happy mugs telling everyone how they managed to fool everyone about their weddings plans.

They wanted the ceremony itself to be solemn and private, that's why they got rid of the superfluous elements from the occasion. Meaning no fans, no media and no other friends except the closest ones, who will later on blab about their participation in the event, feeling so proud that they got to be invited in this "oh-so-secret wedding." They minded that many people will ruin the wedding for them, but they didn't mind that reporters are all tripping all over themselves trying to get the exclusive.

These two wanted to have their cake and eat it too. And the media allowed them to. The want the privacy, but it's now a free-for-all after they got what they wanted. I'm being a jelly h8ter or an ampalaya. It's just all these coverage is getting annoying. Nakakasawa na. Kumbaga sa litson, nakakaumay na.

I was hoping the last of the coverage was the wedding in its entirety exclusively shown on ABS-CBN. But nope. There is still the exclusive wedding photos on the June 2009 issue of YES! Magazine. I didn't know that you can get married in April and still end up a June bride. That's how long the attention has been on the Judy Ann-Ryan wedding.

After the wedding, there is the exclusive unveiling of their marital house in Paranaque to exploit next. Then the pregnancy and birth of their first bio son or daughter. Judy Ann already announced that she will make herself scarce during her pregnancy because she doesn't want to be seen bloated. Vanity or another scheme to focus attention on her? I'm sure if she could manage it, she would hide in a cave and give birth there to give a cast of certainfreakiness uniqueness to the major event.

This secret wedding is nothing more than a PR scam - to get more attention and money out of it. I will let our dog eat my shoe if they did not get a centavo from that ABS-CBN exclusive and that exclusive magazine photo shoot.

Juday-Ryan Secret Wedding Is Wedding of the Year

The secret wedding turned out to be the much-talked about wedding of the year. Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo were able to pull off their wedding last April 28 in a small church in San Juan, Batangas without the entire Philippines knowing. Details of the wedding were hush-hush because the couple wanted their special day to be solemn and attended only by close friends and family.

Okay, I must admit they look so happy together. I hate them. :P

Individually, I am meh about Judy Ann and Ryan Agoncillo. But together, they are one of the few real and reel couples who make me kilig. It was un-"famewhorish" of them to be tight-lipped about their wedding plans, so I though "good for them." Considering that local TV networks try to outbid each other to get the exclusive wedding coverage of celebrities and non-celebrities alike (hello Ina Revilla and whatshisface), what Judy Ann and Ryan accomplished was no mean feat.

But then, I spoke too soon because immediately the following day they are all over my TV explaining why they could not invite all the press, the fans, as well as the employees and executives of Meralco. You made the wedding a secret deliberately, so own it! I don't get the apology simply because, as heartless as it may sound, all those who are not invited are just extras. They will not make your special day more special because the people who matter are in attendance already. Sorry fans, but you have to see the wedding second-hand.

If I were a celebrity, my wedding would be a closed-door affair. Let's face it. There are fans who are ignorante. As soon as they see a celebrity they will start screaming, take photos or videos. We've seen those fans sa lamay ni Fernando Poe, Jr and the wedding of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion. So, NO! The fans are out. Panoorin nyo na lang sa TV or bili ng magazine para makita ang photos.

The media blitz following the Juday Ann-Ryan wedding included all sorts of interviews with the newly weds. I've watched and heard several of those and all I can say is there is no concept of "TMI" and "none of your business" whatsoever. The couple was asked if something happened during their first night. I was like "ugh! taaaacky!" Who asks that kind of question?! More importantly who gamely answers that kind of question?

There were several wedding receptions where the not-invited can attend. Papa Piolo Pascual was invited to one of receptions. Good for him for not attending because it was probably a meaningless invitation. Like "it's good if you attend. It's also good if you don't. No skin off my nose" kinda thing. In short pakitang tao na invitation. Okay, I'm probably giving too much credit to Papa Piolo in the self-awareness department, but that's how I read the situation.

Papa Piolo can turn the tables on them when it's time for him to get married. In an interview, Papa Piolo said he's not yet getting married because he's still saving money. So until then, we need to have our Congress pass the birth control law, the divorce law and same-sex marriage law.