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Maris Racal looks back on her first 'kilig' moments with Rico Blanco

By EJ Chua
Published February 21, 2024 6:00 PM PHT

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Maris Racal, Rico Blanco relationship


Maris Racal can't help feeling the 'kilig' whenever she recalls her sweet moments with Rico Blanco.

Singer-actress Maris Racal was the latest guest star in Dr. Vicki Belo's vlogs.

In the said vlog of Dr. Vicki Belo titled, 'Food Crawl and Maris Racal and Rico Blanco's Love Story,' Maris revealed how colorful her love life is.

Maris is happy and proud as she shared her first sweet moments with the famous singer Rico Blanco, who is now her boyfriend.

She also shared how they started to fall for each other.

According to the actress, before their romance developed, they collaborated on several music projects.

While becoming close because of their passion and love for music, Rico suddenly asked her to join him in a music-related event.

Maris shared with Vicki, “One day, bigla na lang siya [Rico Blanco] nag-aya… hindi movie eh, parang ininvite siya, music event. Nahiya ako. Sabi ko na lang may movie akong gustong panoorin…”

She added, “Nag-change 'yung mind ko, sabi ko sa kanya punta na lang tayo sa event ni Rambo [Nuñez]. Ang cute pa ng moment na 'yun… parang nagkakamabutihan sila nun ulit ni ate Maja [Salvador] ulit. Sobrang sabay namin together… ”

Following that, she happily told how their love story started.

She shared, “Bigla na lang nagka-developan, I kept it for two years…'Yung quiet na two years na 'yun like it was one of the happiest years na na-experience ko kasi totoo lang siya… masaya lang kami, we never dated outside here in the Philippines.”

After that, the actress was thrilled to share some details about her first date with Rico.

According to Maris, “Nung time na may work ako sa States, nagkaroon ako ng five days off sa Las Vegas, then sumunod siya, and that was our first date ever.”

She also mentioned to Vicki that she was 21 years old and Rico was 45 years old when they first worked together on a music project.

Maris and Rico confirmed and made their relationship public in May 2021.

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