Pia Guanio admits marrying boyfriend
Confirming reports last week that she tied the knot with his non-showbiz boyfriend, TV host Pia Guanio admitted she’s now Mrs. Steve Mago.
In a phone interview on “Showbiz Central,” Oct. 9, Pia shared that the wedding took place last Oct. 1.
“I will categorically answer that and the answer is yes,” was Pia’s admission when asked if had indeed gotten married.
As her now-husband, businessman Steve Mago, is a private individual, the couple decided to invite only a handful of guests, mainly their family members because, “Ayaw talaga namin ng any kind of unnecessary distractions, which [is] what a real big wedding entails. So parang minabuti na lang namin to just have our families present because honestly, sila naman talaga ‘yung pinaka-importante. [And] of course ‘yung pastor namin and his wife [with whom] we have been having seminars for so many weeks just preparing for this event talaga.”
Pia also shared that a wedding is “a long time of preparation and I don’t mean flowers, I don’t mean themes, I don’t mean motifs, I don’t mean ten gazillion gifts. You were missing the forest for the trees, alam mo ‘yon? With all the preparations, sometimes nami-miss mo ‘yung mensahe talaga, eh, ‘yung kahalagahan talaga ng okasyon. This is what I love about what happened because it was very solemn, very meaningful and it was very heartfelt,” she shared about her experience.
The preparations took only a few days.
“If we talk about material preparations, siguro it all happened, thanks to Steve, in a matter of about [a] couple of days,” Pia said.
She also proudly declared she’s “like the most cooperative bride in the world” as “you will not see me bridezilla-ing.”
“But in terms of preparing ourselves spiritually for it, it took a while, mga a whole month of preparation. And I really have to thank pastor Paulo and his wife Jen because they really, really set us up spiritually.”
For Pia, what happened is “not just the wedding but for the more important thing, which is the marriage… which is a lifetime commitment.”
The TV host likened the Christian ceremony to a civil wedding.
“In every way, it’s a Christian blessing, it is a wedding by layman terms. And legally speaking, it is also civil wedding. Of course, nagkapirmahan na ng kontrata, no.”
While typhoon Quiel posed a big threat on Pia and Steve’s Christian ceremony, it seemed destined that the wedding would push through after all.
“The parents of Steve were kind enough to volunteer their garden for the garden wedding. But as you know, nu’ng weekend na ‘yon talagang tumotodo si Quiel. It was like, talagang I think it was meant to be because noong nagdating ‘yung mga guests namin tumigil ‘yung ulan. I kid you not. Tumila ‘yung ulan so that they were able to go inside parang like the Tent of NBC. We had like an NBC Tent set-up. Inside you couldn’t feel that there’s a storm raging outside. Ibang klase, ibang klase talaga ‘yung gift ni God. ‘Pag may approval Niya, lahat talaga titigil para lang things go as planned.”
Before the ceremony, Pia chided Steve’s yaya.
“Sinasabi ko nga doon sa yaya ni Steve, ‘O, ate Glo, si Steve, ha, baonan mo ng tissue baka humagulgol ‘yung alaga mo.’ Ang ending, ako ‘yung humagulgol from start to finish. And because of that everybody else cried.”
Sharing more about the emotional ceremony, Pia revealed, “My mom, who’s like a stone-pillar, actually shed a tear. Hindi umiiyak ‘yan, eh, pati daddy ko. At ‘yung iilang guest naming—I think we’re like a total of less than 50 people—there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. ‘Yun ‘yung sinasabi ko, kapag intimate ‘yung isang okasyon, damang-dama mo kung ano ‘yung nangyayari. I couldn’t have it any other way.”
Pia addressed some friend who felt bad because they have not been invited to the wedding.
“I know some of them feel a little bit slighted, some of them are a bit offended that they didn’t get told, they didn’t get invited, but you see, dito sa kind of industriya natin may mga protocols talaga, eh. The bosses have to know first before it all comes out in public. ‘Yun naman ‘yung ginawa ko. So, I’m telling my friends right now on national television, magkakaroon tayo ng susunod pa.”
Is the bigger wedding taking place in Europe?
“Remember how I was telling you guys that we wanted to have it in Italy, a beach wedding somewhere in Italy? Kaya lang, ‘yung sister-in-law ko is pregnant and we’re waiting for her to give birth. By the time she does, it’s going to be fall and nobody wants to be on a beach in a fall weather,” she shared.
With this, “We have to think about this all over again because… thanks to my sister-in-law, we have to go back to square one.”
Although they’re married for more than a week now, the newlyweds are taking their sweet time in going on a honeymoon.
“Wala pa kaming honeymoon na napa-plan kasi nga wala pang tiyempo bilang nag-Europe na kami just a few months ago. I think I have exhausted all my leaves for this year. Maybe next year na lang. After the bigger occasion, itutuloy na lang namin.”
By ALEX VALENTIN BROSASManila Bulletin
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