Heart Evangelista on Pia Wurtzbach: 'She's not my problem'
Heart Evangelista has spoken up anew about her rumored feud with Pia Wurtzbach, reiterating she doesn't have any problems with the beauty queen.
The actress-socialite was asked by 'King of Talk" Boy Abunda about the "true story" behind the so-called tension between her and Pia at a recently concluded GCash event. It supposedly has something to do with her former glam team that now works for Pia, who has also been spotted in several Fashion Week events.
"I think I've said in the past, when you go to Fashion Week, it is a party, everyone can come, what is the issue? And honestly, please, let's stop because there's a dime, a dozen of us that go there. But again, it goes back to, I went through hell in the past with certain people. You don't just, you know, do certain things," she said without going into detail. "There's called professionalism, and I'm a professional. I work hard for what I have."
"All is fair in love and war, I get that. But there are some things I feel that, you know, 'Okay naman tayo eh, wala namang ganunan.' But again, you have to go on with your life," she added.
Heart shared that she no longer questions what happened in the past despite it being painful as she knows "it had to happen."
"There's some things that you have to get your heart ripped out, it has to happen because things need to permanently change. Because you have to get to the next chapter of your life," she said.
"You will never be able to get to that next chapter if you have certain people with you and so because of that, I'm actually thankful that these things happened. Now, kung naging casualty ka sa sitwasyon na 'yun, nilagay mo 'yung sarili mo dun, wala, ganun talaga but that's done and truly, I'm thankful, okay? I'm thankful to each and every single person," shared Heart.
The socialite added that she has crossed paths with Pia but would prefer to have a conversation with her away from the cameras.
"I feel like it would be nice in any setting with anyone, not necessarily certain identities," she said. "I feel like in any setting, especially when you have the media always in front of you, I feel like it would be more real if there weren't any cameras to capture any moment. I think I'd appreciate that even more because, at the end of the day, she's not really my problem."
Heart had said in her previous interview in October 2024 that she "never had a problem" with Pia.
"Woman to woman, I never had a problem with Pia. In fact, I was one of those who cheered for her in the past. And I like to think it was the same for her," she said at the time. "It's the people that she chose to surround herself with for specific reasons that make this whole thing problematic."
On her former glam team
Heart has also opened up about her former glam team, noting how painful it is to have friends who turned into strangers.
"Sorry, pero nagpapakatotoo lang tayo. There are some people [who] you've allowed to enter your life. Not just friends, but even lovers in your past, you know? And for you to be strangers is very painful, you know? You've shown them your heart, and along showing them your heart comes through deepest, darkest secrets," she said.
Though she admitted that she was left heartbroken, Heart said she's choosing to hold on to the version of the people she knew when all was still well between them.
"I'd like to still believe in kung sino man yung nakilala ko sa time na yun, 'yun na lang 'yung tatandaan ko," she said. "And that's the only way for me to move forward. It's a good way of doing it. Yeah, because anyway, hindi ko naman ito kilala eh. Kilala ko 'yung ito eh. Pero, wala na sila sa buhay ko. Meaning to say, in my books, they don't exist because, parang tapos na yun eh."
"Talagang I don't feel anything towards anyone. Dumating sa point na I think when you're traumatized, you really don't even remember certain things. You don't even feel certain things," she lamented. "But all I know is, oh my God, I am who I am today because of everything."
Some members of Heart's glam team made the headlines in 2023 after makeup artist Justin Soriano and stylist Jeck Aguilar were rumored to have had a falling out with the actress. The makeup artist denied speculations that it was due to money matters as he defended Pia from allegations of stolen contracts.
