Kapuso artist Yasser Marta admitted that he developed “romantic feelings” for his co-star Claudine Barretto when they worked together in GMA’s “Lovers/Liars.”
The Sparkle actor sat down on the “Sarap Di Ba?” segment “Trip to the Hot Seat,” where his fellow guest, Liezel Lopez, asked Marta about his closeness with Barretto.
“Mula nung magkasama kayo sa isang soap, madalas kayong nakikitang magkasama ni Miss Claudine Barreto off-cam. On a scale of 1 to 10, paano mo i-re-rate ang level ng closeness/intimacy ninyo ni Miss Claudine Barretto?” Lopez asked Marta.
The GMA artist admitted that he is super close to the 44-year-old actress, even with her two children.
“Well, sa closeness namin ni Miss Clau, 10 talaga. As in sobrang naging close kami, ginagawa namin ‘yung ‘Lovers/Liars.’ Talagang oo,” adding that he is also friends with Barretto’s children.
Lopez then asked her follow-up question: “Nagkaroon ka ba ng feelings para sa kanya?”
“I’m going to be honest,” said the 27-year-old actor. “Totoo. Ako naman, ‘yung naramdaman ko at that moment, naging totoo ako, gusto ko rin naman talaga si Claudine.”
“Sarap Di Ba?” hosts Carmina Villarroel and her twins Casy and Mavy Legaspi teased the Sparkle artist for being on a first-name basis with Barretto.
“Kahit hindi siya si Claudine, kahit naman sinong lalaki, magugustuhan pa rin po siya. Bukod sa mabait, napakalambing, napakabuti ng puso niya,” asserted Marta.
Villarroel tried to verify if the feelings translated behind the camera, asking, “So nagkaroon ka ng feelings sa kanya off-cam?”
Marta justified that they are both not in any relationship as of now: “Single naman po ako. I guess, siya rin. Ako, siguro na-develop din po ako,” he said.
Barretto recently shared on Instagram that Marta gifted her with a pair of white sneakers from the high-end brand Golden Goose.
The young actor was previously in a relationship with fellow Sparkle artist Kate Valdez, while Barretto was married to Raymart Santiago for several years.
Barretto said in one of her interviews last year that she has not dated anyone since her split from Santiago and that she also has no plans to remarry.
Meanwhile, Santiago is rumored to be dating Jodie Sta. Maria.
