In July 2023, the rumor mill began buzzing about a blossoming romance between heartthrob Joshua Garcia and Pinay-French golfer Emilienne Vigier. The actor prefers to keep his love life on the DL, (“sa panahon ngayon, mas okay kung private na lang tayo“) but that hasn’t stopped netizens from enjoying his social media exchanges with Emilienne!
Here’s everything you need to know about how their love story began.
June 2023: Did Joshua and Emilienne go on vacation together in Palawan?
It all started in June 2023, when some eagle-eyed netizens noticed that Joshua and Emilienne seemingly went on vacation together in Palawan—they reportedly posted several photos with the same background.
July 2023: Joshua commented on Emilienne’s Instagram post
They also had an adorable exchange on IG under Emilienne’s post in July 2023. Emilienne shared a stunning photo of herself with the caption “J’adore vivre et boire du vin,” which translates to “I love to live and drink wine.”
“Ang ganda ng lighting,” Joshua commented, to which Emilienne replied, “Wow ah, lighting lang?” LOL!
August 2023: Joshua talked about keeping his dating life private in his Cosmo cover
In his August 2023 Cosmo cover, the actor revealed that he prefers to keep his dating life under wraps. “In my opinion, what happens between you and your partner should remain between the two of you alone. It is your life together and your problems shouldn’t be shared to anyone because those experiences and hurdles can only be fixed by the two of you.”
September 2023: Joshua opened up about his love life (without naming names)
On September 23, 2023 Joshua broke his silence regarding his love life during the mediacon for his film Fruitcake.
“Okay, para ma–klaro na lahat and wala na ring maitanong ang lahat, baka sabihin kasi nila, dine-deny ko yung babae, diba? Hindi ko siya dine-deny. It’s just that ako and her decided not to share it to everyone kasi yung relationship na yan, eh kami lang naman yung parte don,” the actor shared.
November 2023: Joshua and Emilienne had another cute exchange on IG
Emilienne shared an IG reel edit of her time in Tokyo (she began posting about her trip to Japan in October 2023, fyi), and Joshua was quick to tease her.
“Daming time mag edit hahah,” he typed. “dami free time kasi pag #MORNINGPERSON,” she replied. Does her emphasis on the hashtag imply that he is *not* a morning person? LOL!
December 2023: Emilienne and Joshua went to Thailand together
On December 21, 2023, Emilienne uploaded a carousel of photos on Instagram from her trip to Thailand. “safe space,” she captioned it, with the emojis for a heart gesture and the country’s flag.
The third photo in the album features the couple taking an evening selfie (flash on, of course!). This is the first time Joshua’s officially been featured on Emilienne’s IG feed. Can we take this as a relationship hard-launch?
December 2024: Joshua featured in Emilienne’s 2023 recap Reel
“Good year with the only people I need, golf & work,” she captioned her post, using the song “I Just Need” by Daniel Allan feat. Lyrah as background music.
We spotted a kiss at 0:05, a shot at a bridge in Japan at 0:08, the couple enjoying an autumn walk at 0:09, Joshua doing Emilienne’s glam at 0:09, Joshua playing soccer at 0:13, and them drinking with friends at 0:17. Did we miss any?
January 2, 2024: Joshua was a guest at the wedding of Emilienne’s best friend
Fast forward to January 2024, and it looks like the couple have made things *IG offish* on the main Feed. Emilienne was a bridesmaid at her best friend Alyanna Gardiola‘s wedding last December 2023, and she and the rest of #TeamBride all wore matching blue gowns. So cute—were they the bride’s “something blue”?
Joshua was Emilienne’s date to the wedding, and although she didn’t share a photo of them together, she did share a group photo of the “BEST TABLE” squad. LOL!
January 23, 2024: Emilienne posts a Japan dump featuring plenty of pics with Joshua
Half of Emilienne’s photo dump features pics of her and Joshua, several in funny situations—it seems like the actor is fond of…affectionately biting her head? LOL!
It seems like this couple is fond of traveling—from Palawan to Japan to Thailand in 2023, we wonder where they’ll choose to visit next in 2024!
