Lauren Young reveals she and Janine Gutierrez had “the talk” about common ex-BF Elmo Magalona

Lauren Young: “I don’t have any ill feelings towards Janine.”



 

“I don’t wanna think na coward ako, na wala akong initiative to do that. It’s just, I didn’t feel like it should come from me because I was the past. If she wanted to talk to me, then ok. If hindi nangyari yung ‘the talk,’ then I would respect that as well,” said Lauren Young (left) when asked about Janine Gutierrez (right) making the initiative for them to talk about their respective past relationships with their common ex-boyfriend Elmo Magalona.

Lauren Young revealed that Janine Gutierrez made the first move for them to talk about having been in a relationship with their common ex-boyfriend Elmo Magalona.

Without mincing words, Lauren related, “She was the one who broke the ice, not me. I appreciate that.

“To make everyone’s lives easier and so they don’t tiptoe around us. ‘Oh my gosh, issue, Elmo, whatever.’

“Tapusin na. Let’s talk about it.

“We’re fine. This is the closest we’ve been in two years!”

The two ladies sat down with the entertainment press at the launch of GMA Network’s new afternoon soap, Legally Blind, held at the 17th floor of GMA Network Center, Saturday night, February 11.

Asked how Janine initiated the talk, Lauren related that it happened when they were doing a familiarity workshop.

In an interview with PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) after the presscon, she elaborated, “There’s a certain exercise where you say things that you feel and are uncomfortable with.

“I guess, for the both of us, that was the one thing we are very uncomfortable with.

“It was talked about, it was addressed, and resolved.

“Now we work perfectly fine together.”

Lauren admitted that she felt relieved that she and Janine were able to deal with their respective past relationships with Elmo in a mature manner.

She explained, “I don’t wanna think na coward ako, na wala akong initiative to do that.

“It’s just, I didn’t feel like it should come from me because I was the past.

“If she wanted to talk to me, then ok.

“If hindi nangyari yung ‘the talk,’ then I would respect that as well.”

Lauren was rumored to be in a relationship with Elmo in 2013, but they never confirmed the real score between them. It was also not clear when they broke up.