Wowie de Guzman denies using wife's death as a publicity stunt

Widowed actor-dancer Wowie de Guzman bravely admit that he's still at a loss as to how he would move on after his wife Sheryl mysteriously died after taking painkillers last April 29.

However, what was clear for him during his live appearance on Buzz ng Bayan's Sunday episode is that he is not using the incident as a vehicle to revive his showbiz career.

"Hindi naman po ako naghahanap o nanghihingi ng interview. Actually nakikiusap sila sa akin, pinagbibigyan ko lang because I feel na miyembro parin naman ako ng industriya kahit na hindi na ako ganon ka-visible  sa TV," he answered as if to address his critics.

Furthermore, he believes that "karapatan naman siguro ng tao na malaman ang nangyari because andaming nagtatanong sa amin."

Questions and suspicions further surrounded his wife's death after Wowie and Sheryl's family opted not to have her body autopsied to determine what really caused her death.

To this, the former Universal Motion Dancer explained that even until this moment, a day after his wife was laid to rest in Pampanga, they are still yet to decide as to whether they want her remains to be autopsied or not.

"Kasi nung time na nandoon kami sa ER, nung i-pronounce na wala na siya 'yun nga, siyempre nung nandodoon kami hindi namin alam kung ano na nga ang nangyayari. Hindi pa nagsi-sink in sa amin. Ang gusto ko lang malapitan 'yung asawa ko at mayakap ng mahigpit kasi talagang unexpected even 'yung family niya na kasama ko. So nung tinanong kami about it, napagkasunduan namin na 'wag muna," he recounted.

"Up until now hindi pa rin kami nakaka-move on eh. Masakit parin sa aming lahat. Until now nagkakagulo parin sa bahay. Siguro sa mga darating na araw kapag bumaba na ng konti [ang emosyon] at matanggap na namin unti-unti ang nangyari. Siguro doon maliliwanagan ang isip namin because sa totoo naman po hindi naman po ganon kadali 'yung nangyari sa buhay namin," Wowie further explained.

Since news of his wife's death broke out, Wowie had been very open in admitting that a huge part of his life has been taken away from him.

"Ngayon pagkatapos po nung uwian na. Hindi mo alam kung ano na. Especially sa akin kasi talagang umikot 'yung mundo ko doon sa asawa ko lang eh. Lahat ng decisions ko tinatanong ko sakanya eh, ultimo pag lalabas ako sa TV tinatanong ko sakanya kung anong bagay kong isusuot. Parang hindi ko nga alam kung paano ako magde-desisyon sa isang bagay eh. Nagkaroon ng patlang ang buhay ko bigla. Sabi ko nga, 'Paano ko kaya tatapusin 'yung isang araw na wala 'yung asawa ko?'" He asked hypothetically.

With his wife's untimely death, Wowie says he now draws strength to move forward from his one month old daughter Alex Rafeal.

“Kung magpapaka-weak ako ngayon, kawawa naman 'yung anak ko. Parang ang tagal kong pinangarap na magkaroon ng sariling pamilya. Masakit ang nangyayari sa amin pero kailangan ko magpakatatag para sa anak ko kasi talagang kawawa naman 'yung anak ko kung bibigay ako,” he said.