Aiko Melendez recounts how she became a Kim Chiu fan

Cristina Malonzo-Balane

<div><img src='' alt='030816-AikoMelendez_PUSH.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>On <i><a href='http://tonightwithboyabunda.abs-cbn.com'>Tonight with Boy Abunda</a></i>, <a href='http://thestoryofus.abs-cbn.com'><i>The Story of Us</i></a> actress Aiko Melendez revealed to host Boy Abunda how she became a Kim Chiu fan. “That was five years ago. I saw her in a mall with my daughter Marthena and then my daughter told me, ‘Mom, Mom that's Kim Chiu. Can you ask picture to be taken with her?’<i> Sabi ko, ‘I’m dyahe naman.’ ‘Sige na</i> Mom, please please I like her.’ So I went up to her and told her, ‘Kim, do you mind my daughter wants to take a picture with you.’ <i>Sabi niya, ‘</i>No! it’s my privilege and my honor Ms. Aiko.’ So <i>ako naman sabi ko</i> wow for a big star like her it’s so humble. So that's when I started liking her and then I see her movie, TV shows<i>, <a href='http://asap.abs-cbn.com'>ASAP</a> nanunuod talaga ako.</i> And then when I got a call about this project Tito Ninong, <i>sobrang kilig na kilig ako.</i> And then <i>nung</i> story conference <i>namin</i> I was just staring at her<i> sabi ko magpapaka-fan mode on ako ha,</i> ‘I like you.’”</div><div><br/></div><div>Aiko, who has now lost 40 lbs, said she is “beginning to bounce back Tito Ninong in all aspects—with loving myself, loving my work now more, and as a mother I’m becoming a better mother…”</div><div><br/></div><div>Asked about the romantic side of her life, Aiko admitted she is dating. “Oh yes not only one,” she said. However, there isn’t anyone special yet according to Aiko.</div><div><br/></div><div>Host Boy Abunda also reminded her of something she told him before. “Did you mention to me <i>na parang, ‘ano kayang ending nito, baka si Jom pa rin?</i>’”Jom is Jomari Yllna, Aiko’s former husband. The two get along well now and are seen in pictures together.</div><div><br/></div><div>Aiko laughed and admitted she did tell Boy that.  She even added, “I don’t know…<i> parang lahat ng tao</i> wants us back together because it’s just so beautiful. How can you see two exes together and then<i> yung parang wala lang nangyayari, parang</i> looking back… So everyone is just <i>uy magkabalikan na kayo. So parang pressure ito pero try natin.”</i></div>

Aiko Melendez talks about being a Kim Chiu fan and the possibility of getting back with Jomari Yllana.

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