{"id":15563,"date":"2013-06-02T21:06:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T21:06:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-06-03T00:06:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T00:06:16","slug":"Charice-Pempengco-comes-out-as-a-lesbian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15563","title":{"rendered":"Charice Pempengco comes out as a lesbian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The internationally renowned Filipino singer, Charice Pempengco, has boldly made it known to the public that she is in fact a lesbian.<\/b> The 21 -year old recently appeared on the Filipino show \u201cThe Buzz\u201d and revealed all to talk show host, Boy Abunda. Pempengo sported a new haircut and a new tattoo- only a few things which added fuel to the fire of rumors regarding her sexuality.<\/p>\n<p><b>While pointing out that Pempengco owed no one an apology, Abunda went straight to the point and asked her whether or not she was a lesbian.<\/b> Pempengco admitted yes with \u201cOpo, tomboy po ako.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Charice went into detail about her decision to reveal her sexuality in the Philippines. Explaining that she owes a lot to her home country, she decided they should be the first to know.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the interview here:<\/b><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lv2dTBM9pcM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nCharice went on to ask for forgiveness from her family and fans who may be shocked with her reveal. She explains how she took a break to herself and put a lot of thought into how she would reveal her identity. <b>She went on to say that for much of her life, she did things for her family, but this was for her:<\/v><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLahat po ng ginawa ko, \u2018yung nagpa-tattoo ako, nagpagupit po ako ng buhok ko, alam ko pong very risky pero ginusto ko po. Hindi po dahil sa nagre-rebelde ako o sinaktan ako ng pamilya ko o ng ibang tao or depressed ako, hindi po. Ginawa ko po \u2018yun dahil \u2018yun ang gusto ko,\u201d<br \/>\n<b>(translation: A lot of what I did, getting a tattoo, cutting my hair, I know it was very risky, but I wanted it. Its not because I\u2019m rebelling or because my family hurt me or because I\u2019ve become a new person or because I\u2019m depressed. I did these things because this is what I want.)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pempengco continued to tearfully apologize to her family and admitted that they are currently not in the best of terms. <b>This doesn\u2019t seem to be her only struggle. People in her neighborhood who have been discovering her identity have already showered her with an array of insults and jokes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Despite this rough time, Charice will not let this dampen her career. She confirmed that she will still continue singing and will begin recording soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internationally renowned Filipino singer, Charice Pempengco, has boldly made it known to the public that she is in fact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3259,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"sherlenewdhgtpiohowe","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a6e1bc5615a018ed8299c7b40111e6d93fca210b51c9c595510be5ace02cc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The internationally renowned Filipino singer, Charice Pempengco, has boldly made it known to the public that she is in fact","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":119,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"sherlenewdhgtpiohowe","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=3259"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a6e1bc5615a018ed8299c7b40111e6d93fca210b51c9c595510be5ace02cc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}