COCO Martin clarified that the viral social media post of him seemingly kissing “Ang Probinsyano” co-star Yassi Pressman was just a chaste cheek-to-cheek, which he regularly shares with the young actress.
Martin and Pressman play a couple in “Ang Probinsyano” and fans are clamoring to make the on-screen love a reality. So when a brief video and photos of the two of them sweetly greeting each other were posted on the internet, they quickly became viral.
“Hindi naman kiss iyon; beso-beso lang iyon (It wasn’t a kiss; it was just a cheek-to-cheek),” Martin said in a press conference.
While beso is Spanish for kiss, Filipinos usually use it as a term for a cheek-to-cheek greeting.
The 36-year-old actor said he and Pressman regularly greet each other with a beso during filming.
But Martin said he is flattered that fans are rooting for him and the 23-year-old to be together in real life because it means that their on-screen relationship is believable.
Martin is rumored to be in a long-term relationship with Julia Montes, 23, but neither the actor nor the actress has ever owned up to the relationship.