The online community is **shocked** by the news that **Rustom Padilla—who now lives under the identity of BB Gandanghari—suddenly made some powerful revelations regarding Carmina Villarroel and a child that the public has never known about**!

In a recent live broadcast, BB Gandanghari shared **emotional confessions**, making many people **suspect about a big secret** in Rustom and Carmina’s past. Although she did not elaborate, her hints made many people wonder: **Is there a child between them that the public has never known about?**

Previously, the relationship between **Rustom Padilla and Carmina Villarroel** was one of the most watched love stories in showbiz. However, after they broke up and Rustom publicly transitioned to BB Gandanghari, the two almost stopped talking about each other. But with this appearance, is BB trying to **expose a truth that has never been revealed**?

Carmina Villarroel has yet to respond to this issue. However, **fans are very curious about the real story behind these ambiguous shares**. Will there be a **shocking truth** revealed in the near future? Let’s wait and see!

BB Gandanghari recalls how gay rumor tested Rustom Padilla’s relationship with Carmina Villarroel
BB chronicles how her “twin” Rustom wanted to marry Carmina at first sight.
Rustom Padilla felt love at first sight for Carmina Villarroel back then.

This is what BB Gandanghari maintained when she revisited the love story between her “twin” Rustom and Carmina.

BB was formerly known as ’90s matinee idol Rustom before he came out as “gay” on the ABS-CBN reality show Pinoy Big Brother on March 2, 2006.

A U.S. court legally allowed Rustom to change his name to Binibining Gandanghari in November 2016.

At the same time, BB was recognized as “female” in her identification, based on a document from the Court of California, County of Orange.

BB has been based in Los Angeles, California since then.

In his Youtube vlog on June 21, 2020, BB looked back on his memories of Carmina with bittersweetness.

As Rustom, he still remembers that it seemed like he was destined to meet Carmina.

It was 1992, less than a year since he resigned from being a flight attendant at Philippine Airlines to enter showbiz.

Rustom thought of visiting his brother Robin Padilla while he was shooting the movie Miss Na Miss Kita: Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum Part 2 in Baguio.

Rustom happened to be from Baguio because he graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in Economics.

Rustom said he saw Ana Roces, Robin’s co-star in the movie, and Ruffa Gutierrez, who has a family rest house in Baguio, in the crowd.

Rustom had only met Ruffa and Ana for the first time, but because of the happy conversation, Ruffa invited Rustom to attend her 18th birthday.

He was part of Ruffa’s 18 Roses, and the only partner he remembers with her was Ana.

But before Ruffa’s debut on June 24, 1992, Rustom was introduced to Carmina by a common friend named Maristela.

She was an assistant to the late showbiz talk show host Inday Badiday, aka Ate Luds. BB looks back: “At that time, someone close to us, one of Ate Luds’ assistants, Maristela—Robin’s first wife—of course we already knew them, I wasn’t an artist yet because they always came to the house.

“She said, ‘Hey, Rustom! Carmina just split!’

“Rustom said, ‘Oh, really? How are you?’ Playing cupid.

“Until he managed to get Carmina and Rustom to meet.”

RUSTOM HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH CARMINA
Rustom considers Ruffa’s debut as his and Carmina’s first date.

They were not partners on the program, but Rustom was the one who picked Carmina up.

Rustom was 25 years old at the time, while Carmina was only 16 years old.

BB said, “I think that was the first date, June 24, 1992. And so they started dating.

“I remember, Rustom, very, very in love.

“This is not a joke. I’m not saying this to cover up. ‘Oh, are you really in love?’

“The moment he saw Carmina, he thought she was the one he wanted to marry.

“Rustom had a feeling that he was going to get married, and that proved to be true all throughout the relationship.”

Rustom allegedly dated Carmina for two months before he and Carmina became lovers around August 1992.

Rustom is said to be the type of devoted boyfriend and Carmina was a close confidant during his shooting.

This was despite Rustom being busy as a showbiz newbie who had appeared in four movies in 1992.

Carmina was a well-known teen star and mainstay of Palibhasa Lalake when she and Rustom met.

BB continued, “So, Rustom is a new artist. He does a lot but he manages to keep an eye on her.

“Rustom doesn’t sleep—shooting, watching over Carmina, shooting.

“Not for anything, and I can say this with my whole heart, because he saw true love. He saw the real thing in Carmina, who is normal.”

Rustom also had a girlfriend when he was in college. But he felt something different about Carmina.

Carmina is a real person despite being an artist.

BB said, “I think, at the time, that’s why Rustom became super serious, he saw the normalcy in show business.

“That’s what he experienced with Carmina. That’s why he got very attached.

“Because Carmina is normal. She’s not showbiz.

“So, that’s why she became persistent.”

Rustom can be said to be very happy with Carmina.

“To cut the long story short, experience with Carmina became very intense.

“That Carmina was already a part of his life at that early. There was so much emotional attachment.

“Carmina was always [on] top of his head, top of his priority,” BB said.

Rustom said that no matter how much he cared for Carmina, that’s why he was so worried when their relationship was first tested.

THE OMiNIOUS INCIDENT YEARS BEFORE COMING OUT
Rustom and Carmina had been secretly dating for five months when the young man appeared at an endorsement presscon.

At that time, January 1993, Rustom was a contract star of Viva and was being launched as “the next important dramatic actor” when rumors spread that he was gay.

BB looks back, “So, the presscon, 1993, shaking, sweating hands, praying while very scared.

“He doesn’t know how to say it’s not true.

“This is his first solo presscon, the issue was discussed.”

He continued: “Wow, at the onset of your career, that’s what you were up against.

“So, what was the gist of the presscon? ‘Are you gay?'”

The truth is that the rumors that spread are baseless.

According to BB, “Rustom doesn’t know how to express himself.

“But one thing is for sure, everything that is being accused of him being gay is not true.

“The rumor was, he joined a beauty pageant.

“Well, if I was this beautiful back then, why would I hide it? I must have had so many crowns!

“But, imagine, a matinee idol on the verge of stardom, that’s what’s being issued.”

After the presscon, Rustom allegedly drove and picked up Carmina at ABS-CBN where the Palibhasa Lalake girl was taping.

Rustom was very worried about how Carmina would feel when the malicious gossip about him reached him.

But Rustom also didn’t know how to talk to his girlfriend about the issue.

In the mind of the then-young man, “He wants to shrug it off and move on.

“He feels like he has no defense. No matter what he says, it’s still the same.”

When Carmina asked him about what happened at the press conference, Rustom decided not to talk about the slander against him that he was gay.

Rustom’s only response was, “Okay. It’s fine.”

He said he didn’t bring up the topic again until he had brought Carmina home.

The next day, Rustom’s response to the press was in the headlines of the newspaper.

“This is the headline when he was asked ‘Are you really gay?’ His response was, excuse me for the word, ‘P.I. I’m not gay!’

“So, that’s the issue.”

He said he was embarrassed to question his manhood.

BB said, “When Rustom read that, the first thing that came to his mind was Carmina.

“Not for nothing, because if anyone knew Rustom, it was Carmina.

“They had been together for five months at that time.

“If you’re a man, the news is big.

“Rustom didn’t know at that time if he still wanted to see Carmina.

“But for sure, they never talked about it.

“But he had that thought. But that’s not what happened.

“Maybe Carmina heard about it, but she didn’t react.”

They didn’t discuss it as a couple.

But that day, Rustom picked up Carmina again at ABS-CBN, and at that time the actor met the reporter who wrote the article he read in the newspaper.

Rustom confronted the reporter.

From the corridor of ABS-CBN, Rustom grabbed the reporter by the back of the collar and then pulled him out of the parking lot.

BB said, “Rustom grabbed him, carried him, then took him to the parking lot. He challenged them to a fight in his anger.

“Carmina was there all along. She was the one who refused.”

Carmina was so panicked that she slipped and called Rustom by their term of endearment, “Honey.”

BB’s story is still hilarious: “What’s crazy is that they don’t even know they’re going to be boyfriends…

“That’s the next headline: ‘Rustom and Carmina are getting on.'”

RUSTOM’S INNER STRUGGLES
That incident left a mark on BB, but he still didn’t fully understand his feelings.

“That’s why Rustom doesn’t have this fighting spirit, he gets discouraged easily.

“Because someone questions that he can’t express himself well.

“To top it all, he has a woman he loves.

“And his fear is that, people will doubt what he’s presenting himself to be, people will doubt his manhood.”

It’s not clear if BB had any doubts about his true identity back then.

“Of course, who is the man who wants to doubt that?

“Those were his fears at that time,” BB said when questioning Rustom’s manhood.

But he is sure of one thing: his love for Carmina.

“Since this is going on, how is the relationship? That was January of ’93.

“But I think they have enough love to stick to each other.

“So, their relationship continued for the next five years, until it ended in a secret marriage and everything.”

Rustom and Carmina dated for two years before getting married in 1994.

Three years later, in 1997, Carmina initiated a divorce from Rustom.

At that time, Rustom was said to be full of insecurities and self-doubts, but he never actually had a gay relationship.

Rustom still hadn’t fully realized what was missing in his life.

That’s why even though Carmina was the woman he dreamed of being with forever, he let her go.

BB said, “It may be the right love, but not just the wrong time, but the wrong body.”

When he was sure about his identity, Rustom finally confessed to Carmina that he was gay before he even entered PBB in 2006.

Rustom and Carmina’s marriage was annulled in June 2002.