Ruffa Gutierrez (Image: Instagram/@iloveruffag)

Ruffa Gutierrez has opened up on how she feels about the possibility of getting married again, saying that though she is unsure about it, she knows she will not “end up alone.”

The actress said this in her  conversation with celebrity doctor Vicki Belo, for the latter’s YouTube vlog today, July 14.  The two were talking about Gutierrez’s relationship with her ex-husband Yilmaz Bektas and whether she think she “needs” to be with a man.
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“I think at this point in my life, I don’t need to be with a man. If I want to be with a man, it’s because I want to,” she told Belo. “At the end of the day, no man’s an island. You really need to be with someone for companionship, grow old with someone, hold someone’s hand….So I think at the end of the day, you have to be with your best friend.”

Gutierrez noted that the relationships she had and will have would not be the same as the one she had with Bektas, as she believes she will not make as many sacrifices like moving to another country and changing her religion.

When asked by Belo whether she has considered remarrying, Gutierrez admitted that she did not know if it would happen.

“I don’t know if I want to get married again. I’ve left that in the hands of the Lord. All I know is I’m not gonna end up alone,” she said.

Gutierrez entered two relationships since her separation from Bektas. One of the relationships lasted for seven years, and she is currently dating someone who started as her “text mate.”

“I just want to take things slow. I don’t believe in whirlwind romances. Although for some couples it works,” she said.

Gutierrez then recalled a conversation she had with her daughters, Lorin and Venice, about her new relationship.

“They’re like, ‘Mom, it’s inevitable that we’re gonna be leaving the house so please spend time.’ I think the kids respect who I’m with. I won’t introduce them to someone that is not worth it,” she added.

Earlier this year, Gutierrez said she was in a “platonic relationship” with a special someone who was running for a government post.

Though she did not name a specific individual, she seemed to have hinted that the mystery man was former Quezon City mayor and 2022 senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista, when she called him “no. 1 sa puso ko (no. 1 in my heart)” last March.