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By Christine O. Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Did P-Noy watch ex-girlfriend Shalani Soledad’s TV debut on the game show “Willing Willie” Monday night? Whether he did or not, he had one wish for herâ€"that she would find “true happiness.”

Asked Monday afternoonâ€"hours before the show came onâ€"if he planned on watching it, President Benigno Aquino III gave a long-winded reply that meant “maybe”: “Depends on how much material I will be given tonight to study. I have only two and half days to prepare for my trip to Japan.”

Mr. Aquino is set to leave this weekend to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Yokohama.

In any case, he seemed well-briefed on the latest about the pretty councilor from Valenzuela City, who has broken into show business. She is co-hosting the new TV5 production headlined by Willie Revillame, former colleague of the President’s sister, Kris Aquino, in ABS-CBN.

In a chance interview after an event at the Palace, P-Noy managed a brief message, if a tad too formal, for Soledad: “[It seems she] is looking at it as a perspective to broaden her ability to serve her constituents. The downside in being in show business, hopefully, will be very mitigated or non-existing.”

“We wish her really well,” he said.

The 50-year-old bachelor split up with Soledad recently.

I know PNOY. He can be very direct, if he wants to, in a very verbous way.