MANILA -- Nikki Gil opted to give a short message when asked to air her side on her separation from her partner of almost five years, Billy Crawford.
The 25-year-old actress-singer, who has repeatedly declined to be interviewed on the matter, was recently approached by entertainment talk show "Showbiz Inside Report" to once again request for her statement on the break-up.
In her first statement since the issue erupted in late July, Gil, through a text sent to the ABS-CBN program, only gave a brief message for her former boyfriend.
"I wish him well," she said.
Last Sunday, in a live interview on "The Buzz," a tearful Crawford said the separation "all boils down to me." The 31-year-old actor added he is set to leave for the United States this month to "find myself" and spend time with his parents.
Although Gil has largely kept mum on the break-up, a common friend of the couple, singer Gary Valenciano, shared his recent encounter with the actress.
According to Valenciano, Gil became emotional when he offered her a hug.
"Sabi ko, 'Hi, Nikki!' I went like that," Valenciano, who is Gil's fellow "ASAP" mainstay, said in an interview aired Saturday on "Showbiz Inside Report."
"And then she looked at me. Siguro alam niya na alam ko. Sabi ko, 'Hey, let me give you a hug.' Pag-akap ko sa kanya parang bumigay siya nang kaunti," he said.
Crawford, for his part, has had to address rumors romantically linking him to his "It's Showtime" co-host Coleen Garcia.
The "Bright Lights" hitmaker reiterated, as he emphasized in his "The Buzz" interview, that no third party was involved in the break-up.
