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Actress Pattarida "Tangmo'' Patcharaweerapong is insisting her lightning engagement to her boyfriend, actor Pakin "Tono'' Kumvilaisak was not in fact a marriage, and nor is she pregnant.
The couple were engaged quietly in Bangkok last Wednesday. The function took place in what looks like an old church, converted to an open courtyard, though Tangmo insists it was just a replica of a church put up by a photography studio.
The ceremony, the talk of the town last week on social media, left their fans confused and upset.
Tangmo and Tono released a commercial video of the event, but stayed out of the media in its immediate aftermath, which only stoked fan anger.
Fans viewing the video asked whether the couple did not in fact get married, not just engaged. Tangmo was wearing a bridal dress, threw a bouquet of flowers at the guests, and was taken up the aisle by her father. They also exchanged vows in front of a priest.
Particularly eager fans looked for signs that she might also be pregnant: "I showed my mother a picture of Tangmo. She zoomed into her belly and asked if she was pregnant before marriage,'' one neitzen wrote.
Tangmo denies it. "How could I be pregnant before marriage? I'm a presenter for the Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand, a job I have held for two years,'' she said emphatically, as if that should dispel all doubts.
Tono, who is wearing a cream suit with braces, announced at the start of the ceremony that he was converting from Buddhism to Christianity, to bring his religion in line with that of his betrothed. Tono served a stint in the monkhood as recently as February.
In the video, the happy couple declare they will love each other for eternity. In scenes set to the sound of choral singing, Tono puts an engraved ring on Tangmo's finger, and confetti falls from the sky.
If Tangmo is surprised by the backlash, she's not showing it.
"We've proved our love is working, and our families were happy with it,'' she said.
"We actually planned it for a while, it wasn't a sudden thing as the news reports have been saying,'' she said.
"We weren't trying to show off to anybody, so we kept it small.''
About 50 people, mainly friends and family and a sprinkling of entertainment industry figures attended the event, held at Benedict studio, Soi Yothin Pattana 11, by Ekamai-Ram Intra Road.
Tono's label, Exact Entertainment, was taken aback, saying it heard about the engagement only hours before everyone else. However, Tangmo said senior figures from her employer, Channel 7, were there.
Tono and Tangmo, who are regulars on the anti-government protest stage, have struggled to gain fanclub acceptance of their union since they started dating six months ago.
By the end of the week, their engagement was the top trending topic on Twitter in Thai.
Angry fans posted under the unflattering hashtags #RIPmootono29 (more than 47,850 Tweets), and #RIPBabyMelony (more than 48,460 Tweets), adapted from the couple's own Twitter names.
Tangmo, who on social media has thanked her guests for attending, stands by their decision. "We merely exchanged rings, we didn't register our marriage. Nor did we do it in a church. The ceremony took place in a studio, which has a replica of a church.'' -
Red shirt leader Sombat Boonngamanong has apologised to tough guy actor Somchai "Tao'' Kemklat for questioning his credentials as an anti-government protester.
Mr Sombat, leader of the Red Sunday group, banned himself from social media for 24 hours as penance after admitting he attributed remarks to Tao which he could not verify as true.
Earlier, Tao, who has served time for assault, had threatened to track the red shirt leader down and confront him with the claims. Tao spoke against the blanket amnesty bill at the Ratchadamnoen Avenue protest early last month.
Mr Sombat posted an image on Instagram last Sunday that carried remarks attributed to Tao.
The remarks suggested that Tao, despite his comments on stage, was in fact unhappy about the antics of the People's Democratic Reform Committee protest led by Suthep Thaugsuban.
Tao questions why the protesters had to take over state offices, and said Mr Suthep's followers were allowing themselves to be used as political pawns.
"Have you forgotten that Suthep was himself involved in a corruption scandal, and was among those who ordered the crackdown in 2010 on red shirt protesters which resulted in more than 90 deaths?'' Tao is quoted as saying.
Tao, who was in Vietnam at the time the saga broke, responded tersely: "I'm no friend of his ... I'll track him down.''
Speaking after his return to Bangkok, Tao said the red shirt had published remarks under his name which were not in fact his. However, he denied he meant Mr Sombat any harm.
"I'm not some murderer. I don't have to go after him. Before long, someone will bring him to me,'' he joked as his wife stood by his side.
"I have a wife and family now, and my duty is to look after them. Nature will take care of the problem and punish him itself,'' he said philosophically.
"It has no affect on my life, though if I'm worried about one thing, it is that karma might not catch up with him in time,'' he joked.
Mr Sombat said he took down the post when he realised he couldn't prove Tao had made the remarks.
"Someone wrote to me within moments of my putting it up to say the information was deficient. I took down the image, and suspended further posts on Twitter and Instagram for 24 hours,'' he said.
Mr Sombat, who said he had also withdrawn critical remarks he made about a lawyer and TV presenter for ASTV, has since resumed posting at a new Facebook page. -
Mr Sombat, leader of the Red Sunday group, banned himself from social media for 24 hours as penance after admitting he attributed remarks to Tao which he could not verify as true.
Earlier, Tao, who has served time for assault, had threatened to track the red shirt leader down and confront him with the claims. Tao spoke against the blanket amnesty bill at the Ratchadamnoen Avenue protest early last month.
Mr Sombat posted an image on Instagram last Sunday that carried remarks attributed to Tao.
The remarks suggested that Tao, despite his comments on stage, was in fact unhappy about the antics of the People's Democratic Reform Committee protest led by Suthep Thaugsuban.
Tao questions why the protesters had to take over state offices, and said Mr Suthep's followers were allowing themselves to be used as political pawns.
"Have you forgotten that Suthep was himself involved in a corruption scandal, and was among those who ordered the crackdown in 2010 on red shirt protesters which resulted in more than 90 deaths?'' Tao is quoted as saying.
Tao, who was in Vietnam at the time the saga broke, responded tersely: "I'm no friend of his ... I'll track him down.''
Speaking after his return to Bangkok, Tao said the red shirt had published remarks under his name which were not in fact his. However, he denied he meant Mr Sombat any harm.
"I'm not some murderer. I don't have to go after him. Before long, someone will bring him to me,'' he joked as his wife stood by his side.
"I have a wife and family now, and my duty is to look after them. Nature will take care of the problem and punish him itself,'' he said philosophically.
"It has no affect on my life, though if I'm worried about one thing, it is that karma might not catch up with him in time,'' he joked.
Mr Sombat said he took down the post when he realised he couldn't prove Tao had made the remarks.
"Someone wrote to me within moments of my putting it up to say the information was deficient. I took down the image, and suspended further posts on Twitter and Instagram for 24 hours,'' he said.
Mr Sombat, who said he had also withdrawn critical remarks he made about a lawyer and TV presenter for ASTV, has since resumed posting at a new Facebook page. -
Singer and actress Nicole Theriault is fighting back after a former close friend of the businessman she has started seeing emerged from his past to accuse him of being a cad.
Nicole and her new love, Termpan "Ton'' Yuuwittaya, confirmed speculation last week they were seeing each other.
Ton had been spotted dropping her off at the set of her lakorn in his sports car.
No sooner had they lifted the veil on their budding relationship than reports emerged that Nicole had wrested him away from another woman.
A woman who identifies herself as Iff Watcharaporn complained that Ton had dumped her without notice after a two-year relationship.
Iff, who published on Instagram pictures of the pair on outings, said Ton severed contact at the end of October. News that Ton was now seeing Nicole was a bitter blow, especially as she was once a fan of the singer.
"What is this? If I was a hi-so type or a celebrity, you wouldn't trample on my heart to this extent. You said you loved me, but you never told me we had quit,'' she wrote, referring to Ton.
"In your eyes, I'm not worth as much as a celebrity who can help your business grow. I'm just a no-name. If I had just one wish, it would be that I could forget you.
"But I'm likely to remember Nicole for this day even longer than I do you,'' she wrote.
A day later, Nicole took a break from filming her lakorn to take Ton before the media again. "Friends of mine introduced me to her [Iff], and we went out together as a group. But she was only ever a younger friend, nothing more,'' he said.
"Nicole knows that when I met her, I was single,'' he said.
Ton, a relative of the family behind the Red Bull energy drink empire, runs a resort on Koh Samet.
"It's a matter from the past, so I don't need to say any more. I regard myself as someone who is very open,'' he insisted.
He and Nicole were getting to know each other. "Our children from our previous marriages have met. We talk about the kids, food, sport,'' he said.
Nicole said the woman's claims are untrue. "Anyone can publish pictures from the past and claim they were from the present. I admire Ton for sticking by me at this time,'' she said.
Nicole and her new love, Termpan "Ton'' Yuuwittaya, confirmed speculation last week they were seeing each other.
Ton had been spotted dropping her off at the set of her lakorn in his sports car.
No sooner had they lifted the veil on their budding relationship than reports emerged that Nicole had wrested him away from another woman.
A woman who identifies herself as Iff Watcharaporn complained that Ton had dumped her without notice after a two-year relationship.
Iff, who published on Instagram pictures of the pair on outings, said Ton severed contact at the end of October. News that Ton was now seeing Nicole was a bitter blow, especially as she was once a fan of the singer.
"What is this? If I was a hi-so type or a celebrity, you wouldn't trample on my heart to this extent. You said you loved me, but you never told me we had quit,'' she wrote, referring to Ton.
"In your eyes, I'm not worth as much as a celebrity who can help your business grow. I'm just a no-name. If I had just one wish, it would be that I could forget you.
"But I'm likely to remember Nicole for this day even longer than I do you,'' she wrote.
A day later, Nicole took a break from filming her lakorn to take Ton before the media again. "Friends of mine introduced me to her [Iff], and we went out together as a group. But she was only ever a younger friend, nothing more,'' he said.
"Nicole knows that when I met her, I was single,'' he said.
Ton, a relative of the family behind the Red Bull energy drink empire, runs a resort on Koh Samet.
"It's a matter from the past, so I don't need to say any more. I regard myself as someone who is very open,'' he insisted.
He and Nicole were getting to know each other. "Our children from our previous marriages have met. We talk about the kids, food, sport,'' he said.
Nicole said the woman's claims are untrue. "Anyone can publish pictures from the past and claim they were from the present. I admire Ton for sticking by me at this time,'' she said.
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