The top ten most surprising facts from Cristina Ponce Enrile about Senator JPE

Cristina Ponce Enrile, wife to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, granted a rare interview with Mareng Winnie Monsod's “Bawal ang Pasaway” on GMA 7 News TV, revealing the top ten most surprising facts during their 56 years of marriage.

Mrs. Enrile’s claims that in their 56 years of marriage, JPE has had 38 affairs. This puts JPE in the league of extraordinary gentlemen in public service known not only for their track record but also for, well, being prolific when it comes to their relationships.

You think only JPE and his women can have all the fun? Cristina Ponce Enrile amuses herself by coming up with different names for each of the 38 women she says her husband has had an affair with. We wonder if the names “Sexy” and “Tanda” are on that list, too.

If you know someone who is female and is a close friend to the Enrile couple, please let us know. Chances are, she’s someone privy to the lives of the rich and influential? or at one point was an Enrile woman. Mrs. Enrile says some of the women on her list were her close friends, and as they got older, it was her friends’ daughters that got added to the list. Talk about bridging generations.

She might be a very religious woman (she once served as Philippine ambassador to the Vatican and had her own chapel built inside the Enrile compound) but you pray to God you don’t come across a gun­toting Cristina Ponce Enrile. She recalled one time when she was so enraged she packed a gun and fearlessly shot at the house of her husband’s lover.

Why stop at firing shots when you can also throw plates at your husband? Mrs. Enrile got so frighteningly mad that she started throwing plates at JPE. And mind you, if you’re someone as rich as the Enriles, the plates won’t be as cheap as those we throw at a restaurant’s wall to relieve stress. Tacsiyapo!

Some women may get so pumped up with adrenaline when they’re so angry they do things they never thought they would. In Cristina Ponce Enrile’s case, she lifted a plant in a pot inside her husband’s office and hurled it at his desk. Who knew we didn’t need to wait for 2010 to play plants versus zombies?

Gigi Reyes served as her husband’s chief of staff for decades, with some describing her as the keeper of Juan Ponce Enrile’s secrets. But even though Gigi had worked very closely with her husband, Mrs. Enrile says she only met Gigi once. However, she doesn’t deny that the meeting wasn’t nice. Cristina may have channeled classic Pinoy teleserye scenes when the confrontation finally happened.

For so many years, she had to live with her husband’s affairs that spring out now and then. She might have gotten used to it? at the end of the day, she’s still the legal wife anyway. However, when she found out about the Gigi Reyes affair, Cristina Ponce Enrile realized she’s finally had it. She went to the United States to process their divorce papers, only to come back to an adamant husband who wouldn’t give her a divorce. Now we’re really convinced JPE might have been an inspiration to the character of Walter White.

Well, not really — but yes, the senator has his own house inside their compound. Cristina says it started after Jack, their son, moved out of his house in their compound. JPE has moved in since, bringing his huge collection of books with him. Mrs. Enrile says she just didn’t want the cluttery sight of books all over her home, which was why she asked JPE to bring them to the empty house. This just goes to show that no matter how influential you can get, when your wife tells you you’re outside the kulambo, you’re out.

Things may have gone rough, but yes, they’ve kissed and made up. In fact, whenever his schedule permits, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ponce Enrile have dinner together. He’s back at the dinner table and as long as # 39 remains empty on Cristina's list, he can look forward to more dinners to come.