The curtains have officially closed on the once-idyllic romance between beauty queen Priscilla Meirelles and actor John Estrada, famously known by his onscreen persona “Rigor.” While Estrada has allegedly made multiple attempts to reconcile, Meirelles made it crystal clear in a recent interview with Karen Davila—there’s no coming back.
“He does constantly,” Meirelles revealed when asked if Estrada had tried to win her back. “But it’s not about what people think. They say I’m losing weight to get him back, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth.”
Meirelles, crowned Miss Globe International in 2003, didn’t mince words. The decision to leave their marital home with daughter Anechka was final. “When I walked out, I knew I wasn’t coming back. You don’t leave your home hoping to patch things up. That’s not how it works—at least not for me.”
And then came the zinger: “The book is closed,” she said, cold and firm. “If there’s anything people like John need to learn, it’s that you can’t repeatedly disrespect someone who’s been good to you and expect them to stay.”
While Meirelles refrained from pointing fingers directly, her cryptic remarks painted a picture of a marriage worn down by more than just petty disagreements. In her words, Estrada is a “very friendly guy” who enjoys a “colorful life”—language that has reignited long-simmering rumors of the actor’s alleged infidelities.
Sources close to the couple have whispered that this wasn’t the first time Meirelles questioned Estrada’s fidelity. One insider claimed that “John’s idea of friendly is what most people would call flirtatious—borderline inappropriate. There were always other women, even during the marriage. Priscilla tried to tolerate it, but in the end, she had enough.”
The whispers reached a crescendo last July, when Estrada was spotted in Boracay with a mystery woman. Meirelles, in a now-iconic comment, quipped “looking very divorced” under a photo of her still-legally-married husband’s island getaway. Estrada denied any wrongdoing, saying he and Meirelles were on a “mutual break.” She publicly denied this.
More recently, Meirelles reiterated on Boy Abunda’s show that while they remain legally married, the relationship is all but over—legally bound, emotionally untethered.
“He always says he loves me,” Meirelles said in her interview with Davila. “And I believe he does, in his own way. But the love I deserve, and the love he can give—they’re just not the same thing.”
Despite everything, she ended on a graceful note, recognizing Estrada as a good father and provider. But even that came with a footnote of finality: “His best is not what I need.”
As for Estrada—who continues to play cool in public—he’s yet to address the cheating rumors directly. But in the court of public opinion, the jury may already be out.
One thing is for sure: Priscilla Meirelles isn’t flipping back to any previous chapters. She’s turned the page—pen in hand, writing a new story, solo.