Mr. & Mrs. Right

Derek Ramsay and Ellen Adarna’s whirlwind romance and wedding are proof that when you’ve found “the one” there’s no reason to hold back

- MIA CASTRO

The celebrity bachelor falls in love with the industry’s girl crush -it’s practically the plot line of romantic-comedy movie, one you can’t help but swoon over. Yet somehow, in less than a year, it’s become the real-life romance of Derek Ramsey and Ellen Adarna. “After 44 years, I finally felt it, you know? This is the one. And I popped the question, she said yes, and here we go!” Ramsay says. People’s reactions were varied when they announced their engagement last March after two months of dating. From supportive comments and wishing them happiness to bashers saying it’s a fling that will soon fizzle out. Funnily enough, the couple was on the same page with skeptics before meeting each other, neither one looking for a relationship. The hunk was afraid of hearing wedding bells, “before, the m-word, you mention it and I’m like, ‘holy shit!’ then I’m gone. It’s just with Ellen that in a short span of time, it just consumed me that this is the girl.” Meanwhile the actress detests the stress that comes with weddings. “I’m the type na I really don’t want drama. Alam niya ‘yan. So, if there’s drama, I’d walk away. Like, ‘Bahala ka na sa buhay mo.’ But with him, sige. It makes it worth it,” she says candidly.