Days after Darren Espanto and Kyline Alcantara’s viral interaction during an episode of It’s Showtime, we finally got an answer to their mysterious banter.

But before that, let’s rewind to the moment when Kyline guested on the noontime show where Darren is now a regular host. During a segment, the two young stars exchanged remarks that *obviously* meant something.

In the midst of joking and throwing humorous banter, Kyline turned to Darren and said, “Kasi nga…” Kyline was waiting for Darren to continue her sentence while smiling. Darren, who appeared to be at a loss of words, laughed and asked, “Ano?” Kyline can be heard telling him, “Sabihin mo,” as if she’s hinting at something for Darren to reveal to the public.

The continuation of that “Kasi nga” remark was later on revealed in Darren’s interview with Boy Abunda. Apparently, the two had a romantic connection in the past. But, the singer-actor could not directly answer the inquiries. Instead of labeling it as an official relationship, he referred to his past with Kyline as something that happened out of “puppy love.”

“Hindi ko po masagot ng yes or no, it was a puppy love kind of thing,” he honestly said in an episode of Fast Talk With Boy Abunda.

“So it was a formal puppy love relationship?” Tito Boy asked Darren.

Here, Darren quickly replied, “Yeah.” Mentioning their recent interaction on It’s Showtime, the 22-year-old confessed, “Kasi nga, naging kami dati. Kaya binibiro kami ni Ate Vice [Ganda].”

Why did Darren Espanto and Kyline Alcantara break up?

Darren also opened up about his former one-year relationship with Kyline. “There were some misunderstandings. When we both matured, parang six years later, napag-usapan na namin. And ayun po, eventually we became okay with each other again.”

Darren made it clear that their split was not in any way caused by a third party. Instead, it was really because of some of their misunderstandings. He says those arguments were primarily because they were not mature enough. “Misunderstandings talaga [ang reason]. Kasi siyempre kapag mga bata, konting mga petty na away…”

From this interview, we can say that Darren and Kyline dated in their teenage years. But it can be recalled that the two have openly spent time together when Kyline became Mavy Legaspi’s girlfriend, who is also a good friend of Darren. Mavy is the twin brother of Cassy Legaspi, who was also romantically linked to Darren.

Darren Espanto’s friendship with Cassy Legaspi

Prior to the resurfacing of Darren’s romantic past with Kyline, he also clarified his present status with Cassy.

Darren declared that they did not have a romantic relationship in an interview with MJ Felipe. “Makulit sila e, sabi namin best friend lang kami ni Cassy. Best friends talaga e. Parang it’s something that a lot of people, I guess, won’t get. Hindi ko alam kung paano i-explain but siyempre, andun pa rin ‘yung pagmamahal namin para sa isa’t isa,” he said in his interview with MJ.