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Pau Fajardo seeks to move on after breakup with PBA star Scottie Thompson

Delfin Dioquino

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Pau Fajardo seeks to move on after breakup with PBA star Scottie Thompson

SEPARATE WAYS. Pau Fajardo and Scottie Thompson got engaged before they broke up.

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'[I] am deeply hurt. I ended a long-term relationship with the man I was ready to spend the rest of my life with,' says Pau Fajardo, the ex-fiancée of Scottie Thompson

Pau Fajardo, the ex-fiancée of Barangay Ginebra guard Scottie Thompson, finally broke her silence after the PBA star reportedly married social media personality Jinky Serrano.

Spin reported on Monday, May 21 that Thompson recently tied the knot with Serrano.

Before the news broke out, Fajardo deactivated her Instagram account, only to reactivate it again on Thursday, June 24, to address the issue.

“I kept quiet not because I was insensitive or indifferent but because the issue is very much a personal matter,” Fajardo wrote. “And I intend to keep it that way. I will continue to resolve this privately with the help of trusted friends and family.”

“That said, I am deeply hurt. I ended a long-term relationship with the man I was ready to spend the rest of my life with. To say it has been heartbreaking is an understatement.”

“But I am now making the conscious decision to move forward with my life,” Fajardo added.

Fajardo and Thompson had been together since the 27-year-old guard was still playing for the Perpetual Help Altas in the NCAA.

Thompson welcomed the year by popping the question to Fajardo on January 1 in an intimate proposal attended by friends and family.

However, rumors of their breakup spread on social media in the past couple of weeks after Fajardo and Thompson deleted photos of each other on their respective Instagram accounts.

“I have remained quiet through all this. As a private person, I just did not see the need to escalate the matter publicly,” Fajardo said.

“Right now, there are matters more deserving of public attention, particularly the continuing pandemic.”

Saying this is the last time she would be commenting on the matter, Fajardo thanked her supporters and asked them to avoid adding fuel to the fire.

“To the people who felt that they needed to defend me, I appreciate you. I may never get to thank you personally but know that your support means a lot to me,” Fajardo said.

“But right now, I would like to ask everyone – if you genuinely care for me – to please refrain from doing things that would further inflame the situation. I hope you will respect my simple request.”

Here is her full statement:

– Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.