{"id":163195,"date":"2018-05-09T08:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T12:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163195"},"modified":"2018-05-09T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T12:28:25","slug":"mega-star-visits-recovering-gary-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/09\/mega-star-visits-recovering-gary-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega star visits recovering Gary V"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163199\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/31413826_189827991830002_4175484930777677824_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163199\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/31413826_189827991830002_4175484930777677824_n.jpg\" alt=\"Dubbed as the country\u2019s Mr. Pure Energy, Sharon admitted that seeing Gary in the hospital \u201cso low-batt\u201d made her feel like tearing up. (Photo: Sharon Cuneta\/Instagram)\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/31413826_189827991830002_4175484930777677824_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/31413826_189827991830002_4175484930777677824_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/31413826_189827991830002_4175484930777677824_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dubbed as the country\u2019s Mr. Pure Energy, Sharon admitted that seeing Gary in the hospital \u201cso low-batt\u201d made her feel like tearing up. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiibDh4lpTo\/?taken-by=reallysharoncuneta\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reallysharoncuneta\">Sharon Cuneta\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the showbiz industry prays for the fast and smooth recovery of Gary Valenciano from his recent open-heart surgery, the Mega star visited him to show her support.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Cuneta in a lengthy Instagram post, shared to her followers how her day went which included watching a movie and a trip to the hospital. Perhaps one of her day\u2019s highlights is in the hospital but not only because of her personal visit to her doctor in regards to her recent lipoma surgery months ago, but for Gary.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed as the country\u2019s Mr. Pure Energy, Sharon admitted that seeing Gary in the hospital \u201cso low-batt\u201d made her feel like tearing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s just recovering, folks. He had that dang blockage in his heart and was still performing like that? Just wait till he\u2019s performing again!\u201d the Mega Star wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you my <em>Kuya<\/em> Gary. Get well asap (as soon as possible) \u2018cause we miss you!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Gary is the Mega Star\u2019s co-judge in the show \u201cYour Face Sounds Familiar Kids,\u201d but apart from this professional setup, his wife Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano is the sister of Sharon\u2019s husband Senator Kiko Pangilinan.<\/p>\n<p>Angeli also posted on Facebook how thankful she was for Sharon\u2019s visit as it \u201cbrought joy to her husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said the most beautiful prayer for Gary and we were so blessed with her sweet and touching gesture,\u201d Angeli wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Gary\u2019s wife also added that no one was really allowed to visit her husband because of possible infection risks, but they made an exception for Sharon.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old singer diagnosed with type 1 diabetes made a statement on the evening of his surgery, saying that in celebration of his 35<sup>th<\/sup> year in the entertainment industry, he felt a \u201csensation\u201d that was different from anything he has felt before, which prompted him to ask a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>(Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/07\/gary-v-now-recovering-from-successful-heart-surgery\/\">Gary V now recovering from successful heart surgery<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tough news? The one exception\u2014the main valve, my left anterior descending artery (LAD) is 95 percent blocked and now has very thin walls, because of diabetes,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Gary proceeded on apologizing to his show commitments and fans but he has to be fully recovered before he can come back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the showbiz industry prays for the fast and smooth recovery of Gary Valenciano from his recent open-heart surgery, the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":163199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[4359,3314],"class_list":["post-163195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-gary-valenciano","tag-sharon-cuneta","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}