Years active 1976–present Movies Volta, Scaregivers Partner Bong Quintana (1983–) | Role Television host Name Boy Abunda | |
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Full Name Eugenio Romerica Abunda, Jr. Occupation Television presenter, publicist, Talent Manager, Newscaster Awards PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Public Affairs Program Host TV shows Aquino & Abunda Tonight, The Buzz, The Bottomline with Boy, Bandila, Tonight with Boy Abunda Similar People Kris Aquino, Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzalez, KC Concepcion, Vice Ganda Profiles | ||
Boy abunda opens up about partner bong quintana
Eugenio "Boy" Romerica Abunda, Jr. (born October 29, 1955) is a Filipino television host, publicist, talent manager and celebrity endorser. He has been dubbed as the "King of Talk" in local show business.
Contents
- Boy abunda opens up about partner bong quintana
- Kris TV What is Kris pasalubong to Boy Abunda
- Early life and education
- Personal life
- Health
- Awards
- References
Kris TV: What is Kris' pasalubong to Boy Abunda
Early life and education
Boy Abunda was born in Borongan. He attended Ateneo de Manila University taking up business management. However, he failed to finish that course because of his father's death. He left Ateneo and worked in odd jobs to support himself.
At the Metropolitan Theater, he worked as a stage actor and after that, as an assistant stage manager. Later, he became the assistant of the theater's administrator Conchita "Tita Conching" Sunico, who taught him public relations. Within a couple of years, he started Backroom, Inc., a public relations firm. He was working as a public relations consultant for GMA Network when a network executive named Bobby Barreiro, suggested him to try hosting a television show.
Abunda became a host of Show and Tell, a late night variety talk show with Gretchen Barretto, and Startalk, an entertainment talk show. He subsequently moved to GMA Network's competitor ABS-CBN in 1999, where he has hosted the following shows: The Buzz, Private Conversations, Homeboy, Kontrobersyal, SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon and The Bottomline with Boy Abunda, a talk show interview. He is also a newscaster for entertainment of the late-night news program Bandila.
He also produced an album titled Melodic Conversations.
He graduated from Philippine Women's University with a degrees of Bachelor of Arts in communication arts in 2009, Master of Arts in communication arts in 2011, and Doctor of Philosophy in social development in 2016.
Personal life
Abunda is openly gay and has been in a relationship with partner Bong Quintana since 1983. Although a practicing Catholic and Marian devotee, Abunda is a supporter of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, and has expressed disagreement over the church's stand on homosexuality. He denounced the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, which has been recorded as the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in United States history.
On June 23, 2010, Abunda became a part-time professor at Philippine Women's University teaching radio and television to communication arts students. He currently resides in Quezon City.
Health
In August 2014, Abunda was not seen on TV for weeks. On September 7, 2014, he revealed in an exclusive interview with The Buzz that he had suffered from a medical condition in which 300 milliliters of abscess was removed from his liver. He was discharged from the hospital on August 23.