ABS-CBN's Darla Sauler found himself in the middle of the cosplay/otaku world after posting pictures of Filipina cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao and Luis Manzano on her blog last October 24.

SPOTTED! Luis Manzano, kasama ang bagong babae sa buhay niya?!

May nag-send sa akin ng photo na ito. Ang babaeng ito raw ang bagong babae sa buhay ni Luis Manzano! Gosh! Sino siya? Abangan ang ibang detalye as soon as may makuha ako.

Last Saturday, he posted more photos of Luis and Alodia,

Heto ang ilan pang photos na dumating sa e-mail ko, showing Luis Manzano and the alleged new girl ng buhay niya na until now ay hindi pa lumalabas ang tunay na katauhan - at koneksyon nilang dalawa.

Pero the photos this time came with a few statements from Luis and the girl. Nang makausap daw ng aking source si Luis at pina-describe sa kanya ang girl na ito, Luis said : "Nakasama ko na siya sa isang project before nung mag-host ako para sa isang event nila . . . We talked, kuwentuhan, ganon. For one thing, she's very out of the box... She has so much energy..."

Nang turn naman daw nung girl na i-describe si Luis, heto ang sabi niya : "Luis is a good old friend of mine... He is very 'makulit' in a fun and funny kind of way!"

His blog was immediately flooded with angry comments from both fans and haters of Alodia. This prompted him to post a twitter update addressing Alodia's "White Knights" and supporters.

To all White Knights / Alodia-supporters, may message po ako sa inyo sa Luis-Alodia post ko sa darlasauler.com ☺

I don't know if this was a PR stunt from ABS-CBN or just some random guy/girl emailing ABS-CBN's Darla Sauler some old photos. Showbiz and cosplay, SRSBNS.

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UPDATE: It seems this is a publicity stunt by ABS-CBN. A Facebook update from Maricar Arraiza Gutierrez mentions Alodia's new show on ABS-CBN:

To all of Alodia Gosiengfiao's fans, watch out for her forthcoming guesting at E-Live on Nov. 6. 2010, Saturday to promote her new TV show at ABS-CBN. Congrats Alodia!!!