Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo has finally addressed the questions about her situation with Neil Salvacion, her boyfriend of over seven years, calling it a ‘complicated situation’ after the latter removed the pictures of the two just after the 69th Miss Universe.

In a recent interview with Boy Abunda on 31st May 2021, Rabiya was asked if she and Neil were together after the rumours of the two splitting up started to spiral around. The beauty queen mentioned that "It’s a complicated situation. We need to talk about things when I go back to the Philippines, but we’re friends. I still contact him. "

The diva did not directly answer the question of whether they should stay together or split up, but she did address it cleverly by saying, "We need to have this piece together for the time being, but I am not closing any doors. We’ve been in this kind of situation before and we’ve been together for seven years and who knows what who knows. "

The rumours of the couple breaking up spiralled around after Neil deleted the pictures of him and Rabiya from his social media just after the Miss Universe competition but still followed her. Rabiya had opened about her relationship with Neil in November 2020 after she shared that the two had been together for six years and Neil was her first boyfriend. She also mentioned that Neil had made Rabiya promise not to leave him after winning Miss Universe Philippines.

The beauty queen was also being linked to Pinoy Big Brother alumnus Andre Brouillette, who is also in the United States. Boy Abunda asked the diva if Andre’s linkup rumours had something to do with the breakup and she clarified that she and Andre are both talents of talent manager and pageant mentor Jonas Gaffud and the picture that has been surfacing across the internet was taken after her third conversation with him and she is embarrassed about how it is being showcased.

Andre also echoed the sentiment, saying that they only met when he was chosen to do hosting for Miss Universe updates. "We’re great friends, and I have the utmost respect for her. She’s a great person representing the Philippines. I wish her success in her life, "Andre explained in an interview.

During the interview, Rabiya also shared that she is proud of the way she has performed at Miss Universe 2020 and now she is relaxed and will focus on her advocacy. She also said that she is having the best time of her life right now and wants to enjoy every bit of it. She was asked to share a lesson that she learned during the Miss Universe 2020 competition and she mentioned that it must be living in the moment because she spends a lot of time thinking about how she will perform in the future rather than focusing on the present and that’s something she learned during the competition.