Mark admits: I adore both genders!

Mark Bautista tells all in Beyond the Mark, a much discussed yet kept-under-wraps diary anticipated to be 'irritating'

Mark Bautista says it straight (no play on words planned): "Yes, I cherish both genders," shy of by and large conceding that he is gay or swinger.

Also, he includes that he"s upbeat that reality has set him free, having unburdened a mystery that has been chewing inside him the greater part of his 34 years until the point when one day he reviewed that he woke up to the truth that the "time bomb" inside him would detonate any minute, that the Pandora"s Box of his reality would at last be pried open by an open that finds unreasonable joy in analyzing the sanctum of the stars" individual lives.

All things considered, showbiz-watchers, titillated by the media that served piece supper succulent things about Mark, have really been perhaps accidentally driving Mark into, ehem, trip himself yet Mark, favor him, stayed silent yet not for long.

In Beyond The Mark, his much discussed however kept-under-wraps tell-all (well, nearly!) diary, Mark is letting the cat out of the bag, in a manner of speaking, with substantial pork tossed in for good measure. Like the most loved breakfast charge, Mark serves a bigger number of beans than pork, and doesn"t that improve the meat taste? Yummy!

"I have a story to tell," composes Mark on the back cover, "and regardless of what others may think, I"m glad that I can impart this to pride (from beating my own battles), bliss (from finding my life"s reason), and peace (from finding the genuine quintessence of satisfaction). For me, these are life"s incredible accomplishments. This has been my trip and my life, up until this point!"

Also, to cite the title of Lea Salonga"s tune, what a voyage it has been!

I figure we as a whole know the "beans" in Mark"s life that has been composed and changed about: His youth and growing-up a very long time in Cagayan de Oro where, as a high schooler, he facilitated a stunner expo for young ladies in a neighbor"s house and had a go at sprucing up his sisters" Barbie and paper dolls; how life abandoned ruddy to chaotic after his dad resigned from being a sailor for two decades, with Mark and his sister prohibited to take exams because of their failure to pay educational cost expenses; how he and his sibling Nigel took a freight dispatch from Cagayan de Oro (couldn"t bear the cost of plane charge) to Manila to keep his meeting with fate. The rest, goodness well, we know the rest, don"t we? He completed second to Sarah Geronimo in the Viva-supported ability scan Star For a Night (by singing One of every a Million You), attempted the title part in Lastikman and, to quick forward, ruled the phase at the National Theater in London and wowed blended groups of onlookers with his liberally adulated execution as Ferdinand Marcos in Here Lies Love, the melodic dramatization about the adventure of Imelda Marcos.

Mark has such office with the English dialect that perusing his biography feels as though you"re listening in on a confession booth or poring over a delicious journal he has kept inside the baul for a considerable length of time. He writes in a free-streaming and free-wheeling style that is without a moment's delay fair, true, real and unashamed. You know, Mark is quite sharing and very giving that he exposes his heart and inner self for all to see and to feel.

Furthermore, now, the "substantial" segments, relegated with affection and care so no one gets hurt or cries, "Foul!" ...Stop the presses!

More confessions:

Mark is among the extraordinary visitors (with Arman Ferrer and Joaquin Valdes) of Joanna Ampil (above) in Love Wins, a Valentine indicate set for Feb. 14 at the Globe Auditorium, BGC Arts Center. It"s Joanna"s first show after she won Best Actress (for Ang Larawan) at the 2017 MMFF. For tickets, call Ticketworld at 891-9999. 

• His first relationship was with a person who turned out to be exceptionally requesting, debilitating to pulverize Mark"s going to-blossom vocation, so he said a final farewell to him. 

• He dated young ladies (one a vocalist performing artist whose mother didn"t like him "in view of my sexuality" and a lovely lady performer) and he even sought Sarah Geronimo (his Lastikman driving woman) who pleasantly disclosed to him that they ought to be in an ideal situation as companions. 

• He had a manly relationship ("That prompted closeness") with another person (no piece of information at all) that finished when the guy"s sweetheart (likewise no sign at all) got some answers concerning it. 

There was much theory when Mark had a gathering with Anderson Cooper (depicted by Mark as "a brilliant, brave and transparently gay reporter") Anderson"s office in New York where Mark was going to a class in course. He longed for being an anchorperson and he adored Anderson — "I pondered internally that if at any time I would turn out and share the narrative of my sexuality to the world I should be met by no not as much as Anderson Cooper himself." 

Mark ought to have no dread that his disclosure will negatively affect his individual and his profession. In actuality, the immaculateness of his "admission" will definitely charm him all the more to his fans and companions. 

"By and by," he states, "I have since made peace with the self-learning that I cherish both genders and, if given the possibility, I would love to have children and settle down and have a family. In any case, for the present, I don"t need to name myself."

(Beyond the Mark is published and exclusively distributed by VRJ Books Publishing Inc. It will go on sale this weekend at all National Bookstore outlets.)