'Kalma lang po tayo': Bea Alonzo says she's 'just friends' with non-showbiz guy in viral cozy photos

After intriguing social media users with her cozy photos with a non-showbiz guy, Bea Alonzo was quick to clarify they're "just friends."

The actress recently made the rounds online as her now-expired Instagram story showed a photo of her getting cozy beside a man while placing her arms on his shoulder. Her face was partially covered by her arm.

The guy, meanwhile, made a post showing Alonzo with her face not partially covered this time, adding smiling emojis in the caption. His account, however, has been set to private to date.

In an Instagram Story on Nov. 12, Alonzo reacted to the dating speculations between them.

"Okay, this is getting out of hand," she said in a text caption with a black background. "Can we all relax? We are just friends."

"And the stories are getting ridiculous," she added with a face with tears of joy emoji. "Kalma lang po tayo."

Alonzo's selfie came on the heels of her ex-boyfriend Dominic Roque being spotted kissing Sue Ramirez.

A viral video showed the two beside each other at a bar in Siargao when she cupped his face and leaned in for a kiss. It wasn't clear what sparked the kiss or whether it was on the lips or the cheek. There were also speculations that it might've been due to a truth-or-dare challenge among friends.

At the time, it was rumored that Ramirez had already broken up with her longtime boyfriend, Victorias City, Negros Occidental Mayor Javi Benitez. After the said video made the headlines, Benitez said they had "quietly" and "respectfully" broken up four months ago.

Roque, meanwhile, got engaged to Alonzo in July 2023. But in a joint Instagram post last Feb. 11, they announced that "after much thought, consideration, and care, we have mutually decided to amicably end our engagement."

Alonzo and Roque first sparked dating speculations in 2019 and confirmed their romance in August 2021.