MANILA, Philippines?She still has framed pictures of her daughter Karylle with ex-boyfriend Dingdong Dantes all over her house, admitted Zsazsa Padilla.

?One time, Dolphy (her long-time partner) asked me: ?Isn?t it time you put those away? Nakakahiya naman kay K (Karylle?s nickname).? I will eventually find time to do it. Kasi naman Dong was a part of the family when they were together,? the singer told us during the launch of her latest album, ?Unchanging Love? under Polyeast Records.

?Show biz is such a small industry,? Zsazsa said. ?Dong and I are bound to run into each other soon. I pray that I don?t create a scene. Unlike K, I could be confrontational. The upside of what happened to Karylle was that people realized how intelligent she is, how well she copes with certain situations. I?m happy she?s finally recovered.?

Zsazsa admitted she suffered from depression when her 2003 wedding with Dolphy was canceled. She was not about to go through that anytime soon, she said.

?Everything was ready. I had the wedding gown and invitations made. It was the perfect time to get married. It was a good thing I hadn?t sent the invitations,? said Zsazsa, who has two daughters with Dolphy?Nicole and Zia.

She said the annulment of her marriage to Karylle?s father, Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari, hit another snag this year. ?It?s been six years... but I?m not allowed to discuss it.?

Zsazsa said she found comfort, and wisdom, in the words of her youngest daughter. ?Zia told me, ?You know marriage, like your songs, should bind you. It should have happened at the start of your relationship. Because you?ve been together for such a long time, what else do you have to prove???

Early marriage

The singer-actress recounted that marriage was not something she fully understood when she plunged into it at age 16: ?Zia was right. In show biz, having spent twentysomething years together is something to be proud of in itself.?

Karylle, who is currently in London for a show with singer Martin Nievera, had this to say earlier about her parent?s impending annulment: ?I just hope everything will be fine and the proceedings will finally end.?

Zsazsa celebrated her 45th birthday last May 28 while on tour with Kuh Ledesma, Pops Fernandez and Regine Velasquez for their ?Divas to Divas? concert series. They had 14 shows in Canada and the United States. ?I spent my birthday in Texas. I ate steak by myself and wrote a blog about it,? she recalled. She added that plans for Dolphy?s birthday on July 25 are not yet definite.

Meanwhile, she will be busy promoting her 12-track album, her first after seven years. ?I fought hard for an all-OPM lineup, but we couldn?t find enough materials. My label has promised to do that for our next project,? she said.

The album package offers a minus-one CD and a four-page photo book. ?I look 20 years younger here,? Zsazsa joked. ?The wonders of Photoshop, thank you very much.?

Dressed in a fuchsia ruffled mini-dress and gold pumps, Zsazsa sang four songs, including the carrier single ?Hanggang,? during the record launch at the Discovery Suites in Pasig City.