MANILA – Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II might have withdrawn his bid for the presidency but he is not backing out of his plan to marry his fiancée Korina Sanchez.

In an interview with radio dzMM Wednesday, Sanchez said she and the senator will now have more time to prepare their much-anticipated wedding on October 23.

“Tuloy ang kasal.  At nagbibiruan kami ni Mar, ‘Hay salamat, hindi na natin kailangang imbitahin si ganito’…iikli ang aming invitation list,” she said.

"I told him that I love him and now we can concentrate on the wedding. Hindi na masyado iyong tensyon, hirap ng katawan at pag-iisip.”

The “Rated K” host excitedly shared that some dresses are now ready for fitting and that she has already chosen the invitations.

She added: “Pumupunta ako ng Pampanga…. pupuntahan ko pa ang Aklan, ayoko ng telang mahal dahil hindi nakaw ang pera namin. May hangganan ang budget. Ako mismo ang humihiram sa mga kaibigan ko [at] nagre-rent ng dekorasyon. Ang ganda ganda ng kalalabasan. You’d be proud of that wedding.”

Meanwhile, the broadcaster said she cannot say yet when she will return to ABS-CBN, noting that she is still waiting for her fiance’s next move.

Sanchez took a leave of absence from ABS-CBN after she got engaged to the senator. She used to co-host "Tambalan Failon at Sanchez" on dzMM and was an anchor of ABS-CBN's late night news program, "Bandila."

Sanchez wept openly during her radio interview as she castigated a newspaper columnist for describing Roxas as power hungry.  Sanchez said she was deeply hurt with Inquirer columnist Conrado de Quiros for describing the current crop of presidential bets as "too hungry for power."

“Ang sama ng loob [ko ay] hindi dahil hindi tatakbo si Mar. Malinaw yan…I’m hurt because some people expressed doubts about Mar. Iyon ang pinakamasakit sa akin,” she said.