MANILA - After months of silence, award-winning young actress Sunshine Dizon has finally shot down the pregnancy rumor that is stalking her.

She denied speculation that she went to the United States purportedly to hide her pregnancy. She divulged that she never left the country, but stayed in Pampanga for a long period of time due to an illness.

"It just so happened that I got sick… Every year ganoon ang tsismis. Everybody is pregnant… It's kind of sad because it's (rumor) really part of the industry. If you don't like that, then get out of the business,” she said in an interview after the 23rd PMPC Star Awards for TV awarding ceremonies.

She also denied that she and her rumored non-celebrity boyfriend, reportedly the brother of actress Tanya Garcia, got hitched in secret.

"Hindi po ako [nagpakasal] kasi sana po ay ay mayaman na ako. Kasi kung mag-aasawa ako, sisiguraduhin ko na mayaman [ang papakasalan ko]," Dizon jokingly said.

Dizon, who received a best single performance by an actress award for her role in “Obra Presents: Butch,” stressed that she is single and open to dating.

The rumors have surfaced after the actress turned down two projects in another network. -SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon