Eugenio "Boy" Abunda, Jr. (born 29 October 1955) is a Filipino television host, publicist, talent manager and celebrity endorser. He is dubbed as the "King of Talk" in local show business.
Abunda was born in Borongan City, Eastern Samar. He left school after his father's death and worked in odd jobs to support himself.
He later worked as an assistant stage manager at the Metropolitan Theater and assisted the theater administrator, Tita Conching. Conching taught him about public relations and within a couple of years he started Backroom, Inc., a public relations firm. He worked as a public relations consultant for the GMA Network when Bobby Barreiro, a network executive, suggested Abunda try hosting a television show.
Abunda became a host of Show and Tell, a late night variety talk show with Gretchen Barretto, and Startalk, an entertainment talk show. In 1999, he moved to GMA Network's competitorABS-CBN where he hosted The Buzz, Private Conversations, Home Boy and Kontrobersyal. Abunda now hosts The Bottomline with Boy Abunda, a talk show interview and SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon.
He attended Ateneo de Manila University taking up Business Management but failed to finish. He later attended Philippine Women's University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts in 2009 and currently taking his Master's degree in International Relation in Public Diplomacy.
Abunda also produced an album titled Melodic Conversations.
Abunda is openly gay and has been in a relationship with partner Bong Quintana for more than 25 years.
On June 23, 2010, he became a part-time professor at Philippine Women's University teaching Radio and Television to Mass Communication students. Due to his hectic schedule, he is only able to teach twice a month with four to five hours work time.He was awarded as one of the outstanding teachers of the year in the said school.
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