{
  "id": 17392003,
  "title": "#SHOWBIZ: Syed Saddiq credits Sabah for sparking his love story with Bella Astillah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/showbiz-syed-saddiq-credits-sabah-for-sparking-his-love-story-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T11:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2026/10/1567728/showbiz-syed-saddiq-credits-sabah-sparking-his-love-story-bella"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, the Muar MP, credits Sabah for sparking his love story with Bella Astillah, an actress and singer. The 33-year-old politician first visited Sabah for filming and immediately fell in love with the state when he arrived, sharing that the experience allowed him to get to know Bella and her family better. During a reception in Kota Kinabalu, Syed Saddiq expressed his gratitude to Bella for teaching him valuable lessons about maturity, fatherhood, and being a husband, as well as joking about his newfound role as a more smiling father in Parliament.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Family apologises to Bella Astillah over Muar woman’s viral grab-and-kiss incident",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/family-apologises-to-bella-astillah-over-muar-womans-viral-grab-and",
        "published": "2026-10-28T08:05:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}