Paolo Ballesteros plays a gay

PAOLO BALLESTEROS will be in drag in most of his scenes in “I Heart You Pare” that starts tomorrow night. He doesn’t mind if people think he’s really gay. “Okay lang kung ma-typecast ako sa ganitong roles,” he says. “Better than waiting for roles na lalaki nga ako, pero wala namang dumarating so jobless ako. Sanay na nga akong maglagay ng make up at false eyelashes. Pero mahirap kasi iniipit ko yung ari ko para hindi bumukol.”

As Vodka, the star performer in Club Love, he becomes the chief rival of Regine Velasquez who pretends to be a gay named Tonette. “First time ko to work with her and nahihiya pa ko nung una, but she turned out to be okay kasi parang bakla rin. Sa mga eksena namin, tinatarayan ko lagi siya at dinuduro-duro. Wala siyang ereng siya ang star dito.”

How would he explain his gay roles to his two-year old daughter, Kiera? “I don’t know. But she’s still very young at sa Arizona nakatira with her mom, so di niya pa alam ito. Pero papaliwanag ko lang sigurong actor ako at trabaho lang itong pinagkakitaan ko. Hindi naman niya ko nakikitang nasa bahay lang tapos fully made up pa rin. Iba na yun.”