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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

Jan 13, 2014

Lani Mercado Turns Down New Soap With GMA-7 Because Of Sea Urchin

AFTER THE hit “Mga Basang Sisiw”, how come Lani Mercado is not given another show when GMA is launching several shows soon? “Actually, I was offered to play the role of the sea witch in ‘Kambal Sirena’,” she says. “Kaya lang, I had a traumatic experience nang mag-tape kami sa dagat for ‘Basang Sisiw’. Natusok ako ng sea urchin sa kamay at yung tinik, kumabit sa buto ko so it has to be operated on at kung hindi, baka raw magka-infection at maputol pa kamay ko, so I begged off.”

What’s their daughter Gianna doing after GMA introduced her in “Teen Gen”? “She decided to go back to school. Saka na lang daw siya babalik sa showbiz kapag tapos na siya ng college when she’s 21.”

What about the rumor that she’ll have a new “apo” since Jodi Santamaria, GF of her son Jolo Revilla, is preggy? “Nagulat nga ako, hindi naman totoo yun. They denied it na. Sa TV show lang niya preggy si Jodi, not in real life.”

Will she be against Jodi’s getting preggy? “No, as long as sana, pakasal muna sila. It’s up to them kasi they’re of the right age. They know the proper way of doing it.”

Sen.Bong Revilla agrees with his wife. “We welcome Jodi as part of our family. She’s a very nice person at magkasundo naman sila ni Jolo. They’ve been in relationships before so mature na sila, they now know what to do.”

How did Bong feel that he was missing in the last Metro Filmfest when he used to have an entry every year? “Siempre, malungkot. Kasi part na ng career ko ang pagiging busy ng family namin tuwing magpapasko dahil may entry nga ako sa filmfest, kasama pa ko sa parade. But I’d to congratulate everyone kasi very successful ang last filmfest at topgrosser si Pareng Vic Sotto.”

On January 20, he’s all set to deliver his privilege speech to answer the accusation against him about PDAF. “Hindi ako agad sumagot noon kasi sabi ni Sen. Jinggoy, mauuna na siya. Then sunod-sunod na pumasok ang mga kalamidad sa bansa natin. Nalugmok ako in 2013 pero babangon ako kasama ng sambayanan ngayong bagong taon. I’m just thankful na ang mga nagmamahal sa’kin, patuloy ang suporta kaya mataas pa rin ang ratings ng show kong ‘Kap’s Amazing Stories’ sa GMA-7. Lahat, isinurender ko na lang sa Diyos. We’ve been taking Bible studies every weekend for five months now and it helped bring us closer as a family.”

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