Ruby Rodriguez Acts With Own Daughter Toni Aquino In 'Wattpad Presents Lala Laitera'

RUBY RODRIGUEZ’ daughter, Toni Aquino, is joining showbiz playing the lead title role in TV5’s “Wattpad Presents Lala Laitera” that starts airing tomorrow night at 9 PM. Ruby and her husband Mark Aquino have two kids, Antoinette Nicole and Antonio Jesus. Toni was born on June 28, 1998 and she’s been offered roles since two years back but Ruby told her to finish high school first.

“Now that she has just graduated from high school and will be in college na this June, sige, pumayag na kaming mag-artista siya at ‘Wattpad Presents’ ang unang nag-offer sa kanya,” says Ruby. “Hindi naman maaalis na mahilig siya sa showbiz kasi, 6 months pa lang yan, isinasama ko na sa ‘Eat Bulaga’ at sa mall shows ko so I can spend quality time with her. She really grew up na Bulaga baby siyang sanay nang binibiro nina Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon.”

Who is she closest to among her co-hosts in “Eat Bulaga”? “Si Pauleen Luna. I really don’t know why nag-click kami kasi malaki ang age gap namin. Puede ko na nga siyang anak.”

So when is Pauleen and Vic’s wedding? “I really don’t know. But I told them na abisuhan naman nila ako long before the wedding kasi gusto ko namang magpapayat para sa kasal nila.”

In “Wattpad Presents”, her daughter Toni plays Lala Laitera and they get to act together. Are they on a package deal basis? “No,” says Ruby. “When they offered a role to me, inalam ko muna kung ano. Kung mother ako, ayoko, kasi mag-ina na nga kami in real life, di ba? E, naiiba yung role ko, diwata o fairy na mabaho kaya nilait niya. In return, isinumpa ko siya na lahat ng panlalait na gagawin niya, babalik sa kanya at maaalis lang ang sumpa kapag hinalikan siya ng lalaking mahal niya, played by Carl Guevarra.”

Are they laiteras in real life? “Hindi naman. Yung lola niya, na nanay ko, yung ang nuknukan sa pagiging mapanlait. Ako ngang anak niya, kung laitin niya, ‘Ang pangit ng hitsura mo kanina sa TV’, sasabihin sa akin. At ang katwiran niya, nagsasabi lang namansiya ng totoo, na dialogue mismo ni Toni dito sa ‘Wattpad Presents’.”

Will she be a stage mom? “No. Kaya nga si Noel Ferrer ang manager niya. Ako naman, I’m managed by Tita Malou Choa Fagar. I believe Noel can handle her very well. Sa ngayon, kilala siya as anak ni Ruby. My wish for her is that, one day, makilala ako as mother ni Toni Aquino.”