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What advice did she get from her mom, Ruby Rodriguez? “Una sa lahat, huwag mag-overeat para di ako tumabang gaya niya. Then she said na siya lang ang comedian, I’m not, so I should be versatile and try other kinds of acting. I really love to act and I want to make my mom proud of me. It’s nice nga na sa first try ko, I get to act with my mom here in ‘Lala Laitera’. She plays a fairy na sumumpa sa’kin. Napakamapanlait ko kasi rito kaya ang sumpa niya, lahat ng panlalait na gagawin ko, mababalik sa’kin. When I made fun of someone na mahaba ang baba, humaba rin ang baba ko. Nang laitin ko ang isang bungal, I lost my front teeth. Nang pagtawanan ko yung maraming pimples, tinubuan din ako ng maraming pimples sa mukha ko. Si Carl na dati ring nilalait ko’t sinasabi kong mukhang bakla, siya ang makakaalis ng sumpa.”
She’ll be taking up social sciences at UP Manila starting this June. “Ayoko talaga pabayaan ang studies ko. I want to have a college degree. Sa tingin ko, mapagsasabay ko naman ang acting and studying.”
So how’s her experience acting as “Lala Laitera”? I realized I have boundless energy. Kasi lahat, sila, at 3 AM, low batt na, but ako, buhay na buhay pa, excited pa to work. I’m thankful to our director, Elaine Lozano, kasi she really guided me para magawa ko nang maayos ang role ni Lala Laitera.”
Has she experienced being bashed? “So far, wala pa naman about my joining showbiz. If ever, I’ll just prove them na may capability ako to act. But in school, nalait na rin ako. Sinasabihan ako, ‘Ang taba ng nanay mo’. So pinatulan ko talaga, ‘Wala naman siyang ginagawang masama sa’yo, bakit nilalait mo?’ It was very painful I went to the comfort room and cried.”
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