TONI Episode 55 | Andrea And Maui Taylor Talk About Being Sexy Stars And How Motherhood Changed Them
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It was a big transition na for me.
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It felt like it was the right time, the perfect time to try.
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Yes, to give service.
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Sa mga constituent.
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Kasi you became the former vice mayor sa...
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Calatagan, yes, yes.
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Ano yung difference ng fulfillment being in showbiz
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and yung fulfillment ng being a public servant for you?
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Syempre, my first love will always be show business.
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You know, that's where I grew up.
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That's, you know, more than half of my lifetime is talagang was spent in that industry.
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So, it will always be, you know.
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But I'm happy naman that I was able to try a different field, no?
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But ano siya, eh.
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So much commitment.
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Feeling ko it's really a calling.
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Yung mga pumapasok sa public service.
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I have so much respect, especially after I experienced it.
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I'm like, wow, guys.
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Calling siya talaga.
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You have to have the heart for public service.
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Half of your life, you were in show business.
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So, you started in show business.
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I think I was 14.
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When I auditioned for Dutch Entertainment.
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Na hindi ako natanggap.
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Hindi ako natanggap.
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And then after that, I landed a gig sa Channel 9.
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I did a show called Lili Tubig.
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And then, nag-sign up ako with ABS-CBN.
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So, kakabatch ko si Napiolo.
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Ah, kayo mo kakabatch?
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Pero hindi pa sexy yung imaging mo noon?
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Ah, hindi. Sexy na ako noon.
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Kasi yung first show ko, paliba sa lalaki.
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Anong pangalan ko sexy?
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Ah, ni-launch ka na talaga kagad as sexy?
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Noong ni-launch ako.
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Pagsinin ka na talaga na maganda ang hubog ng katawan.
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Pero nag-mis-earth ka noong 2001.
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Mis-earth Philippines.
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Yeah, I just tried it.
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Sabi na hindi ka. Try ka, try ka.
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So, I've always been like that naman.
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Tinatry mo lahat?
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I just say yes and then I just figure out the rest after I say yes.
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So, noong sinabi sa'yo na we will form a girl group called Viva Hot Babes.
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Anong unang reaction mo?
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Kasi bago ko mag-join ang Viva, I did a show called Atta Girl in ABS.
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So, it was like a girl show.
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Sabi ko, Boss Vic, group na naman.
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Gano'n yung initial reaction ko.
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But of course, because napaka-genius ni Boss Vic,
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became very, very successful.
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And yeah, I was just so happy to be, you know, try ka.
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Narinig na ng anak mo yung mga songs mo na ginawa before.
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Like yung mga bulaklak.
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And that's actually why I did it.
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I'm like someday, you know, when I have a kid, she's gonna enjoy this song.
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Ilang years ang Viva Hot Babes?
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Twenty and counting.
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Twenty years na tapos lahat kayo, may mga anak na, you have your own families,
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nag-transition na kayo into some talaga naging private life na.
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Yung iba nasa ibang bansa na.
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But we still get in touch with each other.
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We have a thread na kung saan doon kami nagkocommunicate.
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And whenever they come back from wherever they come from, we take them out.
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You're now in your 40s.
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So ano yung feeling to be a woman in your 40s?
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Basically, you're just comfortable with yourself and what you've accomplished.
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You don't have to prove yourself to anyone anymore.
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You know, I'm just happy where I'm at.
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Alam mo, pag-uusapan pa natin more on their journey as Viva Hot Babes.
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Dahil may makakasama din tayo yung isa pang member nila.
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Nanamiss din natin lahat.
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The one and only Maui Taylor.
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Kasi nag-uusap na kami.
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Pinapalikan namin kasi nakakasabay ko si Maui nung nasa GMA pa ako.
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Pero Maui Taylor na siya noon.
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Favorite show ko kasi every Sunday yung Ana Karenina.
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Oh wow, thank you.
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Napapansin na kita kasi sabi ko, ang ganda naman ito Miss Tiza.
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Diba ang puti mo na kasi noon?
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Tapos parang mataray pa minsan yung role mo.
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Actually, doon ako nag-start talaga sa kontrabida na roles.
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So yeah, ako yung parang sabi nga nila ako yung sobrang puting mataray on the set.
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Pero syempre, kabalik tara naman sya talaga in real life.
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Yes, parang in real life nga mahinhin ka lang, tahimig ka lang.
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Ano ako eh, bensyo introvert actually.
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Kung baga binago lang ako ng showbiz kahit pa paano.
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Nailabas yung ano mo, yung parang outgoing side mo.
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Kasi diba yung mga roles na ginawa mo, yung mga movies na ginawa mo.
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Paano ka napasok sa showbiz?
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Actually, I really wanted kasi naalala ko pumila pa ako sa auditions ng Ang TV.
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Ba't gusto mo mag show business nung bata ka?
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Kasi siguro maaga akong na-expose sa TV.
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Kasi yung mom ko, bata pa lang ako, pinasok na ako sa print, commercial.
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So may idea ka na ng limelight?
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I already had this whole limelight thing.
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Parang, oh wow, masarap to be in it. Ganon.
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Siyempre nung una, since hindi naman malaki pa yung role ko,
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ako yung palaging huling kinukuhaan.
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Yung diba pa ako ng 4 a.m., 5 a.m. tapos diretso ako sa school.
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Ano pagsabay mo yun, school at saka showbiz?
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Ayaw kasi ng mom ko na,
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ang usapan namin is, papasok ka sa showbiz
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pero kailangan nag-aaral ka pa rin.
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So nabalance mo yun?
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Hindi kasi naalala ko.
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Oo, naalala ko diba, in the 90s,
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pag nag-artista ka at a very young age, 13, 14,
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it's either ang transition mo nyan,
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magla love team ka, or magsesexy ka.
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From Anna Karenina, yun na nga, kontrabida.
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And then nag-TGIS pa ako.
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Kontrabida. Nag-dearheart pa ako.
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Kontrabida, again.
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Ano pa pala ako? Nag-best friends pa ako.
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Yun yung pumulit sa DATS Entertainment.
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From there, medyo kontrabida pa rin.
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Tapos after nun, parang biglang na-cut.
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I felt as if parang walang nangyayari.
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I was always just one of those.
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Yun yung feeling ko.
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So nagsabi ako sa management ko na,
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eh, aaral na lang ako.
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Kung baga, I'll just leave the country, aaral na lang.
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And then si boss, Vic, naman,
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came up with that, you know, idea na,
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uy, wait lang, wait lang, wait lang.
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Huwag ka muna alas. May magagawa pa tayo.
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So, yun, right there and then, I was offered to do sexy.
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Actually, more mature roles yung term na ginamit.
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Mature. Mature roles.
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Kasi, ilang taong ka nung nag-start ka mag-mature roles?
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At least 20 plus na.
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Ako yung college girl image na petite, baby face.
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I guess that's one of the reasons why I made it.
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Yun ang naging charm mo na parang,
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ay, mukha siyang bata pero sexy star siya, sexy actress siya.
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She's taking on these mature roles.
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Nung in-offer ka for sexy roles and mature roles,
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nagkaroon ka ba ng hesitation?
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Ganun kalakas yung loob ko.
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Or I guess, hindi ko na pinag-isipan.
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Feeling ko, bihira lang kasi yung binibigyan ni boss ng break na ganun.
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And I always believe that boss Vic has the eye for an artist.
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Anong reaction ng family mo?
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Yung brother ko, nung napanood niyo yung launching film ko,
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pagkasundo niya sa akin from school,
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naalala ko, binatukan ako ng sapatos nun.
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Talagang, ginunan ako ng shoes.
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Kasi parang, sabi niya,
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what were you thinking? Anong ginagawa mo?
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Directed by Cor Quinares.
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Ah, pinanood niya. Na-shock siya.
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Shock. Na-shock siya.
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Kasi parang, siyempre, hindi nila maisip.
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Anong pa naggagawa ng kapatid ko?
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Oo. Anong sinabi mo?
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Wala na akong mahihintay. Parang, okay.
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Eh, pero yung mommy mo?
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My mom, to be honest,
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my mom from the start of my sexy career
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up to the last sexy movie that I did,
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she was always there.
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Na, maiilang ako kasi,
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maglalove scene ako.
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Nandiyan ang mommy ko.
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Tapos, ang gagawin niya,
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sampung tao lang inside the room.
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Walang still man.
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Yun yung conditions nung mom.
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Hindi ka na-conscious?
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Nagkikisingsidas na dyan yung mommy mo.
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Unang una talaga, sabi ko,
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ano ba itong ginagawa ng mommy ko?
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Hindi ka nandito, mommy.
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Lumabas ka, pero hindi.
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Ah, nakatutok pala sa'yo yung mommy mo
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nung time na yun.
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Tsaka feeling ko kaya siya nandun sa mismong
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Hot set yung tawag,
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yung ginagalawan, diba?
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Kasi kailangan niya makita kung sino yung mga mag...
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Maybe other people might take advantage
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of the situation being shot.
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Eh, anak ka niya.
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So, she will try to protect you as much as she can.
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And we are parents now.
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And that's what we're gonna do.
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Now I understand.
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Pero ang galing ng mommy mo kasi
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open siya dun sa,
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okay, my daughter is doing mature roles.
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She was very supportive
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of the career path that I took.
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You were a sex symbol ng early 2000.
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So lahat, mga lalaki, crush ka,
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ikaw ang pantasya ng bayan,
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ah, si Maui Taylor.
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Paano mo hinahandalin yung fame,
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Honestly, I came to a point
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where I didn't know how to handle it.
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Feeling ko, dumating ako sa point na
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lumaki yung ulo ko.
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But then yun na nga eh,
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I'm very happy that my parents were always there
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to just pull me down.
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Kasi yun yung number one bilin din sa akin eh.
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Huwag na huwag lalaki ang ulo mo.
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Eh, kaya lang sinabi mo nga at one point,
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paano mo na sabing,
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kasi it takes a lot of self-awareness
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para masabi mo sa sarili mo na,
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ay, parang lumaki yung ulo ko.
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I came to a point where I had a regular show.
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Pinakapo yung sarili ko.
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Noong nawala yung show sa akin,
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this was school ka lang,
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doon ko na-realize na,
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bakit ko ginawa yun?
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And then, yun na.
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Siyempre nagkaroon na ako ng bad image nun sa Seven.
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Hindi na nila ako kinukuha.
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So that was when I realized na,
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I think you went overboard this time.
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Happy naman ako na may self-realization ako.
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But what is the difference of your life right now
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compared dun sa...
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Well, now I have two kids.
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Yeah, I have two boys.
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Isang nine, kaka-nine lang na isa.
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The big difference now is,
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siyempre, of course, your mom.
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I'd have to say that I became more responsible
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for my actions, my decisions.
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If dati, sobrang party girl ko,
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ngayon I would have to think of my two boys
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that I will leave before I go out.
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Did you tell your boys na yung trabaho mo?
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Feeling ko may idea.
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Ano pag-inoogle nila Maui Taylor?
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Ah, yun na nga eh.
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Actually, ano na ako.
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Naghahanda na ako ng mga isasagot ko.
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But confident ako sa mga bata ngayon na
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mas naiintindihan nila.
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Yung time na nag-movies ka with mature roles,
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right after nun, sinali ka na sa Vivo Hot Babes?
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Kaya siya naging Vivo Hot Babes
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kasi ang branding nila sa akin was
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the original hot babe ng bayan.
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So sabi ni Boss Vic,
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kawa kaya tayo ng grupo?
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So the auditions started.
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Kaya nabuo yung group na yun.
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Hindi ka nagkaroon ng hesitation
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kasi you were already doing solo films,
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nilaunch ka na as solo star,
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tapos sasali ka sa isang group.
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No, no, non at all.
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I actually enjoyed working with the girls.
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Kasi kausap ko kanina si Andrea,
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20 years na ang Vivo Hot Babes.
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Ilan talaga ang Vivo Hot Babes?
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Ang original batch ng Vivo Hot Babes?
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Oo nga pala, Aisha Agkawili.
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We have Maui, Katya, Gwen Garcia,
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Did I mention Gwen Garcia already?
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Ah, kayo yung mga original?
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Yung mga naka-bulaklak outfit.
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Pag sinabi Vivo Hot Babes,
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yung lagi nang isip ko yung bulaklak.
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Yung bulaklak outfit.
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Kahit some part ng Pilipinas na perform nyo yan.
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Ito parang pinapatong-patong lang sa amin yan eh.
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kapag may mga ano.
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Andami naming shows at the time.
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We were so blessed.
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From a party hanggang hulo
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because of that show,
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because of that song.
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Uso-uso dating novelty songs.
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Pinagano ba kayo?
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Pinag-tapat kayo sa sexbomb?
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But we don't dance like them.
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Kasi ang gagaling nila sumayo eh.
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Kaming parang cute-cute lang kami sumayo.
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Dinadaan namin sa...
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So madalas kayong magkasabay ng show
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Kaya nga buti wala pang social media nun eh.
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Can you imagine kung may social media
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tapos sabay na may girl group?
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E di awayan ng fans.
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But we would not compete with them.
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They're amazing dancers.
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Kaya group kasi syempre,
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Magka-clash ng mga ego, hormones.
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May mga girl fight talaga?
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May nangyari na na parang mga sigawan
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Ah, na major fight?
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Anong ginagawa nyo pag may mga gano'n?
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May mga conflict backstage?
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Sino na pa-pacify?
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You know, usually, Katya.
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May gano'n siya yung mommy ng group.
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Ah, siya nagpa-pacify.
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mahala kayo sabuhin yung mag-away kayo lahat.
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Ayun nga yung for you.
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Sinong pinaka-mature?
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Ikaw mo pinaka-mature nung time na yun sa group?
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Sige na nga, aminin na natin.
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I'm the oldest of them all.
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Ah, so ikaw parang senior.
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Ikaw pinaka-ate nila.
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May mga times din na,
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ayoko na, pagod na ako.
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There was a time,
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you would want to have your own thing going on,
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nagkakabalikan din naman eh.
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I told them na alis na ako sa group.
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Pag gano'n, nagsasabi yung member na alis,
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anong ginagawa niyo?
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We all want to grow, diba?
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naintindihan naman namin.
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Sinong pinaka-makulit sa grupo niyo nung naalala niyo?
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Sa Viva Holidays.
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Ngayon si Sheree.
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Siya, nakakatawa.
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Kanya-kanyang karakter.
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Ako yung pinaka-ano,
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lasinggera sa inyo.
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Nung time na yan?
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Ako naman kasi, I don't drink.
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I was gonna say that.
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Anong na-enjoy nyo
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in being a part of a girl group?
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I think the sisterhood.
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but she's younger than me.
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I somehow grew up with these ladies.
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And the support system is different talaga.
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Parang naging ano talaga kayo?
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Yung isa, may kaaway.
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Ah, may ganon kayo.
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I got your back talaga.
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Pag kaaway ng isa,
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kaaway niyong lahat.
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Anong biggest misconception
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sa grupo nyo natin?
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Ako, I feel so bad
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na even up until now,
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feeling nila pakawala.
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Meron na sila agad idea of you
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without even getting to know you.
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So, paano niyo hinahandle yun?
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I don't really read so much
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what's written about me.
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I don't mind it, eh.
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paano mo hinahandle pag ganoon?
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I made sure na every time
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balot na balot ako.
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naka-long sleeves ako.
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makikita naman ng mga tao yan, eh,
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na whatever they get to watch in the films,
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hindi naman yun yung personality mo
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in your real life, eh.
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What was the best time for you
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doing your mature films
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and being a part of a girl group?
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I'd have to say na,
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mas lalo pa kaming nakilala.
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especially being in a,
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with these girls.
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What was that feeling like
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Less freedom to move around
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because of the time, you know.
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Every move we made,
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we would be stalked,
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we could not go to
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being approached.
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when I eventually got there, no,
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I felt like I was on cloud nine.
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the downside of it
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it's as if my life was
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very, very public,
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Wala nang natilang privacy sakin.
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at a point in your life,
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what makes you happy?
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Building memories with our kids.
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It's hard to stay in this business.
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We're just fortunate enough to
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That's important eh,
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yung maayos yung family mo.
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my family, my kids,
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my two loving boys.
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Yun pala ang greatest happiness.
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It's just really being,
