Is love all that Kris needs?
What’s the best Christmas gift that she can give herself? ‘Time to be a normal, hands-on, caring mom.’ And what’s her New Year’s resolution? ‘To be more loving and lovable, caring and compassionate, peace-loving and peaceful, forgiving and forgivable.’
The Year of the Sheep was (take note: past tense since there are only 11 days more left) was admittedly not a good year for Kris Aquino who, despite some setbacks, continues to reign supreme as Queen of All Media. She quit
Aquino & Abunda Tonight, her nightly ABS-CBN showbiz-news show with soul mate Boy Abunda (but continues to host her morning show Kris TV), due to poor health (from stress and too much work); landed in the hospital a few times; and seemed to have given up on love (blame it on the “indecisive” good mayor of Quezon City?).
Hopefully, the emerging Year of the Monkey should be luckier and more prosperous for Kris whose diurnal activities are religiously monitored by the public from her regular postings on social media. She’s a Metal Pig (turning 45 on Feb. 14 next year). According to the Chinese Horoscope, “Metal, being the hardest of the elements, gives the Pig an air of firmness, rigidity, persistence, strength and determination. The Metal Pig(s) can be controlling, ambitious, forceful and set in their ways. They are often more self-reliant and prefer to handle their problems alone.” (Kris’ son Joshua is also a Metal Pig and other son Bimby is a Fire Pig).
The title of her Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry, Star Cinema’s All You Need is Pag-ibig, aptly describes what’s lacking in Kris’ life. She has fame and fortune, and everything any girl could wish for… except somebody to love and love her back.
According to a tabloid report yesterday, while Kris was at the hospital recently, a "mystery" admirer(?) sent her comfort food. In her Instagram, Kris thanked the gift-giver for her favorite lechon, hinting that she and “that guy" were all right again, thanks to Bimby who paved the way for the "reconciliation." At the height of the typhoon, Bimby reportedly asked his mom if there were no classes and Kris told him to ask the person in the position to answer him... who else but Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, right?
Asked if she was ending the year on a happy note hy renewing her "friendship" with HB, Kris answered, "My happiness isn't friendship with HB. It's achieving peace."
Directed by Antoinette Jadaone, All You Need is Pag-ibig also stars Bimby, her favorite leading man and good friend Derek Ramsay, Xian Lim and Kim Chiu, Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion, Ronaldo Valdez and Nova Villa and Pokwang, and Concio sisters Julia and Talia.
As Kris gets ready to ring out the old and ring in the new, she takes a misty-eyed look at the past 12 months and casts a bright-eyed look at the year ahead... and beyond.
How would you assess year 2015?
“Unhealthy, high blood pressure scare, now ending the year with no voice.” (She was answering the questions from the hospital with a bad case of sore throat.)
From C-1 Directed by Antoinette Jadaone (bottom, right), All You Need is Pag-ibig boasts of an all-star-cast that includes (clockwise, from top left) Ian Veneracion and Jodi Sta. Maria, Ronaldo Valdez and Nova Villa, Kim Chiu and Xian Lim, Pokwang and Concio sisters Julia and Talia How has your love life been during the year? “Just like Love, my character in All You Need is Pag-ibig, wala pa
rin... But hope springs eternal.”
And how has your career been? “Blessed with many endorsements, great opportunity to work with so many excellent co-workers, but eager to grow, to learn and to evolve.”
How has your health affected your work?
“Di pa rin okay. Taking a month off starting Christmas.”
Is there any change in your lifestyle (sleeping early, eating healthy, taking more medicines, etc.)?
“I’m on BP maintenance, now on antihistamine and steroid combination. I do eat a lot healthier, very rare consumption of whole milk, my favorite. Switched to soy milk, brown rice, lots of fruits and veggies, lean cuts of meat, fish and chicken breast.”
Anything that you did in 2015 that you would change in the coming year?
“I’m lessening my workload. I need to make sure the 25 or 30 years I have left will be healthy.”
How do you envision 2016, especially the last half of the year after the term of your Kuya Noynoy shall have ended?
“We’ll be in our new home; so excited for my sons.”
Would you help campaign for P-Noy’s candidates (your health permitting)?
“He hasn’t asked me.”
How do you envision a post-PNoy administration?
“I choose to remain POSITIVE.” Tell us about your MMFF movie,
All You Need is Pag-ibig, about the story, your role and being directed for the first time by Antoinette Jadaone.
“Love has many faces, and many forms, many stories to tell, and lessons to share… but at the end of the day, LOVE is about going for it, having faith, and celebrating it.”
Did you personally choose Derek Ramsay as your leading man?
“YES!”
The movie’s shoot has been delayed. How did you adjust your
schedule to accommodate the shoot?
“We tried our best!”
Also about 2015, anything that you have done that you regretted about?
“As always, saying too much.”
You are turning 46 in February next year, what are your thoughts about growing older?
“Kalurx… 45 pa lang. Sayang ‘yung one year.”
Where and how are you spending Christmas?
“We’re leaving (my sons and me) afternoon of Dec. 25.”
What’s the best gift that you can give yourself this Christmas?
“Time to be a normal, hands-on, caring Mom.”
Any New Year’s resolution?
“Yes. To be more loving and lovable, caring and compassionate, peaceloving and peaceful, forgiving and forgivable.”
(As of presstime yesterday, The STAR reported that Kris placed No. 6 among the Top 100 Taxpayers of Year 2014, with P54,530,635. The other showbiz guys on the list were: Manny Pacquiao, No. 2 with P210,305,927); Sharon Cuneta Pangilinan, No. 13, P49,117,122); John Lloyd Cruz, No. 22 with P37,701,343; Anne Curtis, No. 32 with P31,465,873; Vic Sotto, No. 45 with P27,001,073; Piolo Pascual, No. 48 with P26,423,395; Sarah Geronimo, No. 72 with P21,471,618; Tony Tuviera, No. 77 with P20,757,533; Derek Ramsay, No. 90 with P20,022,099; and Marian Rivera, No. 98 with P19,000,949.)
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