Sibling Harmony
In highlycompetitive showbiz infamous for ‘sibling rivalry,’ Jak Roberto and Sanya Lopez prove that blood is thicker than the cutthroat ambition to shine.
Hatsing! Hatsing!! Hatsing!!!
Like most everybody, Jak Roberto is sneezing due to the crippling summer heat punctuated by sudden downpour. Nobody is spared. Even the so-called
Pambansang Abs is susceptible. We are at the receiving room of the One Castilla Place by DMCI (#1 Castilla St., Valencia, Quezon City) for an exclusive joint pictorial-interview with Jak and his younger sister Sanya Lopez. (They are only two siblings.) They put a face to “sibling harmony,” in contrast to “sibling rivalry” which is prevalent in the highly-competitive showbiz. Having lost their father when they were young, brother and sister toe the uncharted line to support each other.
“No professional jealousy between us,” claims Jak (Jan Rommel Roberto, born Dec. 2, 1993). “We are lucky that we both have shows. We can pay our bills and we are able to save.”
“We support each other,” adds Sanya. “We share whatever we have. I’m happy for him and he’s happy for me.”
Jak has done a few indies and, thanks to his six-pack which he blithely displays on national television initially in the GMA shows Dear Uge and Bubble Gang, he has caught the eyes of the Kapuso management and the public fancy. He continues to flaunt the same abs in the kilig series Meant To
Be, his biggest break yet in which he plays one of the four beefcakes competing for the attention and affection of Barbie Forteza (lucky girl!), including Ken Chan (Chinese), Ivan Dorschner (Irish) and Addy Raj (Indian). Sanya is in Encantadia. They were both discovered by German “Kuya Germs” Moreno’s late lamented show Walang Tulugan along with several others (although Jak was the only one reported to have paid