00:00Today, the very first party is going to be a show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Philippines' independence.
00:09Good afternoon, Philippines and the whole world!
00:12Ni Tay Kapuso!
00:13Please lend me your 20 minutes of your afternoon.
00:15I am Boy and welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:21To everyone who is watching on Facebook and YouTube, thank you.
00:24To everyone listening on DZW, welcome to the program!
00:30There are a lot of people here.
00:32Maybe...
00:382,100 people in the audience.
00:44Our evening is special because we have a very special guest.
00:48She is beautiful.
00:50And she is the one and the only, Celeste Legas.
00:58Hi, Pepe!
01:01Thank you so much.
01:03I'm very happy to be here.
01:05You look beautiful.
01:06Thank you, thank you, Celeste.
01:07Please, please.
01:08Thank you so much.
01:10A while ago, they wanted me to ask you why you don't dye your hair.
01:16That's the first question. Okay.
01:19I just felt...
01:20You know, the first time I let my white hair show
01:23was maybe three months before my daughter got married.
01:28Usually, when that happens...
01:30That was the first marriage in the family.
01:33Usually, when that happens,
01:34the thing you will do is you'll retouch your roots.
01:37Right.
01:38And you'll get Botox.
01:41But I decided that this is it.
01:43This is the next phase of our lives.
01:46And I'm tired of all of this dying.
01:50And I decided to just let it go.
01:53And it's really very...
01:55I feel better about it.
01:57But we were and we are excited to have you here
02:00because we would like to talk to you about many things.
02:02One of them, some of them are your songs.
02:05Oh, okay.
02:06Okay.
02:07And I'm going to start with Saranggola ni Pepe.
02:09All right.
02:10What is the story of Saranggola?
02:12Written, of course, by Nonoy Galeano.
02:15The husband.
02:16The husband.
02:18It was martial law.
02:2077.
02:21Yeah.
02:2272.
02:2372.
02:2472.
02:25I was pregnant for the first time in my life
02:28and then martial law was declared.
02:30So, of course, when you're pregnant,
02:33the first time, you're already scared.
02:35And martial law.
02:36So, it was a very difficult time also for us.
02:41And then my husband wrote lyrics
02:44talking about how he felt about the times.
02:47That was really...
02:48So, Saranggola is about martial law.
02:52And the times that we were living in.
02:54Okay.
02:55He also has environmental concerns in that song.
02:59But he put everything in a childlike situation.
03:05Yes.
03:06That's why when it was recorded,
03:08Eddie Moonhee was the one who arranged it.
03:11Eddie Moonhee.
03:12He was asking Nonoy,
03:14how do I approach this song?
03:16I can't understand the lyrics.
03:18Because the lyrics are difficult, right?
03:19Correct.
03:20So, Lakai asked my husband,
03:23how do I arrange this?
03:27Nonoy said, just use the ukulele.
03:30That's why the arrangement is like that.
03:32That's a nice formula.
03:33The title is simple.
03:35But...
03:36The song is difficult.
03:37You know, it was in my second long-playing album.
03:42And what we were pushing was another song.
03:45A song of Ernani Cuenco,
03:46which is also a very beautiful song.
03:48But the DJs were so intrigued by the title,
03:51so they started playing it.
03:53That's how it became a hit.
03:55Mamang Sorbitero was written by...
03:58Joe Marichan.
03:59I really didn't know that.
04:00Joe Marichan.
04:01We were doing research on your songs.
04:03You know, there's this one.
04:05Did Joe write Mamang Sorbitero?
04:07Yes.
04:08At first, he had written it to be Mr. Songwriter.
04:11But he wrote it because the formula of...
04:15Saranggola.
04:16Saranggola.
04:17Yes.
04:18I moved to a recording company,
04:19and the recording company wanted another one
04:21that's similar to Saranggola.
04:23That's the technique.
04:24Yes.
04:25The managers and the recording executives used to...
04:28I don't know if this is a practice.
04:30If your song is a hit,
04:32don't move the second song.
04:35Yes.
04:36You know that Mamang Sorbitero is...
04:38There's a Buduts version.
04:40Do you know that?
04:41No, no.
04:43It's used in all Zumba classes in the entire Metro Manila.
04:49Looking forward to that.
04:51Now, I'm going to go to the Ernani Cuenco song.
04:53Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.
04:55That was a surprise hit for me.
04:58Kasi the same...
04:59Hindi mo inaasahan?
05:00Hindi ko inaasahan.
05:01That was in the same album where Saranggola ni Pepe
05:03and Tuliro were.
05:06Ang Walang Kamatayang Tuliro.
05:09Saranggola ni Pepe was already a hit.
05:12So I said to myself,
05:13siguro yun na, yun na ang hit noong album na yun.
05:15Siguro a year later,
05:17I would be performing for parties or whatever
05:20and I'd be requested to do Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.
05:23And I'd ask the audience,
05:24how do you know that song?
05:26Ano? It's being played.
05:28Yun pala it became a hit na I didn't even know.
05:31Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.
05:32Yun ang talagang the beauty of the song,
05:35the beauty of the lyrics.
05:37Siya talagang nagdala noong why it became a hit.
05:41And this is written and composed by two national artists?
05:45Yes, Levy Silerio and Ernani Cuenco.
05:48You've been listening to the new singers today.
05:51What is your assessment?
05:53Some of them are very, very good.
05:55Stell of SB19 is absolutely fabulous.
05:59Napakagaling niya.
06:00And Julian San Jose is very, very good.
06:03Excellent, excellent.
06:05So some of them are very, very good.
06:07And who are very committed.
06:09And very committed.
06:10And very professional.
06:11Tama.
06:12Because I just got to work with a lot of young people
06:15in a series and everybody was focused
06:18and committed and disciplined.
06:20I was very happy to see that.
06:22Dalawa lamang sa mga pinudus mo
06:24at ni Girlie Rodis,
06:26ang ating kaibigan.
06:28Let's talk about Katie.
06:32This was in 1987.
06:34My father watched one show of mine.
06:36And I put in the song Sabado
06:40that was written by my husband.
06:42And the audience didn't know the song.
06:47But the audience loved the song
06:49because it's a good song.
06:50And my father said to me,
06:52Maricel, this is exactly what he said to me,
06:54Maricel, why are you doing covers?
06:58What you should do is an original work, sabi nya.
07:01And then I said,
07:02because Papa, the audience,
07:04they feel more comfortable if they know the...
07:06But look at Sabado, he said.
07:08They like Sabado.
07:09They have never heard it before.
07:11So I was embarrassed in front of my father.
07:13And I'm a Papa's girl.
07:15I'm sorry, Papa is National Artist for Visual Arts,
07:19Cesar Legaspi.
07:21So of course,
07:22when a national artist speaks,
07:24you're embarrassed, right?
07:25So I said...
07:27So it came to my mind,
07:29original.
07:31I don't want to do concerts anymore.
07:33I'm getting bored.
07:34So I thought,
07:36Nestor Torre came to us
07:38with an idea of making something
07:40about the life of Katy De La Cruz.
07:43And that's when it came to me,
07:46why don't we make it an original musical?
07:49An original musical.
07:51And that's what I want to do from now on,
07:53I said to myself.
07:55And Mommy Kate,
07:57when I was new in the business,
07:59Mommy Kate was one of those
08:01who was very, very, very kind to me.
08:04Very welcoming.
08:05And I'll never forget that.
08:06She was very kind,
08:07she was very welcoming.
08:09She and Tita Sylvie.
08:11Sylvie Alatorre.
08:13Such lovely ladies.
08:14And they just made me feel so welcome
08:17and so at home.
08:18And it's beautiful.
08:19Do you know that
08:21you were included in the story of Pulang Araw?
08:24Yes, I know.
08:25It's so exciting.
08:26So the young people are
08:28becoming aware of Mommy Kate.
08:30Played by Julianne.
08:31Yes, yes, yes.
08:32It's beautiful.
08:33Oh, there's Mommy Kate.
08:34That's right.
08:35What a lovely, lovely one.
08:36But I think,
08:37my favorite song,
08:40there's a lot,
08:41but it's that,
08:42the final song.
08:44Sometimes I get confused.
08:46Just like now,
08:47only the heart needs fast talk.
08:49Oh, yes.
08:51Is it fast talk now?
08:53Let's fast talk.
08:54Okay.
08:55Okay.
08:56We have two minutes to do this
08:57and our time begins now.
08:59Alright.
09:00Gray hair, black hair.
09:01Gray.
09:02Sorbetero, saranggola.
09:04Saranggola.
09:05Classic, trends.
09:07Classic.
09:08Jologs, social.
09:09Jologs.
09:10Mataray, maarte.
09:13Mataray.
09:14Always beautiful, always sexy.
09:18Always sexy.
09:19Singing or acting.
09:22That's hard.
09:23Sing, act.
09:25Movie, entablado.
09:26Entablado.
09:27Award-winning, world-class.
09:32As long as it's good.
09:34Old song, new album.
09:37Old song.
09:38Filipino singer that you admire.
09:42Stell.
09:43Biggest showbiz crush back then.
09:45Back then.
09:49Biggest showbiz crush back then.
09:52Back then, that's been on.
09:53Back then.
09:54Back then.
09:57Robert Arevalo.
09:59Song of your life.
10:01Tuliro.
10:02You'll make a movie of your life.
10:03Give it a title.
10:06Tuliro.
10:07Tuliro.
10:09Lights on or lights off.
10:10Lights off.
10:12Happiness or chocolate.
10:14Happiness.
10:15Best time for happiness.
10:17Morning.
10:20Complete this sentence.
10:21I am Celeste.
10:22And I am...
10:25Mataray.
10:31I'm honest.
10:32No, no, no.
10:33And I was about to ask you that.
10:34You know, in, I think, an interview with Socorro.
10:36With Ku.
10:37Yeah.
10:38And with Mitchell saying,
10:39that's mataray.
10:40Let's talk about that.
10:41What does this mean?
10:42How mataray is Celeste Deligaspi?
10:44The answer to the return of Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
10:49Back to the show.
10:51With the one and the only Miss Celeste Deligaspi.
10:54Let's go to the mataray thing.
10:56Okay.
11:00What is it?
11:02Is that a reputation?
11:03Is that for real?
11:05It's for real.
11:06I have to be honest.
11:07As I told you, I'm always honest.
11:09Of course, you're always honest.
11:10It's for real.
11:11It's for real.
11:12I tend to be mataray.
11:14Yes.
11:15What are you good at?
11:18Honesty.
11:19It's honesty, actually.
11:20Patience?
11:22I'm very, very patient.
11:23Okay.
11:24I'm very patient.
11:25So, it's not impatience.
11:26It's not...
11:27It's because I have to be honest.
11:29That's why I'm mataray.
11:31Okay.
11:32So, if you're inefficient.
11:33Oh, if you're inefficient around me,
11:34I will tell you.
11:36And if you're not doing your best,
11:38I will tell you.
11:39All right.
11:40And I guess people find that mataray.
11:42You're not just a producer and a singer,
11:45Celeste Legaspi.
11:47You're also an artist.
11:48You're also an artist on television.
11:50And you were chosen to be on television.
11:53You were also brave.
11:54But you know, boy,
11:55I started in theater.
11:56I started on stage.
11:58I was in elementary,
12:00and I was doing stage.
12:02Right.
12:03So, actually,
12:04and I did community theater also.
12:06I was doing moromoros and comedias.
12:08Okay.
12:09So, actually,
12:10I'm very comfortable on stage.
12:11It's a happy place.
12:12It's a safe place.
12:13The film is different.
12:14The film is different.
12:15How different is the film?
12:16Because the camera is right here.
12:19So, you cannot...
12:21You just have to be.
12:23You just have to be in the moment.
12:26You just have to...
12:27If you're supposed to be happy,
12:29you have to be happy.
12:30You cannot be like happy.
12:33You have to be happy.
12:35So, there's more truth when it comes to the film.
12:38And I learned that from Lino Broca.
12:41That's great.
12:42Lino Broca is very lucky
12:43because I think you were part of his last finished film.
12:47Yes, yes, yes.
12:48Sa Kabila ng Lahat.
12:49Yes, yes.
12:50How was it working with another national artist for film?
12:53Lino's...
12:55The only time he scolded me was
12:58we were doing something for television,
13:01and I had brought only two outfits.
13:04And he scolded me.
13:06He scolded me.
13:07He said,
13:08You're a theater.
13:09How come you only have this?
13:11So, I learned.
13:12I learned my lesson.
13:13And the other lesson I learned from Lino is
13:16we were doing a television...
13:20My role is,
13:21I'm a singer,
13:22and I come home.
13:23My husband left me.
13:25And I'm the only one in the...
13:27I'm the only one in the entire set.
13:31And then he would tell me,
13:33You know when you turn?
13:34Because you're a singer.
13:35When you turn, you have this.
13:38You have this.
13:40You should turn like this.
13:41You turn.
13:42Just like that.
13:43That's what I learned from Lino.
13:44You've done a lot, Teteng.
13:46As a producer, as a singer, as an actor,
13:48as a human being, as a mother, as a wife.
13:51You know,
13:52if you were to share with us
13:55your biggest life lesson,
14:00what would it be?
14:02I'll have to put it in context.
14:10You know, God has been very kind to me.
14:13He has given me a lot of blessings.
14:16Like he gave me my voice,
14:18and he gave me my talent so I can act.
14:21But he also gave me my family.
14:24He gave me my husband,
14:26who is a wonderful man.
14:28And I'm committed to that.
14:30So that when I started to become popular,
14:33I knew that I can only be popular
14:38up to a certain extent.
14:40Because first of all is my family.
14:44I'm raising my children.
14:46My husband is important to me.
14:49So I always knew
14:51that's how far I can go as a star.
14:56And that's my biggest life moment.
15:01Accepting that reality.
15:05And the moment that I did that,
15:07I became so happy.
15:10That's what I did.
15:11I accepted it.
15:12That I will never be a Sharon Cuneta or a Nora Onor.
15:16I will never be that.
15:17Because first is my family.
15:19I'm not going to go that route.
15:22And maybe I'm too sophisticated in what I do.
15:30And not everybody will understand it or appreciate it.
15:34I accepted that also.
15:36So accepting is very, very important.
15:39That's my life's important moment for me.
15:43It's beautiful to hear.
15:48And the lesson that I'm getting,
15:50you know what I'm hearing is that
15:51you're not Sharon Cuneta,
15:54you're not Vilma Santos,
15:55you're not Nora Onor.
15:58And this is not meant to flatter you.
16:01But you are Celeste Dligaspi.
16:07Accepting that you have your own space.
16:11Recognizing that.
16:12Embracing that.
16:15I think that's where you found
16:17silence and happiness.
16:20Long live, sister.
16:22Thank you so much.
16:26I'm giving you a concert.
16:30My pleasure.
16:32The one and the only,
16:34Celeste Dligaspi.
16:36Thank you very much.
16:38Night-eye, Kapuso.
16:39Thank you so much for continuing with us,
16:41for your stories every day.
16:44Be kind.
16:45Make your mother and father proud.
16:47Hashtag say thank you.
16:49And do one good thing a day
16:51and let's make this world a better place.
16:53Goodbye for now and God bless.
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