00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda!
00:30Welcome to the program!
00:36We can finally put an end to all the speculations
00:39because it is confirmed.
01:00Jenlyn is clear that she won't be going to GMA.
01:04That's why she was emotional when she thanked the executives of GMA
01:08for being patient and for allowing her to rest first
01:12and prioritize her personal life.
01:16That's why her renewal of the contract was delayed.
01:19But ever since, Jenlyn is clear that GMA will always be her home.
01:24Jen, congratulations!
01:26I look forward to having you here again on Fast Talk.
01:30Glyza Di Castro, congratulations!
01:33Happy birthday!
01:35Glyza, happy birthday!
01:37A world-class talent.
01:39A Filipino talent who continues to make us proud.
01:47The first interview I did with her, we both remember,
01:51was 20 years ago.
01:54Wow, that was the first interview I did with her.
01:56Today, she's blooming, she is happy,
02:00and she makes us proud as a country.
02:03Wow!
02:05Naytay Capuso, please welcome
02:08Gigi of Miss Saigon,
02:11Raychelle!
02:15No more nicknames, just Raychelle.
02:18Wow!
02:21Wow, wow!
02:23Let's do an improvisation.
02:26Raychelle Angco, wow!
02:28Thank you so much for having me again.
02:33You are welcome!
02:38For coming to the show!
02:44That's how it is.
02:46I'm so happy to see you.
02:47Thank you so much.
02:48I'm so happy to see you again.
02:49Wow, please, please, please.
02:51Thank you!
02:52I know you're based in London.
02:54London.
02:55In London.
02:56But why did you come back to the Philippines?
03:00Yes, Tito Boy, every other year,
03:02my family and I come back to celebrate Christmas
03:07and New Year with my family here.
03:09Wow!
03:10We've been here for seven weeks,
03:12since December.
03:14I'm very happy.
03:15I look at you now and I say,
03:17Lord, thank you.
03:19You've been very good.
03:20Very good.
03:21All the time.
03:22And you're even more beautiful.
03:24I'm not kidding.
03:25In person, you're even more beautiful.
03:27I know you're happy.
03:28Later, I got this from someone,
03:31you'll meet your friends.
03:34Yes.
03:35Who are they?
03:36Sarah G. and Eric Santos.
03:38Eric Santos and Sarah Geronimo.
03:41Because they're also good friends.
03:43Yes.
03:44We're also with Matt,
03:46Mateo, and my husband.
03:47Goodie Chelly and your husband, Martin.
03:49Yes.
03:50Do you go home every two years?
03:52Do you do reunions?
03:54Do you have a batch?
03:55Yes, we need to see each other here.
03:57It's nice.
03:58Because when we're in London,
03:59we have a chat group of champions.
04:01It's still us.
04:02So we catch up there.
04:04And when we go back to the Philippines,
04:06we really need to see each other.
04:08There they are.
04:09Yes.
04:10Let's go back a bit.
04:12How was that life of the champions?
04:14When you were competing?
04:16How happy was that?
04:17How fun was that?
04:18It was very fun here.
04:20Because all of us,
04:21we came from a competition.
04:23So we can relate to each other.
04:26We were so young when we started.
04:29And we toured the States here for months.
04:32I remember that.
04:33So our bond
04:36will never be broken.
04:38Because then I was managing Erick Santos.
04:40Yes.
04:41And Rachel.
04:42Martin, do you understand Tagalog?
04:44Your husband?
04:45A bit.
04:46A bit?
04:47Okay.
04:48This is just us.
04:49We can only talk.
04:50Almost all of us got divorced.
04:54Oh my goodness.
04:55It just went around and around.
04:57You were still young then.
04:59Christian, of course.
05:01And then Mark.
05:02Even Erick.
05:03Erick if you're watching.
05:04I remember that.
05:05Now, when we talk,
05:06we just laugh.
05:07You just laugh.
05:08What is that?
05:09Why?
05:12But it was fun.
05:13It was fun to be with you.
05:15How much of that young girl is still there?
05:18She's still there.
05:19She's still there.
05:20She's still there.
05:21The Pasig girl.
05:22Yes.
05:23She grew up in Pasig.
05:24She grew up in Pasig.
05:26She's still there.
05:27That's why I can't imagine
05:29that I'll leave the Philippines.
05:31Or that I'll live in another country.
05:33I can't go back.
05:34Is there a chance
05:35that when you become very busy
05:37for example in London or in Broadway,
05:39that I'll be here for a long time
05:41and I might forget the Philippines?
05:43Does it occur to you?
05:44You know, Uncle,
05:45before I moved to London,
05:47before I accepted the message
05:49that someone told me
05:50not to leave the Philippines
05:52because you might forget someone.
05:54But that time, Uncle,
05:56what I wanted to happen was
05:58I wanted to challenge myself.
06:00Because I was here in the Philippines
06:02and I felt like something was missing.
06:05I wanted...
06:06I don't know.
06:07I was doing the same thing, Uncle.
06:09I was singing the same songs,
06:11doing the shows, concerts.
06:13But I wanted to experience
06:15something different, Uncle.
06:18And God gave that to me.
06:19How is life in London?
06:21Is it as competitive
06:23or even more competitive than here?
06:25How do you find jobs?
06:26Do you have an agent?
06:27Are you represented by a manager?
06:30How is life?
06:31How is your career there?
06:32The first few years, Uncle,
06:34it was very hard.
06:36I moved out there without an agent,
06:38without any manager.
06:41It was because of Miss Saigon.
06:43When I got there,
06:44I had to be ready, Uncle.
06:46I didn't have any training or whatsoever
06:48with, like, theater.
06:49All of them were trained.
06:51They did a lot of shows
06:52before they did Miss Saigon.
06:53It was my first time.
06:54And your role was Gigi, right?
06:56One of the major roles of Miss Saigon.
06:58Yes. It was hard, Uncle.
06:59Which was originally played by Isabel,
07:01by Isa Alvarez.
07:02Yes, Uncle.
07:03Okay.
07:04And I was also homesick.
07:05I was homesick there.
07:06I had no friends.
07:08There was no church.
07:09It was hard there.
07:10It was very hard, Uncle.
07:12But now, you're represented by a manager.
07:14You have an agent.
07:15Yes, Uncle.
07:16I have an agent.
07:18Miss Lea and I are both agents in Longan.
07:21Direct Bobby Garcia introduced us to each other.
07:25So,
07:27I'm now, I'm very blessed
07:29because I got to know them.
07:30I said that when Bobby's name is mentioned,
07:32you know, he's a common person among all of us.
07:36Yes.
07:37But, yeah.
07:38I'm not yet done grieving because of our loss.
07:40Sorry. Yes.
07:41But let's go back to Miss Saigon.
07:43When you arrived there,
07:44of course, that song is there.
07:47Rachel,
07:49you started during contests.
07:50I remember this interview.
07:53You were humming at six months old.
07:56Yes.
07:57I remember that.
07:58Yes.
07:59You were already singing.
08:00Because, is it true that both your parents were,
08:02are entertainers?
08:03My dad, he just loves musical instruments.
08:06And my mom used to be a singer before, Uncle.
08:08That's right.
08:09So, we really grew up.
08:11Right.
08:12You were nine years old when you won your first singing contest.
08:15Those were parties, Uncle.
08:16Yes, parties.
08:17What songs do you always sing?
08:19Oh, those are Mr. Gene Velasquez songs.
08:21And that,
08:23those are all Mr. Gene Velasquez songs.
08:25Those are your contest pieces?
08:26Yes.
08:29Yes.
08:30Because now, you make this country proud.
08:33You did Fantin in Les Mis.
08:36And you did Eliza in Hamilton.
08:39Gigi in Miss Saigon.
08:40And the world is about to happen after this.
08:44But,
08:45just to inspire the kids who are still struggling,
08:50I love that story of,
08:51for example, the contests,
08:52and they say,
08:53he won't win.
08:54His voice is ugly.
08:55He won't win.
08:56He's ugly.
08:57What is that?
08:58And what is your piece of advice, Rachelle,
09:01to the kids?
09:03I used that, Uncle.
09:04I grew up insecure because of what I heard.
09:09But,
09:10it's hard.
09:11I went through a lot.
09:12But I used that, Uncle,
09:13to be better.
09:15And whatever people say,
09:17I can still win.
09:19Because I won when I said negative things.
09:22So,
09:23that's what I hold on to, Uncle.
09:25Whatever people say,
09:27I just need to focus on what I can do,
09:29on the gift that God has given me.
09:32Just focus on that,
09:33and you don't need to listen to other people.
09:36And you have to keep on talking to yourself.
09:38That's your opinion.
09:39But,
09:40if you repeat that,
09:41the pain could...
09:42It will magnify.
09:43Yes.
09:44Which,
09:45it happened to me here, Uncle.
09:46It happened to all of us.
09:47Yes.
09:48Who didn't say,
09:49he's ugly?
09:50Who didn't say,
09:51you're not going to make it?
09:52And it magnified.
09:53I magnified all the negative words
09:55that were said to me here.
09:56Yes.
09:57And,
09:58actually,
09:59until now,
10:00when did I really say,
10:01you know,
10:02I just need to accept
10:04who I am,
10:05all the flaws.
10:06Right.
10:07And now I am happy I have kids.
10:08It comes with a package.
10:09Yeah.
10:10Just as fast talk is part of the package.
10:12Let's do fast talk.
10:15I'm nervous.
10:16Rachel,
10:17we have two minutes to do this.
10:18Our time begins now.
10:19Stop or go?
10:20Go.
10:21Theater or concert?
10:22Both.
10:23West End or Broadway?
10:24West End.
10:25London or Manila?
10:26Both.
10:27It's so hard.
10:28Manila.
10:29Gigi or Fantine?
10:30Fantine.
10:31Fantine or Eliza?
10:32Eliza.
10:33Regine Velasquez or Lea Salonga?
10:35Both.
10:36Mark Bautista or Christian Bautista?
10:38They're both Bautista.
10:40Both.
10:41Just Bautista.
10:42Talent or charisma?
10:43Charisma.
10:44Strong heart or strong heart?
10:47Strong heart.
10:48Sexy time or family time?
10:50Family time.
10:51Loving wife or hot mama?
10:53Hot mama.
10:55Cool mom or strict mom?
10:57Cool mom.
10:58Best thing about having an American husband?
11:04He is nice, he's kind, and he's godly.
11:081 to 10, how hot is your husband?
11:12Super. 11.
11:141 to 10, how jealous is your wife?
11:16She used to be jealous.
11:17Now, she's not.
11:18We're married.
11:191 to 10, how ready are you to have a third baby?
11:24I wish I had a third baby,
11:25because I don't have help in London.
11:27But we'll see.
11:291 to 10, how many boyfriends have you had?
11:32I can't count.
11:33Three?
11:34I don't remember.
11:371 to 10, how many contests have you participated in?
11:40I can't count.
11:411 to 10, how much do you miss performing in the Philippines?
11:44Why do I miss it so much?
11:4510.
11:46Is that lights on or lights off?
11:48Lights off.
11:49I have a migraine.
11:50Happiness or chocolates?
11:52Chocolates.
11:54Best time for chocolates.
11:57Oh my gosh, at night, before going to bed.
11:59Song of your life, sing a few lines.
12:01Go ahead.
12:05Question.
12:07What is life, what is the feeling
12:10that you have a very handsome husband?
12:13The answer to the return of Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
12:21We're back in the show.
12:22We're with Rachel Ango.
12:24Just Rachel.
12:27What is the feeling that you're very handsome,
12:30you're very beautiful,
12:31and your husband is very handsome?
12:34The Lord is really kind.
12:36I prayed for that, Uncle.
12:38Oh, you did?
12:39Before I met him in New York,
12:41I wasn't ready for any relationship.
12:44I didn't know what to do.
12:46I didn't know what to do.
12:48Before I met him in New York,
12:50I wasn't ready for any relationship.
12:52But I said,
12:53Lord, I will pray for my future husband.
12:55Not now,
12:56but my prayer request is very specific.
13:00That's how it is.
13:01You have to be specific.
13:03So how, Jimmy?
13:04I said, first, he should be tall.
13:06Okay.
13:07I said, I will support him in everything I want.
13:09You're really beautiful.
13:10Yay!
13:11Right?
13:12Look at the two of you.
13:13Okay, and then?
13:14And then I said,
13:15I will support him in his career.
13:17You'll support him?
13:18Yes.
13:19And where I will go.
13:20What happened here is,
13:22we were touring from Hamilton,
13:24and then Les Miserables.
13:26So he really supported me.
13:29But how did you actually meet?
13:31At the church in New York.
13:33Okay.
13:34We have common friends.
13:35We got to know each other,
13:37and that's how it started.
13:38You know what's funny?
13:39The power of prayer.
13:40You know, one time,
13:41I visited Ina Raymundo.
13:42I already was at Ina Raymundo.
13:44I asked,
13:45how do you maintain this beauty, etc.?
13:47You know what he said to me?
13:49I pray.
13:50Jesus is really the secret.
13:52Right?
13:53Now you're saying again,
13:54hi, Martin.
13:55We have yet to meet.
13:56He was supposed to be here,
13:57but...
13:58He's probably watching at home.
13:59Hi, Martin.
14:00Okay, you would do posts
14:02on your social media accounts,
14:04but you'd always cover
14:05the faces of your children.
14:07Is there a reason?
14:08The world is so chaotic here.
14:11I just don't want to use
14:14my children's literature.
14:16Totally agree.
14:17So, it's better to protect.
14:20Totally agree.
14:21How do you raise your children?
14:24Because you're Filipino,
14:26he's American,
14:27you're based in London.
14:28Yes.
14:29He's actually South African,
14:31Martin.
14:32South African.
14:33So, I speak Tagalog to my children.
14:36He speaks African to the children.
14:38So, there are three languages.
14:39Afrikaan.
14:40Afrikaan.
14:41Yeah, Afrikaan.
14:42So, there are three languages
14:43that the children learn.
14:45But is there a spoiler for you?
14:47I mean, you don't speak Tagalog
14:48because you talk to your children.
14:49I don't speak Tagalog, Uncle Boy.
14:51Because Tagalog is popular in the Philippines,
14:53but I tell my children,
14:55I try gentle parenting.
14:57It's hard.
14:58Gentle parenting.
14:59So, how do you discipline them?
15:00Conversations.
15:01Conversations.
15:02Especially my eldest son.
15:04He's turning four.
15:05He wants to talk like that, Uncle Boy.
15:08He doesn't want to be harsh.
15:10He wants to be sweet.
15:12That's where my son's anger goes down.
15:16So, he needs to be very calm.
15:18Great.
15:19Uncle Boy.
15:20Congratulations.
15:21I'm just so happy for you.
15:22And thank you for all the things that you do.
15:24But I'll go back to Erick Santos,
15:26to Sarah Geronimo,
15:27to your friends.
15:28When you see each other,
15:30what do you talk about?
15:31Life, Uncle Boy.
15:32Life.
15:33It's deep.
15:34Yes.
15:35Work is rare.
15:36There are some,
15:37but it's more about heart and life, Uncle Boy.
15:40These are quiet moments.
15:42Quiet conversations.
15:43And what's good about our friendship,
15:45because with the showbiz world, Uncle Boy,
15:47it's hard to find trust.
15:50So, we know what we've been through.
15:53Back then.
15:54So, really.
15:55It's a long time.
15:56And then you trust.
15:57Yes, Uncle Boy.
15:58So, we open up to each other.
16:00That's very important.
16:02Right?
16:03You can trust the person you talk to.
16:06Rachel, if there is one song that describes your journey.
16:09Defying Gravity, Uncle Boy.
16:13I can't beat it.
16:14Sorry.
16:15I want to say thank you very much.
16:17And God bless you.
16:18God bless you too, Uncle Boy.
16:20Thank you for having me here today.
16:21Of course.
16:22Thank you for being here.
16:24Thank you for just being so lovely inside and outside.
16:27Thank you, Brandon Chan.
16:28I lost weight in March.
16:32I got prettier.
16:33Thank you, Uncle Boy.
16:37Thank you, so much.
16:38Thank you for inviting us to your homes and hearts every day.
16:41Be kind.
16:42Make your mom and dad proud.
16:44Say thank you.
16:45And do one good thing a day and make this world a better place.
16:48Goodbye for now.
16:49God bless.
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