00:04In this trip, aside from bonding mom, you're gonna be my momager once again.
00:10It started because my dad, in the beginning, was all of a sudden on board.
00:17And I think we had an understanding that we didn't want my dad on board because he was so overly
00:22strict.
00:22I was like, what are we going to do? Who will take care of us? This is a work.
00:27I wanted to change my last name on Pao Ko.
00:31Evangelista.
00:32What happened? I didn't launch.
00:34I didn't want my dad to take care of me.
00:37So I was crying.
00:38That's when my mom stepped in.
00:40Because you know, Evangelista is easier to pronounce and remember.
00:45And you don't want her to be identified with...
00:51Apotheism.
00:52So you want her to have her own identity, right?
00:56And so from that day on, she became my momager.
01:00And what do I remember?
01:01She was very supportive.
01:03Very supportive.
01:04I remember we would go on shopping trips and...
01:09Ah!
01:10Time limit!
01:11Got anything you want!
01:12Go!
01:13Go!
01:15And I was just doing gymming at that time.
01:18And I would style myself.
01:21So all of the clips and accessories,
01:23we were both.
01:24But it was still me.
01:26But she would...
01:27Because how much was my TF in the first two years?
01:30It was just one.
01:32She was very little.
01:34But when it got bigger,
01:37that's when she was very okay.
01:38It's a business, da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
01:40I would read all her contracts thoroughly.
01:45Like cartels, stuff like that.
01:47Whatever she'd have to do.
01:49It had to be specified in the contract.
01:52How about being in the middle, being on the side?
01:54Were you specific to those?
01:55Which one?
01:56If I was in the middle.
01:57Oh, yeah.
01:58Of course.
02:00I mean...
02:00Because her exposure, right?
02:02The billing.
02:02So I wanted to be sure she'd get the good exposure.
02:07I remember Mr. M saying,
02:08there are only two divas in talent center.
02:12It's Claudine Bereto and Mrs. Opa.
02:15Because I would never appear.
02:16I wasn't like a...
02:18What do you call that?
02:20A stage mom.
02:21Yeah, a stage mom.
02:22She wasn't this soft before.
02:24Now she's soft.
02:26Before, she was really,
02:27Mr. M, you know...
02:30I can't...
02:31Like that.
02:32I'm not going to be a guy.
02:33This is unacceptable.
02:35You know, me and me.
02:36And she's like,
02:37I'm not going to be a guy.
02:38I'm not going to be a guy.
02:41I'm not going to be a guy.
02:42I'm not going to be a guy.
02:43The very rare times that I would show up,
02:47it would be for business, period.
02:49And then I'd be gone.
02:51They would never see me again.
02:52For a long time.
02:53How strict were you when I was growing up?
02:57Very strict.
02:58Why?
02:59But...
02:59Why were you very strict?
03:01But I think it worked...
03:03Yeah.
03:03In your favor.
03:04Yeah.
03:05You know?
03:08You matured beautifully.
03:11And now I see you,
03:12you're your own person.
03:14Yeah.
03:16And I like to see that.
03:18Yeah.
03:19I really want to be a...
03:21fearful mother.
03:24But that was kind of strict.
03:26I get it now.
03:28As of all mothers who were protective,
03:31and that when she was much younger,
03:34she had bantai, yaya, bodyguard, driver.
03:37Like that, she did report every move.
03:41Especially when she had a showbiz.
03:43Yeah?
03:44I would go and watch in the beginning.
03:47Until I thought she'd be okay if I wasn't present.
03:52Because it was tiring.
03:54But no, when there was like an overnight,
03:57she had to be present.
03:58Because if there were boys,
04:01Yes.
04:02Boys or what?
04:03Why didn't you approve of a lot of men?
04:05Of course not.
04:06It's always her fault.
04:09I remember in our villa!
04:12Yeah!
04:13And don't show me after watching this boy.
04:28Bye!
04:32Bye!
04:33Bye!
04:33Bye!
