Sa unang pagkakataon ay humarap sa media si Lucy Torres, kasama ang kanyang anak na si Juliana, sa launching ng pinaka-latest endorsement nilang mag-ina, ang Canon Selphy CP770 and CP760 Compact Photo Printers. Ginanap ito sa Hard Rock Café last Sunday, July 6.
"Yeah, this is the first time in a presscon like this. Kaya sobrang mahiyain," bungad ni Lucy tungkol sa kanyang unica hija.
May kanya-kanyang opinyon naman ang iba kung sino ang kamukha ni Juliana between Lucy and Richard Gomez.
"Well, it really depends on who sees her. Sometimes kamukha ko raw, sometimes kamukha ni Richard. It really doesn't matter for as long as kamukha either one of us," ngiti ni Lucy.
Tinanong ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) si Lucy kung type ba ni Juliana na mag-artista tulad ni Richard at kung papayagan ba niya ang anak.
"I'd rather that she becomes an athlete like her dad. If she wants to enter, it's–" Naputol ang sinasabi ni Lucy at tinanong si Juliana kung gusto ba niyang mag-artista.
"Oh, she just paints walls!" tawa ni Lucy, at saka sinabing, "She's sporty also."
Ano ba ang hilig ni Juliana?
"You know, what Richard does now is, he exposes her to different sports, like soccer, baseball, they did track and field, swimming... And then she can choose na where she wants to concentrate eventually."
Ano ang favorite sport ni Juliana?
"For now, it's baseball. She's a natural athlete like her dad. She can pick up a game easily."
Paano sila nagbo-bonding ni Juliana?
"Our bonding time is more sedative. You know, arts and crafts. Yung mga danger, sa kanila yun ng daddy niya. Yung tumatalon," natatawang kuwento ni Lucy.
Ano pa ang mga ginagawa ngayon ni Juliana?
"She prays. She prays every night before she goes to sleep."
Nagmana rin daw sa kanya si Juliana sa pagiging relihiyosa.
"As religious as a child her age, yes. Pero hindi pa naman siya nagno-novena!" tawa niya ulit.
Kinumpirma rin ni Lucy ang sinabi ni Richard na gusto na nilang magkaroon ng kapatid si Juliana.
"Yes, we've been working on that. But you know, we've been patiently waiting for God's perfect time, also. All in His plan and time."
Habang katabi ni Lucy si Juliana, may ilang nagtanong sa bagets kung gusto ba niyang magkaroon ng kapatid. Umiling lang si Juliana at sumiksik pang lalo sa tabi ni Lucy.
"Well, you never look for something you have not tried yet, di ba? So, every time we ask her, she says, ‘No, I don't like.' Maybe that would change."
Masuwerteng bata si Juliana dahil sa kanyang mga magulang, ani Lucy.
"Yeah, she has the best of both worlds; the sporty side of her dad and the creative side of her mom."
Kung si Lucy ang masusunod, mas gusto niyang magkaroon ng normal life si Juliana.
"I want her to have a regular life and to be appreciative of the things she has. Because in showbiz, everything comes so easy, e, di ba? So, I don't want her to be jaded."
Juliana is currently in Grade II sa Montessori sa White Plains. British school ba ang pinapasukan niya?
"No, not British school," ngiti ni Lucy.
Paano niya dini-discipline si Julianna?
"Meron naman. Like a kid, she can get impatient at times also."
Pero sa mga isinusulat daw ni Lucy sa kanyang kolum sa isang broadsheet ay parang hindi sila nag-aaway ni Julianna.
"We fight also!" tawa niya.
Anong madalas nilang pinag-aawayan?
"Usually we fight about clothes," sagot ni Lucy. "Yes, because she won't wear what she doesn't like to wear. Ako, I have a different idea of how child should dress up because back in my time, it's all about dresses and you know, mga ruffles. So, I stopped.
"Now, I stopped buying clothes for her that I choose. So when we buy clothes, it has to be what she chooses para walang sayang. Otherwise, hindi niya susuutin. Hindi talaga gagamitin, e. So maybe it's her way also of expressing herself."
Ano naman ang binibili sa kanya ni Richard?
"Si Richard buys all her rubber shoes."
Pang-ilang endorsement na ni Juliana ang Canon?
"I don't know. I don't know anymore kung ilang endorsement.... I think four, there are two more coming. So, it's six. But one is out already, the vitamin commercial."
Hindi lingid kay Lucy na ini-endorse din ni Sharon Cuneta at ng anak nitong si KC Concepcion ang karibal na brand.
"Well, you know, I think it' natural for people to compare. Kasi, di ba, you always look out what the other company is doing? It's just keeping abreast with what's happening. There's nothing wrong with that," pahayag niya bilang pangwakas.