Inamin ni KC Concepcion, 35, na takot siya noon sa kasal.
Ito ay dahil sa sinapit ng pagsasama ng kanyang mga magulang na sina Sharon Cuneta at Gabby Concepcion.
Nagkaroon ng engrandeng church wedding sina Sharon at Gabby sa Manila Cathedral noong September 23, 1984.
Subalit pagkatapos lamang ng halos tatlong taong pagsasama, naghiwalay sila noong August 1987.
Isinilang si KC noong April 7, 1985.
Dalawang taong gulang lamang siya nang maghiwalay ang kanyang mga magulang.
Pero dahil sa pandemya, nakapag-isip-isip si KC tungkol sa kahalagahan ng pagkakaroon ng makakasama sa buhay.
Sa Facebook Live interview kasama ang dating ABS-CBN writer na si Mela Habijan, noong August 29, Sabado, natanong si KC tungkol sa kanyang insecurity.
Sagot ni KC: “During the quarantine, ito, super open ito, ha… and I think alam niyo naman ito…
"Parang I really… kasi, parang I grew up na takot sa marriage. Takot minsan sa lalaki, ganun.”
Ang pangamba raw lagi noon ni KC ay iiwan siya ng karelasyon, kaya inuunahan na niya ang mga ito.
“Parang feeling ko, bago nila ako iwanan, iwan ko muna sila. ‘Ako na mauuna.’
“'Tapos in my 20s, I was never really ready to settle down, even now in my early 30s.
“It’s, like, and it wasn’t until the lockdown, the global pandemic that I really always say, ‘Wow, now I know the value of having a partner. Now I know the value of having a good partner, a boyfriend, or in the future, a husband.’
“In a situation like this, if you don’t live with your family anymore, it would be nice to have [an] equal be with you at home—to somebody to lean on.”
BIG HEARTBREAK
Sa puntong iyon, naikuwento ni KC ang naranasang matinding heartbreak sa isang karelasyong akala niya'y kanyang makakasama habambuhay.
Nagmarka raw kay KC ang hiwalayang iyon dahil ayaw na niyang maranasan uli ang ganoong sakit.
Hindi binanggit ni KC kung sino ito, pero base sa clue na ibinigay niya, si Piolo Pascual ang kanyang tinutukoy.
Lahad ng actress-host: “So, I think, of course, that for one, it’s something, like, I knew in my whole 20s. I was heartbroken, okay, I thought he was the one.
“And then, I went through a very public breakup and that was, I think, a milestone.
“It was a very pivotal moment as any heartbreak any girl would be, you know.
"So I think it was really more of, like, in my whole 20s, it was always trying to prove like that, ‘Ah, I can stand alone. I don’t wanna get hurt, so I’m okay.’”
October 2011 nang maging opisyal ang relasyon nina KC at Piolo, pero naghiwalay sila pagkalipas lamang ng isang taon.
Noong November 2011, nagsalita si KC sa The Buzz tungkol sa hiwalayan nila ni Piolo.
Behind the scenes, ayon sa reliable sources ng PEP.ph, nagkakagulo noon. Ayaw ng Star Magic na magsalita lang nang magsalita si KC sa TV dahil prized talent nito si Piolo.
KC AND HER FEELING SHE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Pagtuntong daw ng kanyang 30s, tila nagbago na ang isip ni KC pagdating sa kasal.
“I guess when I hit 30, 31, 32, it’s, like, then you realize, ‘Okay, you know, maybe it is just time to settle down already.’
"And I think that’s one of the things... it’s not really an insecurity, but something that I think about that it’s definitely… it hit me later, than the average girl.
“Maybe because my parents were split up. Maybe because my parents have remarried. Maybe because I was just so focused on my career.
“I’m just the self-actualizing person that always wants to be better and I always grew up feeling less. I don’t even know why.
“I grew up feeling, like, I wasn’t good enough. I don’t even know why.
"So it’s, like, in my whole 20s and my early 30s, it’s like, ‘Am I good enough yet? Am I enough yet?’ And then you realize, you are enough. More than enough.”
Ikinasal muli si Sharon, kay Senator Kiko Pangilinan, noong April 1996. Nagkaroon sila ng tatlong anak: sina Frankie, Miel, at Miguel.
Ikinasal naman si Gabby sa kanyang long-time girlfriend na si Genevieve “Ginbee” Yatco Gonzales noong 2004. Mayroon silang dalawang anak na babae.
Sabi pa ni KC sa kanyang Facebook Live interview, dumating ang panahong minahal niya ang kanyang sarili sa kabila ng mga pagkakamali noon.
“If you know you’ve been good to yourself and you always try to be kind to yourself, then that’s a big achievement on its own.
“Kasi you have to be kind to yourself and know yourself, ‘Okay, it wasn’t so great there. Hindi ako masyadong okay doon nung ginawa ko yun.’
"But then, you realize, I will be better. If you’re able to forgive yourself, and you’re able to know yourself, then you can be anything.”
IS KC INSPIRED NOWADAYS?
Natanong si KC kung handa na ba siyang magpakasal.
“I think so,” sagot niya.
“Of course, it still depends on the person. It’s still a process naman to get to know a person.
“Hindi naman dahil ready ka to settle down, anyone that comes, siya na.
"Pero, of course, I think now, with all my wonderful insights, with all of my wonderful wisdom, parang feeling ko [ready na ako].”
Hindi naman sinagot ni KC ang tanong kung mayroon siyang inspirasyon ngayon.
“Meron akong mga nakilalang new friends during the quarantine, which is so weird. Parang andami kong biglang bagong nakilala.
“Parang andami kong new friends, totoong friends, ha. Friends na pumasok sa buhay ko na parang, ‘Wow, ang dami kong natututunan.'
"And some of them I actually invited in my kitchen collab, yung cooking show ko.”
Ang tinutukoy ni KC ay ang kanyang weekly cooking show via Instagram, kung saan nag-iimbita siya ng celebrities na marunong magluto at nagpapaturo siya.
Ito raw ang mga taong “pwede mong malapitan for help and alam mong hindi ka iiwan.”
Nagkasama sina KC at Mela Habijan sa TV shows na Simply KC, Star Circle Quest: The Search for the Next Kiddie Stars, at entertainment talk show na The Buzz.
Si Mela ay isang transwoman at advocate ng LGBTQ++ community.
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