Positibo ang mensahe ni JK Labajo, 22, para sa ex-girlfriend na si Maureen Wroblewitz, 24.
Siyam na buwan nang hiwalay ang dalawa. Pero noong Enero 2023, umagaw ng pansin ang TikTok video ni Maureen kunsaan umamin siyang nasa healing process pa rin siya walong buwan matapos ang breakup nila ni JK.
Nilinaw noon ni Maureen na hindi pa niya gaanong kilala ang sarili nang pumasok siya sa relasyon ni JK, at isa raw iyon sa dahilan kung bakit hindi niya alam i-handle ang mga naging problema nila noon.
Sa eksklusibong panayam ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) noong February 18, 2023, hiningan ng reaksiyon si JK tungkol sa pahayag ni Maureen.
"I hope she goes through whatever she's going through. I mean, at the end naman, between us, we're on good terms naman.
"I just want what's best for her and that she's happy," saad ni JK.
Tinanong din si JK tungkol sa pag-amin ni Maureen na na may bago na itong boyfriend sa kasalukuyan.
Aniya, "That's good, that's good for her."
Bukas si JK na magkaroon din ng bagong karelasyon, pero hindi raw siya nagmamadali.
"Yeah, of course, naman. But at the same time, it's always nice to just focus on the people around you, your family and your career.
"Masaya ako sa sitwasyon ko sa buhay ngayon."
JK LABAJO ON HIS ROLE AS THE LATE SEN. NINOY AQUINO
Nakapanayam ng PEP.ph si JK sa premiere night ng Ako Si Ninoy, na ginanap sa Cinema 7 ng Rockwell Power Plant Mall sa Makati City. Ang simula ng playdate nito sa mga sinehan ay sa February 22.
Sa musical film, gumanap si JK bilang ang pinaslang na Senator Benigno Aquino II, o mas kilala sa palayaw na Ninoy.
Masaya si JK sa magandang response ng mga nanonood ng premiere night ng pelikula sa kabila ng kaba at pag-aalalang naramdaman.
"Sobrang nakakatuwa kasi before the premiere, talagang kinabahan kami, especially ako.
"Kasi hindi ko alam kung paano siya tatanggapin ng mga tao kasi we kinda did it in a non-traditional way when it comes of doing historical, right?
"Then we had a good reception, everyone seems like they are happy and it's worth their money, so masaya.
"Definitely, you always have the best expectations, but at the same time, you reserve some sort of parang pag-aalala in whatever project you are doing naman, right?
"I mean, you have to put a lot of trust in the production team. Once you shoot, the next thing you're gonna know is what you shot na, e.
"It really took a lot of team effort, especially in the editing and what they did in the post-prod, so yun."
Mabigat ang papel niya sa istorya, pero nakagaan para kay JK ang bilin sa kanya ng director-producer ng pelikula na si Atty. Vince Tañada na hindi siya dapat ma-pressure na kopyahin ang mga kilos at pananalita ng namayapang senador.
"Nakausap ko actually si Direk Vince before we started shooting and I asked him, 'How close to the actual Ninoy do you want me to be?' Sabi niya, 'No, not at all. Don't think of Juan Karlos acting as Ninoy.'"
Binigyan daw siya ng creative freedom ng direktor na bigyang-buhay niya ang karakter na naaayon sa kanyang interpretasyon.
"Kaya kung papanoorin mo siya, hindi naman talaga ako si Sir Ninoy, iba siya, e. I'm just really a representation, a mini-representation of Sir Ninoy.
"Hopefully, I did well and I justified it."
Ilan sa mga mga dumalo sa premiere night ay sina Viel Aquino-Dee at former Senator Bam Aquino. Si Viel ay anak ng mga yumaong Senator Ninoy Aquino at President Corazon Aquino. Pinsan ni Viel si Bam.
"Siyempre nakakakaba rin kasi that's their life, story. I mean, at the same time, I had trust naman na before shooting na everything was fact-checked na.
"The family, alam na nila ang buong script and everything, so okay naman."
JK LABAJO'S NEXT PROJECTS
Dahil nagiging aktibo na muli sa pag-arte, marami ang nagtatanong kung mapapanood na raw kaya uli sa telebisyon si JK.
Huli siyang napanood sa A Love To Last, ang Kapamilya prime-time series na umere noong January to September 2017.
"Maybe, let's see. Tingnan natin kung ano ang mangyayari," saad ni JK.
"I have some opportunities that came in, some Cinemalaya projects again, and definitely some other films that I can't disclose any information yet.
"But then, I'm working on an album as well. Bouncing between music and acting."
Hindi naman napi-pressure si JK na magsabi kung kailan masusundan ang hit song niyang "Buwan."
Aniya, "Depende. Especially in the beginning of this year, we really focused on this project.
"You can expect on best outcome when you focus on one thing at a time."
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