Inamin ni Liza Soberano na kulang sa konteksto ang mga binitiwan niyang salita sa kanyang personal vlog na lumikha ng matinding kontrobersiya.
Inakusahan siya ng iba na "ingrata" at "walang utang na loob" sa ABS-CBN at dating mga katrabaho na naging daan para sumikat siya nang husto.
Kinontra ni Liza ang aniya'y maling panghuhusga sa kanya.
Sa taped interview ni Boy Abunda para sa Fast Talk With Boy Abunda ng GMA-7 na umere ngayong Biyernes, March 10, 2023, ipinaliwanag ni Liza na hindi niya intensiyong balewalain ang mga taong tumulong sa kanya para magkaroon ng magandang buhay.
Pero hindi rin daw babawiin ni Liza ang mga tinuran niya sa kanyang vlog dahil siya ay "nag-enumerate" lamang ng "facts" sa pinagdaanan niya sa kanyang showbiz career.
"For me, I was just stating facts. Everything that I broke down, I was breaking down the journey and so people understand what point I am at in my life right now.
"I was literally just saying that I started as a child, so hindi ako nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na mag-grow into myself as an adult.
"I didn't get to experience things that normal kids get to experience because I started at an early age."
Diin ni Liza: "Hindi po normal iyon."
Ang hindi naipaliwanag ni Liza sa kanyang vlog ay ang pahayag niya ngayon na hindi buo ang kanyang loob nang pasukin ang showbiz noong 2013.
Ayon kay Liza, "But I'm sure a lot of people can relate, maraming bata ang napilitan magtrabaho nang maaga para maging breadwinner sa mga pamilya nila.
"And that's what exactly what happened with me.
"Hindi ko pangarap mag-artista, I had to be an artista para mapag-aral ang sarili ko, para mapag-aral ko kapatid ko, para mabuhay ko yung family ko.
"I think that's one thing na hindi alam ng maraming tao.
"I think that they assumed na gusto ko maging artista ever since I was a kid, which is not true.
"Kasi it came from me, a necessity. I needed to make money for my family."
Nang tanungin ni Boy kung pinilit ba siyang mag-artista, inamin ni Liza na napilitan siya dahil sa sirkumstansiya ng kanyang pamilya.
"That's hard to answer. There's a little back story to this.
"Nung 10 po ako, that's when I first came to the Philippines, may lumapit na po sa akin para mag-Goin' Bulilit.
"And me and my dad John, the one that lives here in the Philippines, we had a big fight kasi ayoko.
"I was a very shy girl, I was very boyish, didn't know how to speak Tagalog.
"And I wasn't honestly expecting na magtatagal po ako dito sa Philippines. Akala ko babalik din po kaagad sa States.
"Pero nagtagal po ako dito dahil nagkasakit yung lolo ko sa States, the ones that I call Mommy and Daddy, my parents.
"And hindi po nila ma-afford na ibalik kami ng kapatid ko sa States, and so I was forced to work because I wanted to go back to the States."
Sa madaling-salita, hindi raw buo ang loob ni Liza sa pag-aartista noon.
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Pero paglilinaw rin ni Liza, hindi siya nagrereklamo nang ipunto niyang limitado ang mga direktor, leading man, at proyekto na nagagawa niya sa dating home network.
Tinatanaw raw niyang malaking utang na loob sa ABS-CBN, sa dating manager na si Ogie Diaz, at pati na rin sa ka-love team na si Enrique Gil ang narating niya bilang artista.
"Yes, I agreed to everything that was happening because yun ang nakakabuti sa akin.
"And this is not about what's right and what's wrong. It's just I didn't get to grow up normally like other people," saad ni Liza.
Sabay diin din niya: "And I'm not complaining. I'm very grateful to my experience.
"Dahil diyan napag-aral ko ang sarili ko. Dahil diyan nakatapos ako ng high school.
"Dahil diyan nakabili ako ng bahay para sa family ko, here in the Philippines and for my grandparents living in the States.
"I was so grateful for that kasi I was able to do things at such a young age that I would not have been able to do if not for this job, if not for ABS-CBN, if not for Tito Ogie, if not for Quen.
"Pero I just needed to state that I didn't get to become or discover myself on my own terms.
"I had to do it with the whole country looking at me and other people telling me what was good for me and what was not good for me."
ON backstabbing from select colleagues
Reluctant star man si Liza nang una niyang pasukin ang showbiz, sinabi rin nitong dumating sa puntong minahal na niya ang pag-arte.
Nalimitahan lang daw siya nang may insidenteng napag-alaman niyang may mga katrabaho siyang lihim na kumukutya sa kanya.
Isang malapit na kaibigan daw niyang direktor ang nagkuwento sa kanya na sa mga pre-production meetings ng serye ay patuya siyang tinatawag na "Little Producer."
Nag-ugat daw iyon sa mga iilang pagkakataon na kinuwestiyon ng aktres ang linyahan ng karakter niya sa proyekto.
Saad ni Liza, "And so, ever since after that, parang I felt I didn't have the right to bring this up kasi feeling ko nao-offend ko yung mga tao sa paligid ko, which is not my intention.
"Which I thought, as actor, that is also my job to do. To question, to help improve the story, to help be collaborative."
Sinumbong daw iyon noon ni Liza sa kanyang manager na si Ogie Diaz.
Pero hindi rin daw nila naipaabot sa ABS-CBN management dahil ayaw sabihin ni Liza ang source niya sa nakalap na impormasyon.
"Kasi naisip ko baka ganun lang talaga ang showbiz. I did not know anything else beyond that.
"Ang iniisip ko, 'Maybe ako yung rude for questioning the creatives' decisions.'"
Aminado siyang naging balakid noon ang pagiging "people pleaser" niya kaya hindi iyon nasolusyunan.
"Takot ako makaapak ng tao. I don't like disappointing people. I don't like creating enemies.
"I'm a people pleaser so hindi ko kaya pag people feel bad or have bad feelings towards me."
ON HER LOVETEAM WITH ENRIQUE GIL
Ayon pa kay Liza, ang intensiyon niya sa ginawang vlog ay para sana malinawan ang fans sa desisyon niyang magkaroon ng pagbabago sa kanyang karera.
Sa higit pitong taon niya sa ABS-CBN, ang limang pelikula niya at apat na teleserye ay panay kasama niya ang reel-and-real-life sweetheart na si Enrique Gil.
Ang punto raw ni Liza, nais din niyang makilala bilang solo star.
Sabi niya patungkol sa kanyang vlog: "It was an enumeration. I wasn't complaining.
"Kasi I felt like they were forgetting, especially the Liza, LizQuen fans, they were complaining that there is no more LizQuen.
"I totally understand that, they wanna see us together and everything, I totally understand that, and I felt for them.
"So I felt the need to explain myself why I wanna change because I wanted to grow.
"And I felt that I needed to enumerate everything for them to better understand that, 'Hey, I did do all of these. We did do all of these.'
"ABS and LizQuen. Quen and I gave this to you, guys. We put in a lot of hard work so that we could build this love team that you guys all fell in love with.
"But now, it's time for me to grow as an individual."
ON FREEDOM FROM HER FEARS
Ipinaliwanag din ni Liza na dumating siya sa puntong kaya na niyang magdesisyon para sa kanyang karera.
Napagtanto raw niyang hindi niya dapat hayaang magpadala sa takot na sumubok ng ibang proyekto.
"Hindi po ako nagko-complain. I loved all the directors that I worked with.
"And for a time, yun lang yung gusto ko. So this was all before 2019, when I had that change in my mind.
"I only wanted to be in a love team. I only wanted to work alongside Quen. I only wanted to work with these three directors that I am enumerating.
"I only wanted to work with these creatives because they were the reason — in my mind and what everybody thinks of me — they are the reason for my success.
"That's exactly what I thought. That's exactly how I felt.
"I was scared to go beyond that because kung paghihiwalayin kami ni Quen, kung hindi na kami love team, di na ako successful.
"Kung di itong tatlong director na ito ang makakatrabaho ko, hindi kikita yung film.
"And I think, looking back, that mindset that I had, that notion that I had was wrong.
"Yes, magagaling silang director, yes napasikat nila ako, yes they made my movies, my TV films successful.
"But hindi ibig sabihin nun that other directors aren't capable of doing that. They just need the opportunity."