Hindi prayoridad ni Lea Salonga, 55, ang pumasok sa romantic relationship dahil mas pinagtutuunan niya ang kanyang trabaho.
Ito ang sagot niya sa tanong kung handa siyang umibig ulit.
"No. Well, you know, it's not something that I am actively building a life towards," sagot niya sa panayam ng Beyond The Exchange With Rico Hizon noong October 31, 2026.
Pasakalye pa ni Lea: "And this is, I think, a piece of advice that I would give to any young person. And it's a piece of advice that I saw on the internet.
"And I loved how the way this was phrased. I mean, Instagram has gems sometimes."
Ipinunto niya na naniniwala siyang kusang dumarating ang pag-ibig.
Payo ni Lea: "So, I mean, build your life as if you're never getting married, where you prioritize yourself, where you love yourself, where you fall in love with yourself, and create a beautiful life.
"It's like, when you build a garden and make it beautiful and varied and plenty of flowers, that's when the butterflies come.
"Don't chase the butterflies, attract them to your garden.
"So I liked that piece of advice."
Mas mabuti raw pagyamanin ang sarili.
"So create your life. And if you meet somebody who makes your life even better, then that is when you can consider. But it's not something I am actively looking for."
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LEA SALONGA NOT INTO DOING BLIND DATES
Payag ba si Lea kung ireto siya ng kanyang mga kaibigan sa potential partner?
Sagot ng international Filipina singer-actress: "They won't. I know my friends way too well.
"Why not? They won't.
"For them, it's... kung saan ka masaya, dun ka dapat. And I have a life that is incredibly fulfilling professionally.
"As far as my personal life goes, my attention is to my son and my friends and my home. And there's a lot of work on my plate."
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LEA SALONGA DOESN'T SNAG A GUY'S ATTENTION
Tinanong pa ni Rico si Lea kung iko-consider niya ang pakikipagrelasyon kung willing ang lalaki na sundan siya sa Manila o sa New York o kung nasaan man siya dalhin ng trabaho.
Sabi naman ni Lea, "But honestly, it's, you know, the male ego is an actual thing."
Hindi rin daw uubra kay Lea yung siya ang gagawa ng paraan makuha ang atensiyon ng isang lalaki.
Binigay kasing halimbawa ni Rico ang style ng dalagang Pilipina noon na swabeng paglaglag ng panyo kapag dumaan ang isang binatang lalaki na gusto nito.
"I don't do those things," mabilis na sabi ni Lea.
"I'm not going to do something to achieve an end to snag a guy. That's not how I operate.
"And it's such an outdated, you know, na parang, you just, like, let your hanky drop and somebody will pick it up.
"I'm like, 'Dude, I can pick up my own hanky.' It's not the kind of thing I necessarily subscribe to.
"I guess my views on that are, I think, a little more progressive. More modern."
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