Hindi nangyari ang Christian wedding nina Sarah Lahbati at Richard Gutierrez sa isang five-star hotel noong March 14, 2020 dahil idineklara ng pamahalaan ang enforced quarantine dahil sa coronavirus pandemic.
Natuloy pa rin ang pag-iisang dibdib ng dalawa dahil isang civil wedding ang idinaos, pero limitado ang mga bisita at tiniyak ng lahat na sumunod sila sa ipinatutupad na health protocols.
Sa virtual presscon para sa renewal ng kanyang exclusive contract bilang talent ng Viva Artists Agency ngayong Biyernes ng hapon, March 26, ibinahagi ni Sarah ang desisyon nila ni Richard na ituloy ang kanilang pagpapakasal noong 2020.
Sabi ni Sarah, "We decided to do the civil wedding kasi with everything that’s going on, ano ba talaga yung real reason kung bakit tayo magpapakasal, which is our love for each other and our commitment for each other.
"We’re not doing it for the amount of people that are going there. We’re doing it for you and for me. So we decided to last-minute plan everything and change of plans talaga.
"With all the uncertainties that were happening, parang we were just focused on making the civil wedding happen. Thank God, it did."
Christian Wedding Plans
Sa kabila ng nangyari, may plano pa rin ang mag-asawang ituloy sa ibang pagkakataon ang naudlot na Christian wedding para sa kanilang pamilya at mga kaibigan.
"Meron pa rin [plano]. Sayang yung wedding dresses ko," pabirong sabi ni Sarah.
"We wanna celebrate with our families, our extended families, our friends. Hindi namin yun nagawa so hopefully one day pag nawala na itong pandemic, magawa na namin ‘yon.
"So, yes, we still want to have a big celebration."
still under vva
Ang muling pagpirma ni Sarah ng management contract sa VAA ang hudyat ng pagiging aktibo niya sa entertainment industry, at may permiso ito ni Richard.
"Definitely, I’ll be onscreen more as you all know I’ve been laying low and being a mom, which I love doing. But I decided na I’m ready to work again, to be visible on screen.
"I miss dancing, I miss my ASAP family, and I miss acting also so I’ll be more visible and perhaps, try hosting as well.
"Richard and I are currently meeting with directors and brainstorming on different ideas.
"During these downtime, we wanna stay creative and we want to create concepts so hopefully when we decide on something that has good potential, we can execute and start working on it, but we’re in a brainstorming phase.
"We’re open to working together again. I think it’s been eight or nine years since we last work together onscreen.
"It’s been awhile since I’ve been active on the screen. I am very excited to work again.
"Regarding taping, alam natin na lock-in ang taping, we just have to schedule it in a way na may maiiwan sa mga bata. We have to schedule it properly kasi very hands-on ako sa kids."