WALANG balak sundan ng 15-year-old football player na si Santino Rosales ang mga yapak ng kanyang amang si Jericho Rosales bilang award-winning actor.
Si Santino ay anak ni Jericho sa dati niyang girlfriend na si Kai Palmores. Kahit wala sa poder ng Kapamilya actor ang binatilyo ay hindi nawala ang communication nila at hanggang ngayon ay maayos ang kanilang relasyon bilang mag-ama.
Sa panayam ng ABS-CBN kay Santino sa ginanap na Candy Teen Con kamakailan kung saan isa siya sa mga napiling Cady Cuties for 2016, sinabi ng anak ni Echo na mas priority niya ang pag-aaral, pero pwede naman daw niyang i-try ang pagmo-model.
Isa ang daddy niya sa una niyang sinabihan na nasa listahan nga siya ng mga millennial cuties ng nasabing magazine, “When I told my dad, He was like, ‘Congrats pogi I’m proud of you!’” kuwento ni Santino.
Pero aniya, “I’m never going into showbiz. I’m not into it. It’s just not for me. I’m not going to take a job that I don’t love doing. I want to continue my career in football and maybe modeling. I’d like to limit myself to commercials and endorsements only.
“Both my parents support whatever I want to do. I’m not used to the limelight. I’m used to being behind it,” sey pa ni Santino na umaming super crush niya sina Ariana Grande at Liza Soberano.
Ano ang ipinapayo sa kanya lagi ng kanyang ama? “He just told me to always be humble. That came from both sides, from my mom and my dad. That’s what they always tell me to keep me humble. It applies to life. You can’t be big headed about things that you have because everybody knows you work hard for it. So just enjoy what you have. I bond with my dad on weekends when we’re both not busy.
Usually it’s the two of us but I’m in good terms with tita Kim (Jones, asawa ni Echo).”
Isa si Santino sa mga ipinagmamalaking player ng Kaya FC under 17 football team, “I’ve been playing since 2013. I also play for my school varsity. Definitely I have big dreams of playing in Spain for my favorite club Real Madrid. But now I’m very happy with my club Kaya FC.”
Namana rin ng binatilyo ang pagiging businessman ng kanyang ama, sa edad na 15 kasi ay may negosyo na rin siya, “I’ve already actually started my venture onto business with a friend. We turn car parts into furniture. We had this trade expo at school and we decided to do something outside of the box.
“He had some extra car parts because he has a car shop. So we decided let’s innovate it, let’s make it something people want. We both decided to make it into furniture for your house and what we used is all real recycled car parts,” ani Santino sa nasabing panayam.