KINARIR talaga ng Kapamilya singer-actor na si Darren Espanto ang pagpapaganda ng katawan para sa mas mature na image ngayong 20 years old na siya.
Sinadya niyang ibandera sa buong universe ang kanyang hunky body na siyang resulta ng ilang buwang pagwo-workout sa gym noong abutan ng lockdown sa Canada dulot ng COVID-19 pandemic.
In fairness, ikinagulat ng kanyang fans at supporters ang pagpapasilip ng kanyang fitter physique sa social media in time for his 20th birthday (last May 24). At iisa ang comment ng netizens — pa-hot at pa-yummy na raw ngayon si Darren.
“A lot of people haven’t been tuning in to my social media and stuff like that so they haven’t been that updated.
“But then when that photo was shared across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, I saw all these comments and a lot of people are realizing how old they’re getting. I’m 20. When they first saw me, I was this 13-year-old on The Voice Kids so it’s really funny seeing all those comments.
“That’s a goal my team and I had even before we got to the Philippines and for me, I’d say we’re doing pretty well. We’ve achieved that goal especially with the rebranding and stuff.
“This is new era for Darren because my look is a lot more mature now. Besides that photo in the sando that I posted on my birthday,” tuluy-tuloy pa pahayag ng binata sa panayam ng Monster RX 93.1.
Nakapag-focus daw siya sa kanyang fitness goals habang naka-home quarantine sa Canada, “My dad is a gym guy but when he started getting a bit of work especially during the pandemic, no one was really going down to the gym anymore because both my parents are in the medical field so they don’t really have time to work out.
“So ako yung nasa bahay lang naman so I started using the weights and stuff like that. I remember when I was a kid my dad would go to the gym and the gyms in Canada have this play place for the kids if you didn’t have anyone to leave them at home with so my dad would be there all the time.
“I remember that growing up and he would always bring me since my mom would be at work pa rin and I wouldn’t be with anyone at home,” pagbabahagi pa ng aktor at singer.
“I try to work out everything as much as I can. Siguro legs one day and then yung arms two days, ganun. It’s kind of hard to keep track of everything and stay disciplined with proper diet and exercise and stuff like that.
“I’m not really one to do that because I do eat a lot of junk food and food in general. So I don’t really know how it all happened pero I’d say my time in Canada definitely helped.
“It gave time to work out in my dad’s gym in the basement and now we’re here so sana tuloy tuloy pa. Sana hindi ako tamarin,” dagdag pa ng The Voice Kids finalist.
Naging contestant sa The Voice Kids si Darren noong 13 years old pa lang siya, “So when I started going through puberty it was late na, I was 16 turning 17. So at the start of 16, I was still singing songs that were like unbelievably high and stuff like that.
“And then I would sing those songs, I would be at a show and I would notice na it would take more time for me to vocalize before I would be able to hit these songs or I started asking my team to kind of lower the key of some songs.
“And then we I turned 17, I just completely lost my falsetto and I was like, ‘Oh what am I going to do now?’ It was really a tough time for me. Seventeen talaga was a weird time for my voice because the falsetto wouldn’t even come out,” lahad pa ni Darren.