FEELING long hair si Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano sa ginanap na presscon ng “ARISE: Gary V. 3.0″ (Abril 11 at 12) concert ni Gary Valenciano noong Biyernes ng tanghali habang ikinukuwento ng asawa ang tungkol sa pagbubuntis niya noon sa panganay nilang anak na si Paolo.
Ayon kasi kay Mr. Pure Energy, mas pinili niya ang ituloy ang pagbubuntis ni Angelin kesa isipin ang kanyang career noong papasikat pa lang siya.
Nang mabuntis kasi ni Gary si Angeli ay 19 pa lang siya at kasalukuyang naghahanda sa first major concert niya sa Araneta Coliseum.
Kasabihan kasi sa showbiz na kapag papasikat o sikat na ang isang artista at may isyung nakabuntis o may dyowa ay pilit na itinatago para hindi makasagabal sa career at saka na lang aaminin kapag stable o laos na.
Balik-tanaw ni Gary, dalawang linggo bago ang concert niya sa Araneta ay nagkaroon ng closed-door meeting ang management team at pinag-uusapan ang planong papupuntahin si Angeli sa Australia o dalawa silang aalis papuntang Amerika para roon ipanganak ang panganay nila at tahimik ng mamumuhay doon.
Habang pinagdidiskusyunan ang plano ay biglang tinanong daw si Gary kung ano naman ang desisyon niya, ang gusto niya, aminin ang lahat at maging totoo sa publiko.
Ayaw daw kasi niyang masisi pagdating ng panahon na sumbatan siya ng anak na itinago at ikinahiya siya. At ipinagdiinan ni Gary na hindi pumas ok sa isipan nila ni Angeli na ipalaglag ang panganay nila.
Ang hiningi lang na senyales ni Gary na kapag hindi napuno ang unang concert niya sa Araneta ay isa lang ang ibig sabihin, kailangan na nilang mag-alsa balutan ni Angeli.
Pero kapag napuno ang Big Dome, gusto ng Diyos na manatili sila sa Pilipinas na nangyari nga dahil sold-out ang nasabing concert.
Kaya ipinagmamalaki ni Gary na tama lahat ang desisyon niya dahil kung sumunod lang siya sa sinasabi sa kanya noon ay malamang na wala siyang Paolo Valenciano ngayon na direktor na niya sa kanyang anniversary concert.
Say nga ni Paolo, “beautiful mistake” siya.Samantala, tinanong din si Gary kung kumusta naman ang relasyon nila ng asawang si Angeli sa loob ng 29 years nilang pagsasama, inamin ni Gary na marami na silang napagdaanan ng asawa niya, marunong lang daw silang magdala.
“Everything comes into play, whether it’s a financial problem, whether it’s a health problem, whether it’s just not seeing eye to eye or whether parang what’s happening to our relationship and all that.
“We’ve gone through everything. But you know, I’ve just not been blessed with a beautiful woman but a woman who really has cared and has stood her ground as a wife. And she’ll say the same thing, she’ll say, ‘I’m not just married to Gary Valenciano. I’m married to a man who’s like this and that, a man of God and all.
“But the children have seen us in the worst and best of our times and that’s what completes the whole thing. That’s a part of the journey,” pagkukuwento ni Gary.
At sa sinasabing stage wife raw ang asawang si Angeli kaya maraming nagagalit sa dito, “I’d like to address this, I think, many, many years ago nag-umpisa na yung mga decision na kung anuman ang mga desisyon na iyon ni Angeli, yun ay hindi sa kanya. Those decisions were mine.
“Sa akin sinasabi lahat. So when she says, ‘Sorry, Gary can’t make it,’ sasabihin, ‘Ay, ayan na naman si Angeli.’ No, it’s because she talked to me and I said I can’t make it.
“And she’s there, pleading, ‘Gary please, it’s just five minutes.’ Five minutes to appear but two hours to get there, an hour and a half to get ready and then, come back. ‘I can’t do it, Angeli.’
“It always goes to me. Even with ASAP kapag may mga song na medyo tagilid ako, I will mention it but she is my spokesperson because she’s the manager na nga,” paliwanag ni Gary.
Natanong din kay Gary si Anne Curtis na parating sold out ang concert, hindi ba malaking threat ito sa kanilang mga tunay na singer na ang makatatapat lang pala ay isang hindi naman kagalingan at kagandahan ang boses?
“The reason why I’m not bothered is because Anne knows where she stands. I told someone before that once Anne begins to try and really sound like a singer, she’s gonna have to compete with the likes of Angeline Quinto and Sarah Geronimo and now it’s a totally different ballgame for her.
“But people love her because Anne is just Anne. ‘I just wanna go there and have fun!’ So, fine. Not everybody can do that. You can have other comedians, good actresses, singer-dancer-type to come out there but they will not have the same impact as Anne Curtis. Because it’s a one of a kind thing.
“For me, there’s nothing wrong with that. But the problem would be probably kung umabot na du’n sa people appreciating just anybody out there trying to be like Anne Curtis, but falling short.
Anne is one of a kind. I don’t know if that particular season will last forever, but she is one of a kind. “She comes out there, she sings. Sometimes, lumilihis siya doon sa nota o hindi niya natatamaan nang tama.
But because she’s so funny, people enjoy it and it adds doon sa pagiging funny. “For me, the biggest problem is not what is being presented and what people are seeing, but I think it’s also the kind of support that artists like myself and other artists like AKA JAM who can really make people stand on their feet abroad and here and still not get support that somebody like Anne Curtis is getting.
“She deserves it. I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve it. But there are also others who deserve also that kind of support,” paliwanag ni Gary. Samantala, bukod sa mga anak nina Gary at Angeli na sina Paolo, Gab at Kiana ay kasama rin si Sarah Geronimo (Abril 11), Rico Blanco, Sam Concepcion, AKA Jam, Iya Villania, DJs Papi and Tom Taus, Maneuvers, G Force at LSDC sa “ARISE” at ang proceeds ng show ay mapupunta sa Yolanda victims.
Ilan sa mga sponsors ng show ay ang ABS-CBN at MyPhone kasama ang Jollibee, Enervon C, Carb Trim, NeurogenE, Cole Haan, Alaska Milk, Belo Medical, Bench, Aficionado, Joel Cruz Signatures, Francis Libiran, Gold’s Gym, Duty Free Philippines, Novuhair, with media partners ASAP 19, TFC, Cinema One, Myx, Philippine Daily. Para sa ticket visit www.ticketnet.com.ph o tumawag sa 911-5555.