Aired (March 18, 2024): Dalawang taon din wala sa mata ng publiko ang aktor na si Tom Rodriguez, at ngayon siya ay nagbabalik na sa TV! Kumusta nga ba ang naging pahinga ng aktor sa Amerika? Panoorin ang buong kuwentuhan sa ‘Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.’
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00:18 >> And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abulundad.
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01:09 >> I'm glad you're back.
01:10 >> Happy, happy to be back.
01:11 And thank you, thank you for inviting me here.
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01:19 >> So, you've been doing quite a lot.
01:22 I mean, you know, you did Magpakilanman.
01:24 Talk about it.
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01:27 >> Well, jump right back into it.
01:28 But I'm very happy na hindi like right into the mix of it.
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01:33 >> Okay.
01:34 >> So, at first I did the all out Sunday's guesting.
01:36 So, I got to sing live.
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01:38 >> Yeah.
01:39 So, one at a time.
01:40 I felt like medyo kailangan kong gumapang muna ulit bago ako makalagad at bago makatakbo.
01:45 So, I'm glad na sa Magpakilanman din na nabigyan ako ng chance to act again.
01:50 >> What else are you doing?
01:52 Aside from, of course, you did the guesting, the AOS, Magpakilanman, and then ano pa?
01:57 >> After this, I'm going to be meeting na with the GMA creatives for a brand new show.
02:03 So, I'm really excited.
02:04 >> Wow.
02:05 >> I have no clue or idea what it is yet.
02:07 But if I'm going to base it on previous work that I've done for GMA, lalo na yung huli kong project na ginawa for them,
02:13 which is The World Between Us, kasama sila Alden, sila Jasmine, sila Lucero,
02:18 that was such a fulfilling and meaningful project for me.
02:21 All I know is I have to be ready for it because I know GMA has never done me wrong.
02:26 They've always given me very good, good material.
02:29 >> Maya, maya po, abangan niyo. May iksena kaming gagawin mula sa my husband's lover.
02:34 Tataganginan ako.
02:36 Okay. Pero bago ang lahat ng ito and it's really exciting.
02:39 And you have to thank your manager.
02:40 >> Sobra. Popoy, he's been there with me all throughout.
02:44 >> Not only as a manager but as a human being.
02:47 You're in good company.
02:48 >> Hands down.
02:49 >> That's true.
02:50 >> At habang ikaw wala at ikaw nasa Amerika, people were wondering, two years,
02:56 kumusta ang buhay sa Amerika?
02:58 >> Masarap dito, boy. Tahimik, simple, and I really loved it.
03:03 >> Gaano ka simple ang simple?
03:05 >> Sobrang simple. To the point na nagkukuponing ako for groceries. I enjoyed.
03:09 >> Anong ibig sabihin ng kuponing?
03:11 >> Dati sa mail.
03:13 >> Yung ginugupit mo.
03:15 >> So you get good deals talaga and mas marami kang mabibili
03:18 with the small amount of resources that you have, you can make it stretch.
03:22 Pwede mong palaguin by doing kuponing.
03:25 Ngayon digital na siya. Nalaman ko dati ginugupit ko.
03:27 Eventually, nung nandun na ako sa store, sinasabi nila, no, andito na, may app.
03:31 And eventually, you just click on the app.
03:33 >> Nagagamit mo na.
03:35 >> Yeah. Kano-compare ko yung mga presyo sa iba-ibang lugar. Masarap.
03:38 And then you learn to cook with those ingredients.
03:41 So things that I was scared to try.
03:43 >> Marunong ka na magluto.
03:44 >> Yeah. Magluto na.
03:45 >> Naglilinis ka rin ang bahay.
03:46 >> Bahay, laundry.
03:48 >> Naglalaba ka. Of course, washing machine.
03:50 >> Lahat. Ang sarap na ganoon. May routine ka.
03:53 >> Araw-araw.
03:54 >> Hindi naman araw kasi Thursdays and, ano, Thursdays yung laundry day.
03:57 >> Ah, meron ganoon.
03:59 >> Yeah.
04:00 >> Thursday laundry day. Tapos may mga araw nagluluto.
04:02 >> So in the morning, you wake up, you go walk the dog.
04:04 You start planning for your grocery for the month.
04:08 And may ano ka, parang simple routine.
04:11 Hindi ka tulad minsan sa showbiz na medyo fast-paced at maraming nangyayari at any moment.
04:18 Pweding may trabaho ko ganito, pwedeng may ganyan.
04:20 Don, yung routine mo na kaano talaga, parang plansyado.
04:24 Pag-ising mo ito gagawin mo hanggang sa pag-tulog mo sa gabi,
04:26 alam mo kung ano na yung takalangan.
04:29 >> Oo. Alam ko simple ang buhay. Pero nahirapan ka.
04:34 >> Masarap, like I said. Pero tito mo, hindi namang ganoon ka agad eh.
04:37 So it took a while for it to get there.
04:39 Like I said, 13 years that I spent here sa Philippines,
04:42 medyo naiwang ko rin yung buhay ko dun.
04:45 So when I went back, I had to re-establish myself.
04:47 Re-learn how to drive, get a driver's license, open up a phone line, open up a bank,
04:53 start to build my credit there again.
04:55 So it took a while, and especially my own personal growth din.
05:00 >> Nagtrabaho ka?
05:01 >> I did, yeah.
05:02 >> Oh, you did?
05:03 >> Freelance na mga work with my art and programming.
05:06 >> Galin. Okay.
05:07 >> So, it's like two weeks na nagamit ko kahit pa paano yung mga passions ko din dun.
05:10 >> May pera ka ba? I mean, I'm forced to ask you this.
05:13 Did you have money? Kasi 13 years, nasanay ka dito.
05:16 >> Coming from nothing. Like I said, two weeks lang yung punta ko dun.
05:19 I packed for two weeks, and at the same time,
05:21 lahat ng akala ko importante sa akin, tito boy, nawala.
05:26 My finances, lahat lang yun.
05:28 So when I was going over there, I was really starting with nothing.
05:30 Pero hindi ka pala a-solve.
05:32 >> Kasi zero. Kasi kahit dami, siguro, kung two weeks, konti lang dinalam mo.
05:36 >> But you don't need it.
05:38 The universe always provides. God always provides.
05:41 Somehow, I'm able to eat, to sustain myself daily with what I have.
05:47 Of course, at first, you rely on family and the help of others.
05:50 But eventually, you're able to stand on your own two feet.
05:53 Ano ang sarap ng ganoon. You don't need that much.
05:55 >> Ibang buhay dun.
05:56 >> You don't need that much to survive and be happy.
05:58 >> Pero hindi naman dumating, nung nakaraang dalawang taon sa America,
06:01 hindi naman dumating sa punto na sobrang walang-wala ka.
06:06 >> My family was always there.
06:08 So they allowed me through the healing period.
06:11 Pero at the same time, like I said, something would always come.
06:13 There would be out-of-town shows that we would be able to do.
06:17 I would be able to get bounties and commissions for programming.
06:19 I would be able to do commissions for artwork.
06:22 So life would always provide a way.
06:26 >> As you would say, the universe.
06:28 >> Universe, God was always there.
06:30 Hindi niya ako pinabayaan throughout it all.
06:32 So I never felt like I was in lack.
06:34 >> Gaano katindi ang iyak na pinagdaanan mo in the last two years?
06:39 >> A lot.
06:40 Lalo being there and seeing my mom struggle even more with me,
06:43 seeing me in that condition.
06:45 >> Iyak ka ng iyak?
06:47 >> There would be a lot of times.
06:48 >> Paano mo sinasagot ang nanay sa kaniyang lahat ng katanungan?
06:51 >> I couldn't even.
06:52 There was a time nagtatago ako nung umpisa.
06:54 I would hide away until eventually you go through the dark night of the soul
06:59 and then you're able to face even your loved ones,
07:01 face yourself in the mirror, face your family.
07:05 Dun, you start opening up the conversation.
07:08 Before that, hindi ko kaya.
07:10 Numugsak lahat.
07:12 I started, ano talaga, when other people say starting from zero,
07:17 at that time I felt like I was starting at the negative
07:19 because a lot of the things that I thought meant a lot to me disappeared.
07:23 And then you realize in that lowest moment,
07:25 you have a lot to be grateful pa rin pala, Tito.
07:27 You have a lot to be thankful for.
07:29 And then, that's when you start.
07:31 >> Pero ngayon, Tom, today, today,
07:34 pag kinakausap mo yung inner child na sinasabi mo,
07:39 anong sinasabi mo ngayon sa kanya?
07:41 >> I'm proud of him.
07:42 And I hope he's proud of me, too.
07:45 >> What do you think? Is he proud of you?
07:47 >> I think so.
07:49 >> Why is he proud of you?
07:51 >> If we can go through the darkest moment in our lives
07:54 and find that inner strength and that resilience
07:57 at mahanap mo yung lakas sa loob-loob mo na bumangon pa rin,
08:00 I think that's something to be proud of.
08:02 Kasi, katulad ng ano,
08:04 dung sinabi ng kapatid ko about my nephew,
08:07 there were times na, I don't know if I'm allowed to say,
08:09 it was really dark that I thought I was going to do something to myself
08:13 that's irreversible.
08:15 Nung time na yun, yung...
08:17 >> Sorry. Dumaan ka sa stage na you almost contemplated dying by suicide?
08:24 >> I was there, Tito Boy.
08:27 And then a moment that flashed in my mind was,
08:30 what would my nephews think if they go through a hardship,
08:33 they go through a hard time?
08:35 Oh, Tito Tom was able to do this. I can do it, too.
08:38 And I thought, I owe them more than that.
08:41 And now I owe my younger self that, too.
08:44 That you can go through the hardest unos, bagyo, kahit anong dumayan sa buhay mo.
08:48 As long as you find that integrity within yourself again,
08:51 you build that trust within yourself, that love for yourself,
08:53 and those who matter the most to you,
08:55 you can get through it.
08:57 Kaya mo pa rin.
08:59 And I think he would be proud of me.
09:01 >> And I'm sure he is. I'm sure he is proud.
09:04 Hindi, kasi hindi madali ang pinagdaanan mo.
09:06 Yung dalawang taon...
09:07 >> All of us have our own battles, Tito Boy.
09:09 >> Of course.
09:10 I'm no victim. Like, whatever happened in my life,
09:13 I was also complacent in it.
09:15 And I've taken accountability and responsibility for that.
09:17 And lahat tayo may kanya-kanya batas.
09:20 Kaya I wouldn't say that it's just me. It happens to everyone.
09:23 >> That's why we're talking. You know why?
09:25 Because a lot of people will be able to relate to your story.
09:27 >> Yeah, and they can get through it, too.
09:28 >> And I'm just really glad, Tom, that you're here.
09:30 I'm really glad that you're back.
09:32 >> Thank you so much.
09:33 >> And I hope you miss Fast Talk because I'm going to do it with you now.
09:36 >> Hoy! [laughs]
09:38 Binyak na nako yung ina ako ni Mama.
09:40 Hindi ako yung gugul ba.
09:41 [laughs]
09:42 >> Mama, we're going to do Fast Talk.
09:45 We have two minutes to do this.
09:47 And our time begins now.
09:50 Tom Mott.
09:51 >> Mott.
09:52 >> Ah, it's pronounced Mott.
09:54 >> Mott.
09:55 >> Okay, so Tom or Mott?
09:56 >> Mott. It's from, actually, the Battle of Hastings.
09:59 >> Yeah, okay.
10:00 >> It's from the Mote. Our family did the Mote and Bailey.
10:02 >> Right.
10:03 Pilipinas or America?
10:04 >> Both.
10:05 >> Samar, Manila?
10:06 >> Samar.
10:07 >> To love or to be loved?
10:09 >> To love.
10:10 >> Great love or true love?
10:11 >> True love. Unconditional love.
10:13 >> Okay. Chance or destiny?
10:15 >> Destiny.
10:16 >> Dimples or pimples?
10:17 >> Dimples. Without an S.
10:20 >> Tititigan or hahawakan?
10:23 >> Titig.
10:24 >> Sikreto ng mga gwapo?
10:26 >> They'll have to tell me.
10:30 >> Tuwing kailan ka mabait?
10:32 >> I'd like to think madalas.
10:33 >> Tuwing kailan ka malakas?
10:35 >> Kapag kasama ko mga mga mahal ko sa buhay.
10:37 >> Tuwing kailan ka mahina?
10:39 >> Mahina ako kapag insecure ako at hindi ako nagre-resign sa kanya.
10:44 >> Tuwing kailan ka pasaway?
10:46 >> Noong bata ako.
10:48 >> Tuwing kailan ka kinikilig?
10:49 >> Lagi.
10:50 >> Isip o puso?
10:52 >> Puso.
10:53 >> Love or money?
10:54 >> Love.
10:55 >> Give or receive?
10:56 >> Give.
10:57 >> Kapwa or sarili?
10:58 >> Kapwa.
10:59 >> When you're in doubt, what do you do?
11:01 >> When I'm in doubt, I become still now.
11:03 >> Greatest gift you've ever received?
11:06 >> Love.
11:07 >> Greatest gift na ibinigay mo?
11:09 >> Love.
11:10 >> Biggest achievement?
11:11 >> Siguro coming back here.
11:12 >> Yeah.
11:13 >> Being ready again.
11:14 >> To be in the present.
11:15 >> Yeah.
11:16 >> And hold.
11:17 >> To be able to face the world again.
11:18 >> Biggest regret?
11:19 >> Biggest regret?
11:20 I'd like to think there are none, Tito Boy.
11:23 Kasi even the things that I regret, kung hindi nangyari, I want to be where I am.
11:26 >> I understand.
11:27 Lights on or lights off?
11:28 >> Lights.
11:29 Doesn't matter.
11:30 >> Happiness or chocolates?
11:31 >> Both.
11:32 >> Best time for happiness?
11:33 >> Best time for happiness, when you feel it.
11:36 >> One word to describe Tom Rodriguez now.
11:39 Ano ito?
11:40 >> Resilient.
11:41 >> Resilient.
11:42 Sa ating pagbabalik ay alamin natin kung bakit ang salitang ito ay resilient.
11:48 You talk about love.
11:51 Tanong, Tom, pagkatapos ng lahat ang iyong pinag-dapat, kung bakit ang salitang ito ay
11:57 resilient?
11:58 Pagkatapos ng lahat ang iyong pinagdaanan, what do you know for sure about love?
12:04 Ang kasagutan sa pagbabalik po ng Fast Talk with Boy Ebo.
12:08 [music]
12:13 [applause]
12:15 Back here on the show, kasama pa rin po natin si Tom Rodriguez.
12:19 Okay, tawid tayo doon sa love.
12:25 What do you know for sure about love?
12:29 >> Siguro, true and unconditional love does exist, Tito Boy.
12:33 >> It does?
12:34 >> It does.
12:35 That I know now for sure.
12:36 >> Pagkatapos ng ingay, pagkatapos ng gulo, naniniwala ka pa rin?
12:39 >> I have felt and I've experienced true and unconditional love after all of that.
12:43 Kaya I do believe in it.
12:45 And like I said, I touched upon earlier, to receive it, you have to also vibrate in that
12:50 frequency of love.
12:51 You have to go living life having that love, joy, health and abundance in your heart and
12:58 in your mind.
12:59 Kasi like I said, kung puro anxiety, fear, takot ka ba?
13:02 Yung papairalin mo, yun din.
13:05 Yun din yung babalik sayo.
13:07 So that was the very most important lesson about love that I really learned.
13:13 >> In the context of romantic love, in the last two years, how did you know that you
13:20 could still fall in love?
13:25 >> If you had asked me just a few years ago, Tito Boy, I would have a very different answer.
13:32 Pero like I said, when I went through that healing process, that wasn't even in my mind.
13:36 But I do believe that love does find you when you are ready for it.
13:42 And when it found me, I thought my doors would be closed forever.
13:47 Hindi pala.
13:48 Because I am experiencing it again now.
13:51 >> You didn't chase.
13:53 Nahanap ka ng pag-ibig.
13:56 >> Yeah.
13:57 And it's something that I will treasure and cherish and really do my best to really protect.
14:03 >> No, because I know in an interview, you admitted that you have fallen in love again.
14:08 Tell me what you can.
14:10 >> What I can?
14:11 >> Yung kaya lang sabihin.
14:12 Yung kaya mo lang ikuwento sa akin.
14:14 Kasi like I said, Tito Boy, this time around, my previous relationships was almost open
14:19 to the public.
14:22 And what I really learned was to put up healthy boundaries.
14:26 That this time around, I'm going to keep it for myself and those people that are very
14:30 important to me.
14:32 Okay na kami.
14:33 Kaya sorry na nagdadamot ako, Tito Boy, but I really want to keep it close to the heart
14:39 this time around.
14:40 >> Can I tell you something?
14:41 No matter how public we are, kaya kung gugusto niyo.
14:43 >> I do believe that.
14:44 And that's what I'm going to do for you.
14:45 >> You know, we probe, you know, we ask questions, but we also understand that a large part of
14:50 that public persona.
14:52 >> Yeah, it's not meant out of malice in these --
14:54 >> No, no, I understand.
14:55 I get that.
14:56 >> Not for bad reasons, pero para sa akin lang, yun yun natutunan ko eh, to treasure
14:59 and cherish what you do have.
15:02 Kasi like I said, kapag takot ka ba itinatanim mo, aanihin mo insecurities.
15:07 And sometimes sa insecurities tayo napapapunta sa mga maling landas.
15:12 Dun pa tayo napapahamak, dun pa nawawala minsan kung ano yung meron tayo.
15:15 This time around, okay na ako, contento na ako sa kung ano meron ako.
15:19 I'm going to savor it, I'm going to treasure it, and I'm going to protect it.
15:22 >> But you realize, Tom, na hindi madali yan.
15:24 >> No, but it's possible.
15:26 >> It's going to be tough, but it's possible.
15:29 And it's not only about you, it's also about your partner, it's also about your girlfriend,
15:33 what she thinks, how she feels, kasi -- and you're so public as an actor.
15:40 >> It's a two-way street, eh.
15:41 >> Correct.
15:42 >> So you have to do your part.
15:43 >> How happy are you?
15:44 >> Very.
15:45 >> I like that.
15:47 You didn't miss a bit there.
15:49 You didn't miss a bit there.
15:51 Very happy.
15:53 And when was the last time you felt this?
15:55 >> Today.
15:56 >> Wow.
15:57 >> Yep.
15:58 Every day, so far.
16:00 >> Paano ka magdasal ngayon?
16:03 >> Wholeheartedly.
16:08 >> At sino ang ipinagdadasal mo?
16:10 >> Mga umahal ko sa buhay at sarili.
16:12 >> Tom, ngayon that you've found this space, that you have found the rhythm again,
16:18 anong kinatatakutan mo?
16:21 >> That I'll backslide.
16:23 That the lessons that I learned, I'll forget it once you go back to this environment again, fast-paced.
16:28 Kasi minsan yun yung nangyari sa atin, eh.
16:30 Kapag mabilis na yung takbo ng buhay,
16:32 minsan nakakalimutan natin yung self-talk sa sarili natin,
16:37 to slow down and to really kamusta yung sarili natin,
16:40 to talk to God, to talk to our loved ones.
16:43 I want to make sure that whatever I learn, I can hold on to it and be able to reintegrate it here.
16:51 Kasi I believe it's possible.
16:54 >> Mapanghas na tanong, anong dasal mo para kay Carla Abeliana?
16:59 >> I really wish her well.
17:00 Every one of us deserves happiness and I truly wish that for her.
17:04 >> What is your prayer for mom?
17:09 >> For mom?
17:10 >> Yeah.
17:11 >> Ma, timang noy timong kalugarin nun,
17:14 kay kadadamu patakon karuyag na himuon para iya.
17:18 She's getting older and I know she's strong, pero dana yun, ma, pasaway ka.
17:22 Do your walks in the morning kala na imu diabetes.
17:26 Make sure na bumali ka in the ateloren, hita hat imu pagkaon.
17:31 I have so much that I want to do with you, ma, ma, I love you so much.
17:36 Timang noy timong kalugarin nun because life is so beautiful and there's so much now that I'm back here.
17:42 There's so much that I want to bring her here again para makita niya 'ting mga kabugtuan.
17:47 And kami, nga bugus na pamilya, a lot of my family, they haven't been able to come back here.
17:52 So that's my prayer is that didi ka laan na yung mom, kasi mauli pa kita samar.
17:58 That will happen. And that smile is back.
18:03 That smile is back. To, maraming salamat.
18:06 Maraming maraming salamat.
18:09 Salamat for sharing your story and salamat for opening your heart,
18:15 for letting us into what you went through and the possibilities are infinite.
18:22 And the best is yet to come.
18:25 I believe that.
18:26 Ako din, naniniwala ako.
18:28 Pero hindi kita pakakawalan without having to do a scene from My Husband's Lover.
18:34 Kasamat ko aray na.
18:36 Hindi, naaalala ko lang yung scene na 'to.
18:39 Kasamat ko nakalusok na ba?
18:40 Hindi, hindi, hindi. Para lang magaan naman itong ating pag-uusap.
18:44 My Husband's Lover.
18:47 So, ayaw ko na, gusto mo pa. Let's see what happens.
18:52 4, 3, 2, 1, action!
18:56 Ayaw mo ba talaga, Beh?
18:58 Ayaw ko na. Ayaw ko na. Just leave.
19:01 Lumayas ka. Ayaw ko.
19:03 Vincent, don't even try. Don't even try. Ayaw ko na.
19:08 Parang hindi mo naman naaalala lahat ng pinagdaanan din natin.
19:11 Wala akong naaalala. Wala akong naaalala.
19:14 Lahat ang naaalala ko masama.
19:16 Beh, baka yun yung problema.
19:18 Beh?
19:19 Pinuno mo yung utak mo at puso mo nang puro masasama lang, Beh.
19:24 Eh, yun lang naman ang ibinigay mo sa akin.
19:27 Yun lang naman ang ibinigay mo sa akin.
19:28 Sakurado ka?
19:29 Ayaw, ayaw. Ayaw ko na. Ayaw ko na.
19:31 Vincent, just go. Vincent, just go.
19:33 Beh, sa tingin ko hindi ka nagiging honest sa sarili mo.
19:36 Vincent, just go!
19:38 [Laughs]
19:43 Go, pero ako naman nagpumunta.
19:45 So, maraming salamat.
19:46 Maraming, maraming salamat.
19:48 Nay, tay, maap.
19:49 Maap.
19:50 Para sa iyo yun.
19:51 [Laughs]
19:52 Thank you.
19:53 Thank you very much. I know the best.
19:55 God bless you.
19:56 Nay, tay, kapuso, maraming salamat po sa inyong pagpapatuloy sa amin sa inyong mga tahanan.
20:01 At puso, araw-araw.
20:02 Be kind.
20:03 Make your nana and tare proud.
20:04 Hashtag say thank you.
20:06 Do one good thing a day.
20:08 Just one, isa lang.
20:09 And make this world a better place.
20:11 Popoy, maraming salamat.
20:12 At Boiso, Vlacarmela, the barakay, and Chris Jasler.
20:17 And remember, basta sa masama.
20:19 Best time ever.
20:20 Goodbye for now. God bless.
20:22 [Cheers]
20:23 [Music]