A funny conversation with Empoy | Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel
Tahimik, seryoso, striktong kuya... ganiyan nga ba made-describe ang pinakabagong host ng I-Juander, ang nag-iisang Empoy Marquez? Pakinggan ang masayang kuwentuhan sa Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel, at alamin ang karera ni Empoy mula sidekick, hanggang matinee idol na leading man, at ngayon, bilang pinakabagong public affairs show host!
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00:00Surprise, everybody, and welcome to a new episode of Surprise Guest with Pia Arkangel
00:06where every episode we present to you is a big surprise.
00:12One big surprise conversation.
00:14We don't know where this conversation will go because our guest is a big surprise.
00:20And I will give you clues, so maybe you can help me guess.
00:26The first clue, Jack Empoy, cute boy, Kenkoy, I already know who this is.
00:32He's an eligible bachelor.
00:34And the newest host of I Wonder, he has a nice mustache and a round nose.
00:40I'm sure who this is.
00:42It's not Susan Enriquez, right?
00:44Then it's Empoy, our surprise guest for today.
00:47Is that you, Empoy?
00:49Surprise!
00:51Thank you for the surprise!
00:52I was surprised by one clue, you're an eligible bachelor.
00:56Is that true?
00:58What's that?
01:00You know, it means you're single, ready to mingle.
01:05Oh yeah.
01:07It's true, it's not a joke.
01:09Sometimes.
01:11No one has told you that you're mine, I won't let you go.
01:16No one has told me that.
01:20So to all the singles listening, please let it be known, this is our public service announcement.
01:27Empoy is ready to show off.
01:31Ready to fall in love.
01:33Is that right?
01:35Just right.
01:37Like what we said in our clues, you're the newest host of I Wonder.
01:43I saw that you went to Korea, how was that?
01:46Yes, Ms. Pia, it was really fun because it was my first time joining public affairs.
01:55I was with Ms. Susan Enriquez.
01:57I've been to Korea before, but it was for shooting, taping, shooting something.
02:03But this was a new experience for me because we had a lot of adventures with Ms. Susan
02:09that I did for the first time in my life.
02:13Really? What attracted you the most?
02:16A lot, a lot.
02:18Like when we ate exotic food, rare food, seafoods that are different, moving creatures.
02:28Then our adventure in Yate, where I almost fell because my back was hurting.
02:36Then there were papyri works.
02:40I can't count, we spent a lot of time there.
02:45When they told you that you'll be co-hosting Ms. Susan Enriquez, what was your reaction?
02:51Because of course, she's Susan Enriquez.
02:53When we see her on TV, she's always serious.
02:55Sometimes she jokes around.
02:57But of course, her image to us is a reporter.
03:01Actually, I'm happy because they chose me as a partner of Ms. Sue in I Wonder.
03:12But I wasn't surprised because Ms. Sue is like a mother to me.
03:18That's why I'm always with her.
03:20Did you tell her that she's like a mother to you?
03:23She doesn't believe me.
03:25But when she sees me, she believes me.
03:27So it means that Ms. Sue and you might be like a mother to each other.
03:31We're like twins.
03:33Just kidding.
03:35Is this your first time hosting a show like this?
03:40Yes, Ms. P.
03:41Because I mostly do sitcoms, movies, TV series, and other shows.
03:48But this is my first time hosting an adventure show like I Wonder.
03:53This is Ms. Watt.
03:55And also Public Affairs of GM.
03:57How did you start hosting a show, Ms. P?
04:01I started in the year of 2003.
04:06I won a contest in ABS.
04:09I didn't expect that my career will continue.
04:14Until now, I'm still here.
04:17We'll talk about it.
04:19Actually, Ms. P, I've been in the industry for 21 years.
04:24Imagine, 2003.
04:26We started almost at the same time because I started in 2002.
04:30So I started a year earlier.
04:34Did you dream of becoming a comedian or an on-cam personality?
04:39An artist?
04:40Actually, I didn't dream of that.
04:44But maybe because of my classmates from elementary,
04:49kinder, elementary, high school, college.
04:51They laugh at me.
04:53I asked myself,
04:54Wow, I asked myself.
04:57I asked myself why they always laugh at me.
05:01But when I looked in the mirror,
05:03I answered my question.
05:07I just don't know what they see in me at that time.
05:11Actually, the next question I want to ask you is,
05:14Have you had a mustache for a long time?
05:16Because when I met you,
05:18it's like you've had a mustache forever.
05:20Yes, it's been a long time.
05:22Since I was born.
05:27When the baby was born, you already had a mustache.
05:30I don't know.
05:31It became my trademark.
05:32It won't go away.
05:34But I trim it when it's early in the morning.
05:36When it's 2am.
05:39You have a schedule.
05:40I have a schedule.
05:41You didn't remove your mustache again.
05:44You really maintained it.
05:46Yes.
05:47A lot of people tried to remove it.
05:51But some won.
05:54I have two shows where I don't have a mustache.
06:01It's part of the role.
06:03So when you started in Showbiz,
06:05you already had a mustache.
06:06Just a little bit.
06:07Maybe 11.
06:10Now, it's 344.
06:15You counted each one.
06:17Yes, I counted.
06:19Okay.
06:20Now, you're trying to host an adventure show.
06:24What's easier for you?
06:26Acting that makes you laugh or hosting?
06:29Acting that makes me laugh or hosting.
06:32Hosting is a challenge for me.
06:34I enjoy it.
06:35But this acting that makes me laugh,
06:38it's like everyday life.
06:40It's like that.
06:42It's really natural.
06:44I love both of them.
06:48It's a passion.
06:49Passion?
06:51When did you notice that you have a talent
06:54in making people laugh?
06:56Yesterday.
06:57Wow, just yesterday?
07:00You're already 20 plus years old.
07:03I noticed it when I was in high school or college.
07:09With your classmates?
07:11With my classmates.
07:12They told me that I have something.
07:17I thought it was something.
07:18It's hard to have something to say.
07:21I have something that's different.
07:23They have a sense of humor.
07:28I didn't notice it.
07:31I just thought that I will study well,
07:34I will graduate,
07:35I will become a summa cum laude.
07:37Wow, summa.
07:39Did you achieve it?
07:41No.
07:43Who convinced you to audition
07:46for the Noontime Show?
07:49My friends who joined me in Pizza Suave.
07:56There were four of them.
07:57Atan, Pitoy, Mamamelo, and Oguz.
08:02They are my friends in Bulacan.
08:07They are my friends.
08:08They are really joking.
08:09I really didn't plan to join a contest at that time.
08:15At that time, they will buy equipment in Raon,
08:20in Recto.
08:21It's an automotive company.
08:22The teachers will make their appliances in the school.
08:26They said that they will accompany me
08:28to the audition of Pizza Suave.
08:32At first, we went to GMA.
08:37We didn't know that we will go to ABS.
08:39The GMA's guard taught us
08:41that we will go to ABS-CBN at that time.
08:44I will never forget that.
08:46You thought that,
08:47and now you are in GMA.
08:49Yes.
08:51I'm right.
08:53Were you in college or were you already working
08:55when you auditioned?
08:56Actually, I just finished working
09:01in a convenience store.
09:04I also worked as a staff in my college
09:08in a school in the north, in Bulacan.
09:14What was your course?
09:16Mass Communication.
09:19So, you have a passion
09:23in the media or in the industry, right?
09:27If that was your course.
09:28Yes, Miss P.
09:30Before, my dream was to be a DJ in a radio station.
09:35FM? The one that plays music?
09:38Yes, FM.
09:39I used to listen to NU107.
09:43What is NU107?
09:45Baguettes?
09:46Yes, yes.
09:49Rock songs like that.
09:52You wanted to be a DJ at that time
09:54that's why you went to Mass Communication.
09:55Yes.
09:56Do you remember what you did
09:58with your cash prize when you won the contest?
10:00Do you have a cash prize?
10:02I remember that I bought a cell phone.
10:07Wow, that's how big the cash prize is.
10:09I bought a cell phone so that I can have a contact
10:12with my friends, family, and friends.
10:16Then, I rated my family and friends
10:19when I won.
10:20Wow, the ones who brought you there
10:23before they went there.
10:24Yes, them.
10:26That's so sweet.
10:28At that time, you didn't have a cell phone?
10:30No, I didn't.
10:31I didn't like cell phones.
10:33I wanted to have a phone at that time
10:36because I felt like I was being forced
10:39to enter the industry or something.
10:41That's what happened.
10:43You need to have a contact, right?
10:46Yes, so that you can text, right?
10:48Oh, there's a show.
10:49There's a racket here.
10:50There's a racket there.
10:51So, when you entered the showbiz,
10:54did you try any behind-the-scenes?
10:56Like being a writer, a director, a producer?
10:59No.
11:00I was just observing them.
11:01I was observing their work.
11:04The researcher, the script writer,
11:07or the director or producer,
11:09or the AT, or the director.
11:11I was just observing how they move
11:15inside the studio.
11:16I said, it's so hard
11:18because they're the rag, right?
11:21They're the rag.
11:23Especially the art dep,
11:25they're the first to arrive at the set
11:27but they're also the last to leave.
11:29So, I said, I'm so lucky Lord
11:31because this is my work.
11:33But if I'm going to try that,
11:36why not, right?
11:38It's possible.
11:40As in, you can direct, right?
11:42Sometimes, I think of those things
11:44but I just get excited.
11:47It's like a music video.
11:49I'm doing something like that.
11:51Do you also sing?
11:52Yes, I have a band.
11:53I have a band?
11:55You know what my problem is
11:57when we're talking?
11:59I don't know what's the truth
12:00and what's the joke.
12:03Sorry, sorry, sorry.
12:04You really have a band?
12:06Yes, I used to have a band, Miss P.
12:08It's called Toothbrush.
12:10Tototo?
12:11Yeah.
12:13Are you the lead singer?
12:14Are you the vocalist, drummer, guitarist?
12:17I'm the lead singer.
12:19Actually, I have two bands.
12:22I think I had 344 bands.
12:24But my band was Atari Teenage Riot
12:27and Toothbrush.
12:30What's your genre?
12:32So you're really into music?
12:33Yes, college rock.
12:35College rock.
12:37That's why you wanted to be a DJ.
12:39Yes, at that time.
12:40It was the 90s.
12:41Is it just you in your family
12:43who wants to be a showbiz?
12:45Yes, Miss P.
12:46It's just me.
12:47I'm the only one with this face.
12:50You even have a family picture?
12:54How many siblings do you have?
12:5647.
12:57That's a lot.
12:59You're like Mommy.
13:01We're all seven.
13:03Wow, how old are you?
13:05I'm the eldest.
13:06Oh, so you're the older brother.
13:08Yeah.
13:09So how would you describe your growing up years
13:13as an older brother and you have seven siblings?
13:15Are you the strict older brother
13:18who's like,
13:19Mommy, let's wash the dishes.
13:21We need to wash the dishes.
13:23Or, no, just play around.
13:25I don't know.
13:26When I was young, Miss P,
13:27I was like that.
13:28I was strict with them.
13:29But which is in the good way
13:31that they learned from their older brother.
13:33But when I grew up,
13:35I was happy because
13:37the things I did,
13:38the hard work I put in,
13:39they all got rewarded.
13:41They didn't need to be ordered
13:43by our parents.
13:44They were the ones doing it.
13:47So what do they call you?
13:48Kuya?
13:49Yes.
13:50Kuya Empoy?
13:51Do they really call you Empoy at home?
13:52My real name is...
13:59Stay updated with Nelson Canlas.
14:02Have you been busted?
14:03No.
14:04Oh, come with confidence.
14:06The online source for anything showbiz.
14:09Wait a minute, Ray.
14:10I have a surprise for you.
14:11Hello?
14:13The latest celebrity news.
14:16Something new for our updaters.
14:19You've been keeping this a secret for 7 months.
14:21Why did you only reveal it now?
14:24I'm so confused.
14:25Please show us the reason
14:28why Carla and I broke up.
14:30Wow, straight to the point.
14:31Follow the principle.
14:33Whatever you do,
14:35don't get hurt.
14:37Be fair and be grateful.
14:39Updated with Nelson Canlas.
14:46How many siblings do you have?
14:4847.
14:49Wow, that's a lot.
14:51Just like mommy.
14:53We're all seven.
14:55Wow, how old are you?
14:57I'm the eldest.
14:58So what do they call you?
14:59Kuya?
15:00Yes.
15:01Kuya Empoy?
15:02Do they really call you Empoy at home?
15:03My real name is...
15:07My real name is Julius.
15:10Julius.
15:11I think Empoy and Julius are too far apart.
15:14It's really far.
15:15From Cotobato to Saturn.
15:19Who told you that Empoy is from Saturn?
15:23My cousins.
15:24My cousins.
15:25I remember them telling me that when I was a kid.
15:29They used to make fun of me in Duyan.
15:31Duyan is Duyan, right?
15:33Yes.
15:34I used to cry in Duyan.
15:36They used to make fun of me.
15:37Okay.
15:38They used to make fun of me.
15:39Then I fell.
15:40I fell in Duyan.
15:43I cried.
15:44Then they told me,
15:45Tahana, Empoy, Tahana.
15:46Then I got confused at home.
15:48We have a house in Calderon Street.
15:50It's an old house.
15:51Then I said,
15:52Why is it called Tahana, Empoy, Tahana?
15:56At that time,
15:57Sir Nino Mulac has a movie.
16:01The title is Tahana, Empoy, Tahana.
16:04Since then,
16:05everyone really calls you Empoy.
16:06Yes.
16:07Okay.
16:08Since I was a kid.
16:09I have a question.
16:11Of course,
16:12you always make fun of me on TV and at work.
16:14But what makes you laugh?
16:25Did I say something wrong?
16:32What makes me happy is
16:34the people around me,
16:36my family,
16:38and all my fans.
16:40They are happy with what I do in the industry.
16:45Being a comedian,
16:47making me happy,
16:48when I see their smiles,
16:50I'm happy.
16:51I'm okay with that.
16:52What makes you sad or make you cry?
16:56Do you cry in sad movies?
16:58Yes.
16:59Yes, Miss Pia.
17:00Yes, I do.
17:02I also like watching movies.
17:04I laugh when I cry
17:07because I don't make it obvious.
17:09There are a lot of movies
17:11that make me cry.
17:13Really?
17:14Do you like Korean movies?
17:16Or Hollywood?
17:18Cartoons.
17:19Spongebob.
17:20I cry when I watch that.
17:21As long as it has a story.
17:24You know,
17:25it has a deep meaning.
17:27You can't stop it.
17:31We asked Alessandra De Rossi.
17:34I asked her,
17:37I've been waiting for a long time
17:39to watch that.
17:40I've been waiting for it.
17:42I was hoping to watch it.
17:44I asked Igan what happened in the ending
17:46before I watched it.
17:48I said,
17:49I haven't watched it yet.
17:51Alex guessed it.
17:53Yes, he guessed it.
17:55He connected your work together.
17:59Of course, he enjoyed it.
18:01Isn't it hard for you to act in dramas?
18:03It's okay.
18:07It's a challenge for me.
18:12I don't know.
18:13There are a lot of scenes
18:15that we took.
18:17They can't see my face
18:19when I cry.
18:21I don't know.
18:23It's a serious line.
18:25But they still laugh.
18:27I said, they still laugh.
18:29I laugh because
18:31they are good actors.
18:33They laugh.
18:36And you make them laugh.
18:38So for you,
18:40comedy, drama,
18:42hosting is just right.
18:44What about reporting?
18:46Have you tried it?
18:48I haven't tried it yet.
18:50It's serious, right?
18:52Yes.
18:54I should have told Ate Sue
18:56that's her challenge for you.
18:58You need to report.
19:00I don't believe people
19:02when I report.
19:05Yes.
19:07Here's the last news
19:09from Empoy Marquez.
19:11I'm laughing now.
19:13Maybe
19:15people will change their channel.
19:19I can imagine.
19:21They will enjoy it.
19:23It's a different thing, right?
19:25Yes.
19:27You need to wear a tie.
19:29Yes.
19:31Something like that.
19:34Do you feel pressured
19:36to make people laugh?
19:38Because when they meet you,
19:40they just want to laugh
19:42when you talk to them.
19:44Yes.
19:46They think I'm a robot.
19:50But I feel like
19:52I need to sleep
19:54when I don't have scenes.
19:56So when I wake up,
19:58I have energy, right?
20:01Yes.
20:03You need a different kind of energy
20:05when you make people laugh, right?
20:07Yes.
20:09They say comedians are
20:11serious in real life.
20:13Is that true?
20:15It's true.
20:17In real life.
20:19I have a side
20:21where I want to be alone.
20:23I want to ride a bicycle.
20:25I want to read a book
20:27somewhere
20:29in the mountains.
20:31Wherever I go.
20:33I don't know
20:35what to call it.
20:37I need to recharge.
20:39And then
20:41when I go back to work,
20:43I need to
20:45meet a lot of people again.
20:47I'm okay with that.
20:49Are you born in the province?
20:51Yes, in the province.
20:53In Baliwag, Bulacan.
20:55I have a question.
20:58Mpoy, in 2024
21:00compared to
21:02Mpoy in 2003,
21:04has he changed a lot?
21:06Yes.
21:08He's still handsome, right?
21:10Of course, he's still handsome.
21:12You need to stay young.
21:14Right?
21:16Even if
21:18a few years have passed,
21:20you need to take care of your skin.
21:22Wow.
21:24He's changed.
21:27I can't see anything.
21:29I still look like this.
21:31But if you search,
21:33I still look like this.
21:35Maybe it's because of my feet.
21:37I'm just kidding.
21:39Do you still smell?
21:41Oh yes.
21:43Were you more adventurous
21:45back then than now?
21:47Were you more willing to
21:49try different things back then than now?
21:51What do I call it now?
21:53The brave thing
21:56that I am now.
22:00I used to be shy
22:02when I first started.
22:04I used to be shy.
22:06Now, it's gone.
22:08Confident.
22:10Yes, that's right.
22:12That's the word for it.
22:14You're more confident now.
22:16At this point,
22:18Mpoy,
22:20have you tried other things
22:22in your career?
22:25I want to explore.
22:27You also said
22:29that next time,
22:31I'll be a guest.
22:33There's a lot.
22:35I can try a lot.
22:37I haven't experienced it yet.
22:41Maybe it's just fun
22:43to do it.
22:45Tell us what you want
22:47to do next time.
22:49I just thought of this
22:51when I was interviewing you.
22:54Right?
22:56Tell us.
22:58It's fun to see
23:00that in a span of 20 years,
23:02you've done a lot.
23:04You've gone so far
23:06from participating in contests
23:08to starring in
23:10movies and TV shows.
23:12Now, you're hosting
23:14a magazine show
23:16like I Wonder.
23:18What's your message
23:20to yourself?
23:23Wow.
23:29Actually,
23:31what I want to say
23:33to Mpoy
23:35is congratulations
23:37to him.
23:39He achieved his dream.
23:41He's here now
23:43in his dream.
23:45Before,
23:47he used to laugh
23:49in the classroom,
23:52inside the house,
23:54in the family.
23:56Now, he's laughing
23:58in the Philippines
24:00and the whole world.
24:02So, congratulations to him.
24:04Wow. Congratulations Mpoy
24:06and Nawai.
24:08Continue to make us laugh
24:10wherever you go
24:12in the show or genre.
24:14Mpoy, thank you.
24:16You gave us this night.
24:18Before we end,
24:20of course, you're already here.
24:22The title of this show
24:24is Pampansang Leading Man
24:26Mpoy, I wonder
24:28who among your
24:30co-stars, male or female,
24:32who is
24:34who is the best
24:36at memorizing?
24:38Almost all of them.
24:40But they're all good.
24:42They're good at
24:46Better than you?
24:49But
24:51I don't read
24:53Ms. PA's script.
24:55Ms. Alessandra
24:57is good at memorizing.
24:59Mahan Salvatore,
25:01Kristen Reyes,
25:03and many more.
25:05All of my co-stars
25:07are good at memorizing.
25:09Wow. Who's the best at
25:11improvising?
25:13That's me.
25:15Because you don't read the script, right?
25:18You just follow the story.
25:20Who's the quietest in the set?
25:22Me.
25:24Really?
25:26I'm really quiet in the set.
25:28Really?
25:30When I'm
25:32about to take a scene,
25:34that's when I
25:36do this and that.
25:38You have to preserve
25:40your energy, right?
25:42Yes.
25:44Ms. Sue will text you
25:47if you're really quiet in the set.
25:49Who's the most
25:51funny?
25:53Mama Sue?
25:55She's really funny.
25:57If she's funny,
25:59you'll laugh at her.
26:01Yes.
26:03Ms. PA,
26:05when we're together in I Wonder,
26:07she doesn't look at my eyes.
26:09Because she'll laugh?
26:11Yes.
26:13Until we finish the episode
26:16At the end, she'll look at me
26:18so that it's okay.
26:20That's hard.
26:22At the end,
26:24you'll look at each other.
26:26But I love Mama Sue a lot.
26:28Oh my. We're the same.
26:30We all love
26:32Mama Sue.
26:34Who's the
26:36most sleepy?
26:38Sleepy?
26:40Maybe you.
26:42No.
26:45I used to sleep a lot
26:47but now I'm okay.
26:49There's a lot.
26:51The most sleepy is Alessandra.
26:53And then,
26:55Harleen.
26:57Okay.
26:59Maybe she's tired of
27:01taping.
27:03Who's the most noisy?
27:05Harleen.
27:07Harleen, Alessandra.
27:09Okay.
27:11Who's the most fond of eating
27:14Harleen?
27:16Yes.
27:18Because she's so slim.
27:20Who's the most picky?
27:22Picky?
27:24Are you going to reveal it?
27:26No.
27:28It's up to me.
27:30You can reveal it to us.
27:32We'll reveal it to you
27:34when we see it in the studio.
27:36Okay.
27:38Who's the easiest to talk to?
27:40Almost all of them.
27:43It's nice to talk to all of them.
27:45You enjoy talking to them
27:47even if it's off-cam.
27:49Yes.
27:51That's great.
27:53I hope we'll see each other in person
27:55and we'll talk.
27:57I'll be waiting for you at GMA.
27:59Yes.
28:01We will.
28:03But Empoy,
28:05do you want to invite
28:07our listeners and viewers
28:09to watch I Wonder
28:12on social media?
28:14Yes, once again.
28:16Watch I Wonder
28:18with Ms. Susan Enriquez.
28:20I'm with her.
28:22She's a new partner
28:24and host.
28:26Every Sunday,
28:288pm on GTV.
28:30On my social media,
28:32follow me on Instagram,
28:34Empoy,
28:36Facebook, Empoy Marquez
28:38and Twitter.
28:40I forgot my friend's password.
28:42Okay?
28:46Maybe you have a multiplier.
28:48Tumblr.
28:50Tumblr.
28:52Thank you so much for
28:54surprising us today.
28:56I hope to see you in real life soon.
28:58Yeah.
29:00Thank you, Ms. P.
29:02Thank you, Empoy.
29:10Don't forget to like and subscribe.
29:12Till the next surprise!