JENNYLYN MERCADO has definitely moved on after her breakup with Luis Manzano. How did she do it? “Dahil kailangan kong gawin,” she says. “Alangan namang magmukmok na lang ako. Having a lot of work definitely helped me a lot. Wala kang dahilan para malungkot o ma-depress. Waste of time lang yun. Basta tuloy lang ang buhay. Sayang naman ang maraming blessings na dumarating sa akin. I’m really thankful sa GMA sa sunod-sunod kong projects. I’m in ‘Sunday All Stars’, I have a cooking show, I’m taping my new soap ‘Rhodora X’ and I’m about to start recording songs for my new album under GMA Records. No chance to think of negative thoughts. Then there’s also my son Alex Jaxx to attend to. Pag may time, I also train para sa triathlon.”
Does she still communicate with Luis? “What for? There’s no need. Tapos na, e. Pareho na kaming moving on. Happy na ako, okay na ako, so yun na yon.”
So is she ready to fall in love again in 2014? “Naku, ayoko munang makipagrelasyon. Kababangon ko pa lang, sa work muna ko magpo-focus. Lalo ngayon, mahirap ang role ko sa ‘Rhodora X’. I play a woman with dissociative identity disorder at may iba-ibang characters, so a psychologist is always on the set para maging consultant sa role na ginagampanan ko. It’s physically and emotionally draining dahil very dark si Rhodora X. At sunod-sunod ang taping namin kasi malapit na itong mag-start ng telecast on primetime kaya double time kami.”
