Romnick Sarmenta On The Aborted Romance Of Brother In Law Herbert Bautista And Kris Aquino

ROMNICK SARMENTA is back before the movie camera in “Hustisya” and he’s glad to be acting with Nora Aunor. “Na-miss ko talaga ang pag-arte kasi my last movie was, ang tagal na, the indie film ng Cinema One na ‘Prinsesa’ pa four years ago, where I played an OFW na nalayo sa pamilya niya,” he says. “I’m glad I’m now part of ‘Hustisya’. When I read the script of Ricky Lee, ang ganda. Kahit sinong artista will be glad and proud to be part of this movie. Tapos, ang ganda pa ng role ko as a journalist who’ll cover the story of Nora Aunor after ma-accused siya of killing someone. Lahat sila rito, dark characters na may kanya-kanyang hidden agenda, ako lang ang bukod-tanging mabait. Kakaiba, di ba?”

It’s common knowledge that his wife Harlene is the sister of QC Mayor Herbert Bautista. Didn’t he ever see himself also entering politics like his brother in law? “I’m not for politics. Calling yan, e. I can see yung time na binibigay niya sa tao. Anytime, pag kailangan siya, umaalis siya ng bahay dahil sa trabaho niya. Hindi ko kaya yun. Ako, I want to devote more of my time sa family namin. Nakikita yung paglaki ng mga bata. I prefer a quiet life. Sa politics, kahit gumawa ka na ng tama, you can’t please them all, marami pa ring galit sa’yo. So aarte na lang ako.”


How did he and Harlene feel when Mayor Bistek was linked to Kris Aquino? “Ako naman, kung hindi nagkukuwento, hindi rin ako nagtatanong. Nalaman din lang namin yan nung lumabas yung picture ni Mayor Herbert with the Aquino family having dinner. Wala namang nababanggit sa amin, e. So hinayaan lang namin hanggang sa nagbasa na nga si Ms. Kris ng official statement niya and later, sinabing best friends na lang daw sila. We felt sad lang na ang dami kasi agad naglagay ng negative reactions nila sa social media. We thought it’s highly unfair for anyone to express his negative opinions kasi hindi mo naman sila personal na kaibigan o kakilala, e. Give them space. Give them time to work on it. Hayaan nyo lang. Tingnan natin kung saan pupunta, di ba? E, yung iba, nag-jump na agad into conclusions na, ‘May mga plano yan, maggagamitan yan.’, ‘Ay, hindi dapat si Mayor, hindi dapat si Kris.’ Mga ganun kaagad. Bakit? Ano bang alam nyo? What gives you the right to say na hindi dapat? Sana, pinabayaan na lang muna sila.”