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“I admit kinakabahan ako noong una on how viewers will accept it,” she says. “Now that the ratings have come, all of us in the show, including Direk Gil Tejada, are so glad we did well kaya inspired kami ngayong lahat sa taping para mas mapaganda pa ang show.”
Max looks so beautiful and slender in her new soap. She obviously lost some excess weight and we tell her that, with her height, she’d also make an ideal beauty queen. “Sorry but hindi ko talaga pinangarap yan,” she says. “What I really want to be is a good actress. Yes, I lost weight. I did a lot of fasting before we started taping the show. Right now, I just only have one or two meals a day. Hindi na ko talaga masyadong kumakain kasi hindi naman ako makapag-work out sa gym dahil pagod na ko sa taping and doing ‘Sunday All Stars’. Bale yung pagsasayaw ko sa ‘SAS’, yun na ang exercise ko at mukhang effective naman.”
Her beauty seems to be blooming these days. Is her leading man Geoff Eigenmann somehow inspiring her? “Nagugulat nga ako when people tell me blooming ako ngayon. Actually, stressed pa nga ako niyan dahil sa magdamagang tapings. Sobrang stressed din ako sa kaba while waiting for the show to start kasi first mature role ko ito na may asawa ako, tapos magiging unfaithful wife pa. Medyo hirap ako sa character ko dahil may kabigatan siya kaya nape-pressure ako. But now na okay naman ang ratings, medyo nakakahinga na ako nang maluwag. As for Geoff, okay naman talaga siya. Easy to get along with. We’re getting to know each other by the day and people say okay na okay ang chemistry namin so that’s it.”
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