LAUREN YOUNG and her sister Megan are now both seen on GMA-7’s Afternoon Prime. Megan is in the bonafide hit “The Stepdaughters” while she is back in a soap in “Contessa” that will replace “Ika-6 na Utos” this Monday, March 19. We’re happy to see her looking more slender than when we saw her last year looking so wide.
“I had a health problem kasi that caused unwanted weight gain kaya nahirapan akong magbawas ng timbang,” she says. “I had a disc problem sa spinal cord and it’s painful kaya di ako makapag-exercise. But awa ng Diyos, nalampasan ko naman yun. My doctor then warned me about early onset of diagete so I had to eat healthy and starting working out again. Ayun, dahan-dahan, I was able to shed off my unwanted weight at nabigyan uli ako ng bagong show.”
She admits being initially intimidated when asked to play contravida to Glaiza de Castro in “Contessa”. “Sobrang intense kasi ni Glaiza sa drama so siempre, kakabahan ka kung ikaw ang lalabas na villain niya. So kailangan lang na all out ako sa kasamaan ko rito in making her life miserable. I play Daniella Imperial, a spoiled bitch who’s so in love with Mark Herras, na ang piniling pakasalan, si Glaiza. So I’ll do everything para hindi sila lumigaya. Right on their wedding day, napatay ng hitman kong si Mon Confiado si Mark at ibinintang ang krimen kay Glaiza dahil Mark is heavily insured at sabi ko, gusto lang niyang makuha yung insurance money. Talagang idiniin ko siya hanggang mabilanggo siya. Kapatid ko rito si Gabby Eigenmann and matriarch ng family namin si Chanda Romero at magtutulong-tulong kami para mabulok si Glaiza sa loob ng bilangguan at mapatay pati ang mother niyang si Tanya Gomez. Siempre, as the story goes on, babalikan niya kaming lahat para pagbayarin sa mga pang-aaping ginawa namin sa kanya at sa kanyang pamilya. Abangan nyo ang mga tarayan namin dito ni Glaiza, lalo na yung eksenang nahulog kami sa swimming pool at gusto ko siyang lunurin.”Lauren is now managed by Pia Magalona, the mother of her ex-BF, Elmo Magalona. Although she and Elmo have parted ways, her relationship with Pia remains cordial and they now do well as manager and talent. “Elmo and I naman parted as friends so okay lang sa kanya na, like him, manager ko rin ang mother niya,” adds Lauren.
