KRIS BERNAL is a Starstruck winner in 2006 but she’s now doing a show with TV5 after her contract with GMA-7 expired and they didn’t renew it.
“Yes, I’m now a free lancer so puede na akong magtrabaho sa ibang stations,” she says at the zoom presscon for her new show, “Ate ng Ate Ko”, a psychological drama produced by Archangel Media for TV5 and Cignal Entertainment.
She stars with Jake Cuenca, Joem Bascon, Isabelle de Leon, Tonton Gutierrez, Yayo Aguila, Rey Abellana and Kim Last. Produced by Archangel Media and directed by Mike Tuviera, it will start airing this Monday, November 23, at 9:30 PM.
Kris was last seen on GMA-7 in the afternoon horror show, “Hanggang sa Dulo ng Buhay Ko”, where she played an avenging ghost. Her first appearance on TV5 was as a guest in their morning talk show, “Chika BESH”, hosted by Pokwang, Pauleen Luna and Ria Atayde.
“Nagpaalam naman ako sa GMA bosses na I will guest sa TV5 at pumayag naman sila,” she adds. “I didn’t burn bridges with them kasi nakakapag-guest pa rin ako sa GMA shows like ‘All Out Sundays’ and ‘Wish Ko Lang’.
"E, dumating itong regular show, ‘Ate ng Ate Ko’, so tinanggap ko naman kasi for me, work is work, kaysa naman nakatengga lang ako sa bahay.”
And she feels so blessed playing a very challenging role in “Ate ng Ate Ko”. “I play Riki, may sister ako, si Isabelle as Yumi, pero hindi kami magkasundo, we’re always fighting. Our parents and I figured in a car crash.
"They died, and I survive, then I get mugged and my brain is affected at nagkaroon ako ng dissociative fugue, an ailment kunsaan bumalik ako sa pagiging 9 years old na bata with only her memories as a 9 year old child remaining in her.
"I researched a lot to prepare for my role to understand the symptoms, the treatment. Mahirap siya kasi I want the people to sympathize with my character. Jake Cuenca is my love interest and Joem Bascon naman plays my psychiatrist.”
Off cam, Kris’s relationship with her non-showbiz boyfriend, chef-businessman Perry Choi, remains going strong after three years of going steady. They have been officially engaged since last February and they’re just waiting for the pandemic to be over before they formally plan their wedding.
