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Para kay Regine Velasquez, mas mahirap alagaan ang mental health ngayon, kumpara noong ’90s noong wala pang social media. Noon daw kasi, uuwi lang siya ng Bulacan at papanatag na siya. “It’s different now because social media is… Parang it haunts you. Wherever you go, it’s there.”
Deadman lang daw kapag may lumalabas na issues tungkol sa kanya si Regine Velasquez-Alcasid noong 90’s kung saan wala pang social media at kadalasang TV at mga tabloid lang ang source ng showbiz news.
Ito ang sinabi n’ya kamakailan sa online show ni Bianca Gonzalez on YouTube na Legends Only. Natanong kasi si Regine kung paano ba n’ya pinangalagaan ang kanyang mental health noon sa kabila ng mga issues na ibinabato sa kanya.
“Actually, hindi ako nagbabasa, e. Hindi ako nagbabasa ng newspaper,” sagot ng Asia’s Songbird kay Bianca via Zoom.
Nasa sistema din daw n’ya noon na kapag umuuwi s’ya sa kanila sa Bulacan ay para makapagpahinga talaga at iniiwan n’ya ang kung anumang issues sa Maynila.
“I also have this thing…kasi nakatira ako sa Bulacan so when I’m going home to Bulacan I leave everything behind,” paliwanag pa ng OPM icon.
“It’s like Manila is my office. So, when I go home, it’s home, I rest. I’m just me. I’m just ‘ate.’ I try not to involve myself with whatever.”
Pero may mga pagkakataon daw kapag talagang big issues ang ibinato sa kanya ay iniiyak n’ya na lang ’yon pagka-uwi sa bahay nila sa Bulacan.
“Although merong mga instance na may mga tsismis na medyo masyadong malaki for me to ignore, still going home was like a… ’Yong Bulacan was like a refuge for me,” aniya.
“Sure, iiiyak ko ’yon or whatever. Magkukulong ako sa k’warto ko. Pero it was always like that. After ko maiiyak for how many days I’ll be okay again.”
Kaya naman daw thankful s’ya sa kanyang pamilya at talent manager noon na kanyang sandigan kapag may kinakaharap s’yang issues sa showbiz.
“Kasi my whole family is so supportive, e. Not just my parents but my siblings,” lahad ni Regine. “’Yong aaliwin nila ako. Malaking bagay ’yon for me. My family is always there to support me. And not to mention my manager back then, si Ronnie Henares.
“And then, I get over it. I concentrate on what I’m supposed to do, which is [to] sing. That’s how I handled it.”
Ibang-iba na daw ngayon ang sitwasyon dahil nga sa social media kung saan nakaabang ang mga fans as well as the bashers.
“It’s different now because social media is… Parang it haunts you. Wherever you go, it’s there,” aniya.
Natanong din ang well-celebrated Pinay singer-actress kung paano n’ya tinawid ang mga low points sa kanyang career at napanatili ang status n’ya sa industriya after all these years.
“I just keep showing up. Word ’yan ng asawa ko, e,” pahayag ni Regine. “You have to show up kahit anong nangyari sa’yo, kahit anong mood meron ka, depressed ka. But when you have a schedule, you have to show up.
“That’s all I did. I just kept showing up. Ke may boses, ke wala, may sakit, malapit nang mamatay, I would should up. It’s like that. Talagang I’d show up.”
Wala naman daw kasing pakialam ang audience sa pinagdadaan n’ya personally o dahil baka sila man ay may pinagdadaanan din kaya gusto nilang ma-entertain.
“Alam mo ’yong kasabihan sa industry na ‘The show must go on’? I guess they say that because your audience won’t care what you’re going through, personally. They don’t have to know. They don’t care,” saad pa n’ya.
“They’re there to be entertained because probably they have their own thing, they’re probably going through some heavy stuff too like you.
“Kasi lahat naman tayo we all go through it. So, sa thinking ko, if I don’t show up, hindi [ko] nagawa ’yong what [I’m] supposed to do,” pagtatapos ni Regine.
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