Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Rachelle Ann Go, the international theater sensation! (Full Episode 516)

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Aired (January 21, 2025): Nagbabalik sa Pilipinas ang international theater star na si Rachelle Ann Go upang ibahagi ang kanyang matagumpay na kwentong Broadway, pati na rin ang mga update tungkol sa kanyang pamilya ngayon. Panoorin ang kanyang kwento sa video!   For more Fast Talk With Boy Abunda Full Episodes, click the link below:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRhcC_vtOrattdXLVqpvE8vMq3pOq8qT   Watch the latest episodes of 'Fast Talk with Boy Abunda’ weekdays at 4:00 PM on GMA Afternoon prime, starring Boy Abunda. #FastTalkwithBoyAbunda   To our Global Pinoys in the U.S., catch your favorite Pinoy shows from GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV, now available on YouTube TV!   Subscribe now for only $14.99 per month. Visit tv.youtube.com for more details.

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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda!

00:30Welcome to the program!

00:36We can finally put an end to all the speculations

00:39because it is confirmed.

01:00Jenlyn is clear that she won't be going to GMA.

01:04That's why she was emotional when she thanked the executives of GMA

01:08for being patient and for allowing her to rest first

01:12and prioritize her personal life.

01:16That's why her renewal of the contract was delayed.

01:19But ever since, Jenlyn is clear that GMA will always be her home.

01:24Jen, congratulations!

01:26I look forward to having you here again on Fast Talk.

01:30Glyza Di Castro, congratulations!

01:33Happy birthday!

01:35Glyza, happy birthday!

01:37A world-class talent.

01:39A Filipino talent who continues to make us proud.

01:47The first interview I did with her, we both remember,

01:51was 20 years ago.

01:54Wow, that was the first interview I did with her.

01:56Today, she's blooming, she is happy,

02:00and she makes us proud as a country.

02:03Wow!

02:05Naytay Capuso, please welcome

02:08Gigi of Miss Saigon,

02:11Raychelle!

02:15No more nicknames, just Raychelle.

02:18Wow!

02:21Wow, wow!

02:23Let's do an improvisation.

02:26Raychelle Angco, wow!

02:28Thank you so much for having me again.

02:33You are welcome!

02:38For coming to the show!

02:44That's how it is.

02:46I'm so happy to see you.

02:47Thank you so much.

02:48I'm so happy to see you again.

02:49Wow, please, please, please.

02:51Thank you!

02:52I know you're based in London.

02:54London.

02:55In London.

02:56But why did you come back to the Philippines?

03:00Yes, Tito Boy, every other year,

03:02my family and I come back to celebrate Christmas

03:07and New Year with my family here.

03:09Wow!

03:10We've been here for seven weeks,

03:12since December.

03:14I'm very happy.

03:15I look at you now and I say,

03:17Lord, thank you.

03:19You've been very good.

03:20Very good.

03:21All the time.

03:22And you're even more beautiful.

03:24I'm not kidding.

03:25In person, you're even more beautiful.

03:27I know you're happy.

03:28Later, I got this from someone,

03:31you'll meet your friends.

03:34Yes.

03:35Who are they?

03:36Sarah G. and Eric Santos.

03:38Eric Santos and Sarah Geronimo.

03:41Because they're also good friends.

03:43Yes.

03:44We're also with Matt,

03:46Mateo, and my husband.

03:47Goodie Chelly and your husband, Martin.

03:49Yes.

03:50Do you go home every two years?

03:52Do you do reunions?

03:54Do you have a batch?

03:55Yes, we need to see each other here.

03:57It's nice.

03:58Because when we're in London,

03:59we have a chat group of champions.

04:01It's still us.

04:02So we catch up there.

04:04And when we go back to the Philippines,

04:06we really need to see each other.

04:08There they are.

04:09Yes.

04:10Let's go back a bit.

04:12How was that life of the champions?

04:14When you were competing?

04:16How happy was that?

04:17How fun was that?

04:18It was very fun here.

04:20Because all of us,

04:21we came from a competition.

04:23So we can relate to each other.

04:26We were so young when we started.

04:29And we toured the States here for months.

04:32I remember that.

04:33So our bond

04:36will never be broken.

04:38Because then I was managing Erick Santos.

04:40Yes.

04:41And Rachel.

04:42Martin, do you understand Tagalog?

04:44Your husband?

04:45A bit.

04:46A bit?

04:47Okay.

04:48This is just us.

04:49We can only talk.

04:50Almost all of us got divorced.

04:54Oh my goodness.

04:55It just went around and around.

04:57You were still young then.

04:59Christian, of course.

05:01And then Mark.

05:02Even Erick.

05:03Erick if you're watching.

05:04I remember that.

05:05Now, when we talk,

05:06we just laugh.

05:07You just laugh.

05:08What is that?

05:09Why?

05:12But it was fun.

05:13It was fun to be with you.

05:15How much of that young girl is still there?

05:18She's still there.

05:19She's still there.

05:20She's still there.

05:21The Pasig girl.

05:22Yes.

05:23She grew up in Pasig.

05:24She grew up in Pasig.

05:26She's still there.

05:27That's why I can't imagine

05:29that I'll leave the Philippines.

05:31Or that I'll live in another country.

05:33I can't go back.

05:34Is there a chance

05:35that when you become very busy

05:37for example in London or in Broadway,

05:39that I'll be here for a long time

05:41and I might forget the Philippines?

05:43Does it occur to you?

05:44You know, Uncle,

05:45before I moved to London,

05:47before I accepted the message

05:49that someone told me

05:50not to leave the Philippines

05:52because you might forget someone.

05:54But that time, Uncle,

05:56what I wanted to happen was

05:58I wanted to challenge myself.

06:00Because I was here in the Philippines

06:02and I felt like something was missing.

06:05I wanted...

06:06I don't know.

06:07I was doing the same thing, Uncle.

06:09I was singing the same songs,

06:11doing the shows, concerts.

06:13But I wanted to experience

06:15something different, Uncle.

06:18And God gave that to me.

06:19How is life in London?

06:21Is it as competitive

06:23or even more competitive than here?

06:25How do you find jobs?

06:26Do you have an agent?

06:27Are you represented by a manager?

06:30How is life?

06:31How is your career there?

06:32The first few years, Uncle,

06:34it was very hard.

06:36I moved out there without an agent,

06:38without any manager.

06:41It was because of Miss Saigon.

06:43When I got there,

06:44I had to be ready, Uncle.

06:46I didn't have any training or whatsoever

06:48with, like, theater.

06:49All of them were trained.

06:51They did a lot of shows

06:52before they did Miss Saigon.

06:53It was my first time.

06:54And your role was Gigi, right?

06:56One of the major roles of Miss Saigon.

06:58Yes. It was hard, Uncle.

06:59Which was originally played by Isabel,

07:01by Isa Alvarez.

07:02Yes, Uncle.

07:03Okay.

07:04And I was also homesick.

07:05I was homesick there.

07:06I had no friends.

07:08There was no church.

07:09It was hard there.

07:10It was very hard, Uncle.

07:12But now, you're represented by a manager.

07:14You have an agent.

07:15Yes, Uncle.

07:16I have an agent.

07:18Miss Lea and I are both agents in Longan.

07:21Direct Bobby Garcia introduced us to each other.

07:25So,

07:27I'm now, I'm very blessed

07:29because I got to know them.

07:30I said that when Bobby's name is mentioned,

07:32you know, he's a common person among all of us.

07:36Yes.

07:37But, yeah.

07:38I'm not yet done grieving because of our loss.

07:40Sorry. Yes.

07:41But let's go back to Miss Saigon.

07:43When you arrived there,

07:44of course, that song is there.

07:47Rachel,

07:49you started during contests.

07:50I remember this interview.

07:53You were humming at six months old.

07:56Yes.

07:57I remember that.

07:58Yes.

07:59You were already singing.

08:00Because, is it true that both your parents were,

08:02are entertainers?

08:03My dad, he just loves musical instruments.

08:06And my mom used to be a singer before, Uncle.

08:08That's right.

08:09So, we really grew up.

08:11Right.

08:12You were nine years old when you won your first singing contest.

08:15Those were parties, Uncle.

08:16Yes, parties.

08:17What songs do you always sing?

08:19Oh, those are Mr. Gene Velasquez songs.

08:21And that,

08:23those are all Mr. Gene Velasquez songs.

08:25Those are your contest pieces?

08:26Yes.

08:29Yes.

08:30Because now, you make this country proud.

08:33You did Fantin in Les Mis.

08:36And you did Eliza in Hamilton.

08:39Gigi in Miss Saigon.

08:40And the world is about to happen after this.

08:44But,

08:45just to inspire the kids who are still struggling,

08:50I love that story of,

08:51for example, the contests,

08:52and they say,

08:53he won't win.

08:54His voice is ugly.

08:55He won't win.

08:56He's ugly.

08:57What is that?

08:58And what is your piece of advice, Rachelle,

09:01to the kids?

09:03I used that, Uncle.

09:04I grew up insecure because of what I heard.

09:09But,

09:10it's hard.

09:11I went through a lot.

09:12But I used that, Uncle,

09:13to be better.

09:15And whatever people say,

09:17I can still win.

09:19Because I won when I said negative things.

09:22So,

09:23that's what I hold on to, Uncle.

09:25Whatever people say,

09:27I just need to focus on what I can do,

09:29on the gift that God has given me.

09:32Just focus on that,

09:33and you don't need to listen to other people.

09:36And you have to keep on talking to yourself.

09:38That's your opinion.

09:39But,

09:40if you repeat that,

09:41the pain could...

09:42It will magnify.

09:43Yes.

09:44Which,

09:45it happened to me here, Uncle.

09:46It happened to all of us.

09:47Yes.

09:48Who didn't say,

09:49he's ugly?

09:50Who didn't say,

09:51you're not going to make it?

09:52And it magnified.

09:53I magnified all the negative words

09:55that were said to me here.

09:56Yes.

09:57And,

09:58actually,

09:59until now,

10:00when did I really say,

10:01you know,

10:02I just need to accept

10:04who I am,

10:05all the flaws.

10:06Right.

10:07And now I am happy I have kids.

10:08It comes with a package.

10:09Yeah.

10:10Just as fast talk is part of the package.

10:12Let's do fast talk.

10:15I'm nervous.

10:16Rachel,

10:17we have two minutes to do this.

10:18Our time begins now.

10:19Stop or go?

10:20Go.

10:21Theater or concert?

10:22Both.

10:23West End or Broadway?

10:24West End.

10:25London or Manila?

10:26Both.

10:27It's so hard.

10:28Manila.

10:29Gigi or Fantine?

10:30Fantine.

10:31Fantine or Eliza?

10:32Eliza.

10:33Regine Velasquez or Lea Salonga?

10:35Both.

10:36Mark Bautista or Christian Bautista?

10:38They're both Bautista.

10:40Both.

10:41Just Bautista.

10:42Talent or charisma?

10:43Charisma.

10:44Strong heart or strong heart?

10:47Strong heart.

10:48Sexy time or family time?

10:50Family time.

10:51Loving wife or hot mama?

10:53Hot mama.

10:55Cool mom or strict mom?

10:57Cool mom.

10:58Best thing about having an American husband?

11:04He is nice, he's kind, and he's godly.

11:081 to 10, how hot is your husband?

11:12Super. 11.

11:141 to 10, how jealous is your wife?

11:16She used to be jealous.

11:17Now, she's not.

11:18We're married.

11:191 to 10, how ready are you to have a third baby?

11:24I wish I had a third baby,

11:25because I don't have help in London.

11:27But we'll see.

11:291 to 10, how many boyfriends have you had?

11:32I can't count.

11:33Three?

11:34I don't remember.

11:371 to 10, how many contests have you participated in?

11:40I can't count.

11:411 to 10, how much do you miss performing in the Philippines?

11:44Why do I miss it so much?

11:4510.

11:46Is that lights on or lights off?

11:48Lights off.

11:49I have a migraine.

11:50Happiness or chocolates?

11:52Chocolates.

11:54Best time for chocolates.

11:57Oh my gosh, at night, before going to bed.

11:59Song of your life, sing a few lines.

12:01Go ahead.

12:05Question.

12:07What is life, what is the feeling

12:10that you have a very handsome husband?

12:13The answer to the return of Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

12:21We're back in the show.

12:22We're with Rachel Ango.

12:24Just Rachel.

12:27What is the feeling that you're very handsome,

12:30you're very beautiful,

12:31and your husband is very handsome?

12:34The Lord is really kind.

12:36I prayed for that, Uncle.

12:38Oh, you did?

12:39Before I met him in New York,

12:41I wasn't ready for any relationship.

12:44I didn't know what to do.

12:46I didn't know what to do.

12:48Before I met him in New York,

12:50I wasn't ready for any relationship.

12:52But I said,

12:53Lord, I will pray for my future husband.

12:55Not now,

12:56but my prayer request is very specific.

13:00That's how it is.

13:01You have to be specific.

13:03So how, Jimmy?

13:04I said, first, he should be tall.

13:06Okay.

13:07I said, I will support him in everything I want.

13:09You're really beautiful.

13:10Yay!

13:11Right?

13:12Look at the two of you.

13:13Okay, and then?

13:14And then I said,

13:15I will support him in his career.

13:17You'll support him?

13:18Yes.

13:19And where I will go.

13:20What happened here is,

13:22we were touring from Hamilton,

13:24and then Les Miserables.

13:26So he really supported me.

13:29But how did you actually meet?

13:31At the church in New York.

13:33Okay.

13:34We have common friends.

13:35We got to know each other,

13:37and that's how it started.

13:38You know what's funny?

13:39The power of prayer.

13:40You know, one time,

13:41I visited Ina Raymundo.

13:42I already was at Ina Raymundo.

13:44I asked,

13:45how do you maintain this beauty, etc.?

13:47You know what he said to me?

13:49I pray.

13:50Jesus is really the secret.

13:52Right?

13:53Now you're saying again,

13:54hi, Martin.

13:55We have yet to meet.

13:56He was supposed to be here,

13:57but...

13:58He's probably watching at home.

13:59Hi, Martin.

14:00Okay, you would do posts

14:02on your social media accounts,

14:04but you'd always cover

14:05the faces of your children.

14:07Is there a reason?

14:08The world is so chaotic here.

14:11I just don't want to use

14:14my children's literature.

14:16Totally agree.

14:17So, it's better to protect.

14:20Totally agree.

14:21How do you raise your children?

14:24Because you're Filipino,

14:26he's American,

14:27you're based in London.

14:28Yes.

14:29He's actually South African,

14:31Martin.

14:32South African.

14:33So, I speak Tagalog to my children.

14:36He speaks African to the children.

14:38So, there are three languages.

14:39Afrikaan.

14:40Afrikaan.

14:41Yeah, Afrikaan.

14:42So, there are three languages

14:43that the children learn.

14:45But is there a spoiler for you?

14:47I mean, you don't speak Tagalog

14:48because you talk to your children.

14:49I don't speak Tagalog, Uncle Boy.

14:51Because Tagalog is popular in the Philippines,

14:53but I tell my children,

14:55I try gentle parenting.

14:57It's hard.

14:58Gentle parenting.

14:59So, how do you discipline them?

15:00Conversations.

15:01Conversations.

15:02Especially my eldest son.

15:04He's turning four.

15:05He wants to talk like that, Uncle Boy.

15:08He doesn't want to be harsh.

15:10He wants to be sweet.

15:12That's where my son's anger goes down.

15:16So, he needs to be very calm.

15:18Great.

15:19Uncle Boy.

15:20Congratulations.

15:21I'm just so happy for you.

15:22And thank you for all the things that you do.

15:24But I'll go back to Erick Santos,

15:26to Sarah Geronimo,

15:27to your friends.

15:28When you see each other,

15:30what do you talk about?

15:31Life, Uncle Boy.

15:32Life.

15:33It's deep.

15:34Yes.

15:35Work is rare.

15:36There are some,

15:37but it's more about heart and life, Uncle Boy.

15:40These are quiet moments.

15:42Quiet conversations.

15:43And what's good about our friendship,

15:45because with the showbiz world, Uncle Boy,

15:47it's hard to find trust.

15:50So, we know what we've been through.

15:53Back then.

15:54So, really.

15:55It's a long time.

15:56And then you trust.

15:57Yes, Uncle Boy.

15:58So, we open up to each other.

16:00That's very important.

16:02Right?

16:03You can trust the person you talk to.

16:06Rachel, if there is one song that describes your journey.

16:09Defying Gravity, Uncle Boy.

16:13I can't beat it.

16:14Sorry.

16:15I want to say thank you very much.

16:17And God bless you.

16:18God bless you too, Uncle Boy.

16:20Thank you for having me here today.

16:21Of course.

16:22Thank you for being here.

16:24Thank you for just being so lovely inside and outside.

16:27Thank you, Brandon Chan.

16:28I lost weight in March.

16:32I got prettier.

16:33Thank you, Uncle Boy.

16:37Thank you, so much.

16:38Thank you for inviting us to your homes and hearts every day.

16:41Be kind.

16:42Make your mom and dad proud.

16:44Say thank you.

16:45And do one good thing a day and make this world a better place.

16:48Goodbye for now.

16:49God bless.

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