Aired (June 9, 2025): Naging bukas si Aiko Melendez sa pag-amin na matagal na silang nagkaayos ng kanyang kaibigan na si Candy Pangilinan. Kasabay nito, ibinahagi rin niya ang pakikisama niya sa kanyang mga kapwa artista sa harap at likod ng camera.
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01:33Actors are different because our lives are exposed. The minute that you come out on TV, you make yourself public and you're accessible to everyone already. Unlike when you're just someone from an ordinary life, eh hindi kanila papakailamanan.
01:51It's a little bit new because social media now is very active. When you put out on social media, para bagang lahat na naging artista, lahat na naging broadcasters, lahat na naging reporters.
02:00Pero palagay ko naman, I managed Ico for a while. I mean, parang pamilya ito. Inaanak ko, kapitbahay, lahat na.
02:08I was reading the materials. I didn't realize Andre is 27.
02:15Just me.
02:16Turning 27.
02:17Martina is 18.
02:1818. Inaanak mo also.
02:20Oh my God. But anyway, going back to the actors. Palagay ko, sabi nga ni Meryl Streep, may mga panahon na jobless ang mga artista.
02:29Yes.
02:29Di ba? And then you get involved, lalo na ikaw, you get involved, nalimbawa, in your character.
02:35Pagkatapos mo ng character na yun, pag iniwanan mo, pagbalik mo sa mundo, parang nasaan ba ako?
02:41Di ba?
02:42May panic button din dito niya.
02:43Meron, no?
02:44Yes. Lalo na ako, when I started to play mga Contrabida roles, it's so hard to snap out of it.
02:50Lalo na when you're doing it three times a week of your life.
02:53And for like, when I was doing Prima Donnas here in Channel 7, that's for like two books.
03:00So, almost two and a half years. Every day, almost talagang masama yung role mo.
03:06And when you come back to reality, you're not like that. It's so hard.
03:10Totoo. And paglabas mo ng karakter, pag uwi mo ng bahay, lalo na sa mga artista na nahihirapan lumabas doon, it can be a crazy world.
03:18Di ba?
03:18Yes.
03:19At napakahirap.
03:20Kaya parati kong sinasabi na, ang trabaho ng isang artista ay hindi po madali.
03:24Yes. Whoever says that it's easy, they're lying.
03:28No? And they're not familiar with the job.
03:31Meron pang isang kasabihan. Sabi nila, dito sa industriya ang ito, mahirap makahanap ng mga tunay na kaibigan.
03:37Your take on this.
03:40Mahirap kung hindi mo bubuksan yung mata mo to possibilities na meron naman, kahit papaano.
03:47Kaya lang, hindi mo rin maaalis sa pagka meron kang tunay na kaibigan na dadaan din kayo sa mga bumps sa buhay.
03:55Sa mapagsubok?
03:56Oo. Wala namang tao na hindi dumadaan sa challenges dito, Ninong, di ba?
04:01Kahit ordinaryong tao, dumadaan doon.
04:03So, kahit artista ka pa, showbiz yan, politika, or ordinaryong buhay, lahat yan dumadaan tayo. Kasi realidad yan.
04:10Ang sinasabi ko naman parate, may mga artista na hindi kasing close natin o hindi tayo masyado close. Pero, pag may mga kaganapan, sa labas ho ng the celebrity business, nagtutulungan?
04:22Yes.
04:23Oo. Totoo yun?
04:24Totoo.
04:24Oo.
04:24I have people calling us, for example, saying, what can we do for you?
04:29Now, pinag-uusapan, mainit, yung inyong pagbabate, reconciliation, with your friend, with our friend, Kendi, Pangilinan.
04:37I'd like to say hi to your other friends, Mina, Jelly, Janice.
04:43Di ba?
04:44Only what you can.
04:46What happened? Where are you now?
04:48Kasi para sa akin ang dating noon, it's a story about friendship, about reconciliation, about love.
04:55Di ba?
04:55What can you tell us about your reconciliation with Kendi?
05:00Actually, yung titaninong, matagal na kaming okay.
05:03Oh.
05:04One year.
05:05We just opted to keep it quiet lang, yung wala lang.
05:09Tapos, we both realized na parang, hey, it's about time na pakita na natin sa tao na okay tayo
05:16para wala na animosity pag nakikita kami sa labas na,
05:18oh, hindi kayo okay.
05:20Kasi there was a time, there's this event na meron na si Jelly for her business.
05:25It happened in San Juan.
05:27We were both there.
05:28And then, hindi pa kami nakikita.
05:30First time namin ni Kendi magkita doon.
05:32And then, we were expecting na parang drama, yung iyakan.
05:38But when I saw her, I just said, hi.
05:40Parang walang nangyari titanin.
05:42Hindi na pinag-usapan kung anong ugat.
05:45But it was painful, ha?
05:47Kasi pag mahal mo ang tao, titaninong, at hindi kayo naging okay eventually along the way,
05:51masakit yun para sa inyong pareho.
05:53Lalo na, apat kami, diba?
05:55We call our group the power four.
05:58Tapos, yung parang na-left out ako when they did the movie Road Trip, diba?
06:03Supposedly and originally, I was part of that movie.
06:05Pero watching it from, ano, sabi ko, ay, parang ako yung naiwan.
06:10And then, people were tagging me.
06:13Siyempre, Tito Ninong, ang social media now, very, ano, diba?
06:17Anybody can just tag you na, they're, parang, nagka-create sila kung ano ba yung pinag-awayan namin.
06:23So, para, just to, ano, put an end to it, nagsalita na kami na okay na kami.
06:27Oo, without having to explain.
06:29Yes.
06:30Without having to explain.
06:31At naiintindihan ko yun.
06:32Ang importante ay, kaya sabi ko, it's about love, it's about reconciliation, and it's about forgiveness.
06:38Kaya pag sinasabing, what was it about, it's not necessary.
06:41You know why?
06:42Because you bring yourselves back to that place of pain.
06:45Yes.
06:46Bakit pa, diba?
06:47Ang maganda ay naayos.
06:49Yes, Dito Ninong, sobra.
06:51Napakaayos.
06:51Sinong pinakamaganda sa inyong apat?
06:55Ikaw.
06:57Because that friendship is solid.
07:02Yes.
07:03Kaya doon sa mga nagsasabing, napakahirap maghanap ng mga kaibigan sa showbiz, oo at hindi.
07:08Katulad ng ibang industriya.
07:10Pero marami kang pagkakatiwalaang kaibigan dito sa ating mundo.
07:14Oh, yeah.
07:14Diba?
07:15Oo, Tito Ninong.
07:16Marami kang matatakbuhan.
07:17Sobra, oo.
07:17Ako like you, Tito Ninong.
07:19Even if we don't see each other, pero pagka meron akong trouble, hello, Tito Ninong.
07:24Diba?
07:24Alam mo, andito ako.
07:25Oo.
07:25At alam ko rin na nariyan ka.
07:27Yes.
07:27Pag may itatanong, itatanong.
07:29Ikaw din, parang ganun.
07:30Kasi we're separated by space, but not by spirit.
07:35Yes, exactly.
07:36Diba?
07:36Kaya napaka-importante yung pinag-uusapan.
07:41Pagdating from friendship, let's talk about love.
07:44Nung pumasok ka dito sa iyong relasyon kay congressman.
07:51Is he watching?
07:53I'm not sure.
07:55Yeah, I'm not sure.
07:57Ano ang baon mong mga leksyon?
07:59Na iyong natutunan sa iyong mga past relationships?
08:03Because proud ako sa'yo, Aiko.
08:06You're able to sustain this relationship and bravo, you've been together for eight years, going to eternity.
08:14I mean, ang ganda, nakakatuwa at nakaka-proud.
08:17Alam mo, Tito Ninong, lagi ko, dati, I always plan my life ahead.
08:23And I always say na from this relationship, hindi ko nagagawin ito, hindi ko nagagawin.
08:27But when you're there, you can't plan things eh.
08:31It just happens because you pray to God na ito, iiwasan natin ito.
08:37Ayoko kasi in-compare your relationship ko with Jay to my past relationships.
08:41Kasi magkakaiba naman sila at magkakaiba rin ang sitwasyon namin at yung pagkakataon.
08:47So ako, I'd rather say, Tito Ninong, na it's still a work in progress.
08:53They say na, oh, eight years, ganyan niya, parang, you know, we still go through challenges.
08:57We are not perfect.
08:59May mga oras na gusto ko ng sumuko.
09:02Pero dahil gusto naming huwag sukuan ng isa't isa, eh, we choose to stay.
09:08Sa mga pagkakataon na gusto mo ng sumuko, dahil lahat natin pinagdadaanan yan sa mga relasyon,
09:13where do you go? Saan ka pumupunta para makabalik?
09:17Hmm, siguro, Tito Ninong, yung support system ko is maano, my mom stays with me.
09:23And my kids are very close to me.
09:25So every time I go through rough patches in my life, I pray, and then I go to them.
09:30And kasi minsan, Tito Ninong, ang hirap din yung sasabihin mo yung, kunyari, may isa kang kaibigan na,
09:37sasabihin mo lahat doon yung away nyo, and then maging okay na naman kayo, did see that person differently.
09:43So now, I have learned to choose yung mga sasabihin ko.
09:47Minsan pagka ano, yung busit na busit na ako kay Jay, yung pipigilan ko yung sarili ko na,
09:52is there a need for me to say this? Or should I just keep quiet for the meantime?
09:57And you choose to be, most of the time, quiet.
10:02And just handle the problems na kayo lamang dalawa.
10:05Pareho ka na sa mundo ng showbiz at ng politika.
10:09At saka, you gravitate, tayo lahat, we gravitate towards controversy.
10:14May mga nagsasabi na pangkinder yung kontrobersiya ng showbiz as compared to the controversies of politics.
10:23Ano ang iyong iniisip?
10:25Same lang, ang gravity niya, Tito Ninong.
10:27Kasi ang handling lang sa politics, Tito Ninong, is mas ano, they attack you personally.
10:33In showbiz na din naman, now that social media is all around, di ba,
10:37they can always attack you personally also.
10:39Kaya lang dito kasi may boto involved, na kapag na yung reputation mo is na-tarnish,
10:45ang sacrifice niyan is the next time around na tatakbo ka,
10:50medyo may hirapan ka sa karera mo.
10:52At may public accountability.
10:54Yes.
10:54Oo, yun ang pagkakaiba.
10:55So, para sa iyo saying, go ahead.
10:58That's why, for me, Tito Ninong, you have to be careful with your actions.
11:01Lalo na ngayon, think before you click, di ba?
11:05And before you do anything now, you have to think, think, think, think.
11:08Kasi ang tao ngayon is mas, mas judgmental sila.
11:12Okay.
11:13I was talking to our team.
11:16Sabi ko, hindi niyo ba alam that Ico actually coaches.
11:18You teach acting.
11:19Okay.
11:20Sa aming pagbabalik, dito kasi, you know, sumusubo kami sa pag-arte.
11:25Ako, kasama ko si Chang Susan.
11:27If you were to give three lessons in acting,
11:31para sa mga gustong mag-artista, ano ito?
11:35At hypothetical, kung mamimili ka between politics and show business,
11:39saan ka pupunta?
11:40Ang mga kasagutan sa pagbabalik po ng Fast Talk with Boy.
11:43Kami nagbabalik po dito sa Fast Talk with Boy and Bunda.
11:57Kasama pa rin po natin, Ico Melendez.
12:00Itong isang tanong lang, politika o show business?
12:03Halimbawa, isa lang ang choice, hypothetical.
12:05Today, Tito Ninong, public service.
12:08Public service.
12:09And I respect that.
12:10Do you like to be mayor of Quezon City?
12:12Oh, no.
12:13Talaga?
12:13No.
12:14No.
12:15That's a very straight answer, no.
12:17I don't see myself in the administrative area.
12:21I'm more on the legislative.
12:23That's nice.
12:25Oo.
12:25Pero may mga bagay talaga na nangyayari sa showbiz, sa politika,
12:28na hindi nasasakop ng plano.
12:31Pero ang napla-plano ang Fast Talk.
12:32Let's be Fast Talk.
12:34Ayan na.
12:37Ico.
12:37Mary o Ico?
12:39Ico.
12:39Real talk, trash talk?
12:41Real talk.
12:42Showbiz, politics?
12:43Politics.
12:43Best actress, best friend?
12:45Best friend.
12:46Forgive, forget?
12:47Forgive.
12:48Go big, go home?
12:49Go big.
12:50Sexy, maganda?
12:52Maganda.
12:52What makes you beautiful?
12:54My personality.
12:55What makes you sexy?
12:56My waistline.
12:59Bida o kontrabida?
13:01Now, kontrabida.
13:03Iyakan, sampalan?
13:04Iyakan.
13:04Palaaway, palaban?
13:06Palaban.
13:06Selosa, banidosa?
13:08Selosa.
13:09Klingi na ina, mas klingi na girlfriend?
13:11Klingi na ina.
13:12One to ten.
13:13Ilan ba talagang ex mo sa showbiz?
13:16Ang konti na, ang four.
13:18Pinakagwapo mong ex?
13:20Ay, alam naman, si Aga, mula.
13:25Pinakapasaway mong ex?
13:28Kung hindi mo sagutin, huwag mo sasagutin, ha?
13:31Ako ang kinakabahan.
13:32Oo nga.
13:33Pinakapasaway na ex?
13:35Oh my God.
13:36Sige na nga, si Jo Marie.
13:39Pinakamayaman mong ex?
13:41Ah, shocks.
13:43Um, my!
13:44Si Patrick Menezes.
13:46Artista ang muntik mong maging boyfriend?
13:48Um, muntik kung maging boyfriend?
13:51Sa panaginip ko si Brad Pitt.
13:53One word.
13:54Describe yourself as a friend.
13:55Um, loyal.
13:56One word.
13:57Describe yourself as a partner.
13:58Um, loyal.
13:59One word.
14:00Describe yourself as a mother.
14:01Protective.
14:02Lights on or lights off?
14:04Lights off.
14:04Happiness or chocolate?
14:05Happiness.
14:06Best time for happiness?
14:07All the time.
14:08A strong woman is?
14:11Is forged through challenges and through resilience.
14:17Tama.
14:21Oo nga.
14:22Ano ba yun?
14:24You teach acting.
14:25Maraming nagmamaseb sa ating pag-uusap ngayon na mga nangangarap maging artista.
14:29Kung meron kang tatlong tips, mga tatlong leksyon na nais ibahagi sa amin.
14:35Pagdating sa pag-arte, ano ang mga ito?
14:38Number one is you have to be in that moment.
14:41Um, you have to feel the scene.
14:43And don't fake your emotions.
14:45Kailangan present.
14:46Yes.
14:47Siya, Susan, pasok.
14:48Bilis.
14:49Bilis, Susan.
14:50Kailangan gawin natin.
14:51Okay.
14:51Ilang minutes na lang.
14:53Okay.
14:53Kailangan totoo ang emosyon.
14:55Bigyan mo kami ng emosyon.
14:56Ka-eksena ka namin, Aiko.
14:58Okay.
14:58We have to be in the moment.
14:59Present.
15:01I-direct mo kami.
15:02Ikaw, ang kapitbahay na chismosa.
15:05Okay?
15:05Chinichismis mo si Tito Nino.
15:07Okay?
15:08Okay.
15:08Tapos sisitahin kita ha.
15:10Okay.
15:10Na tigilan mo yung pagchichismis mo.
15:12Okay.
15:12Okay?
15:13Five, four, three, two.
15:14Action.
15:15Naku, nakita ko nga noong isang anak.
15:17Hoy, Chona.
15:18Patis ko.
15:19Chona.
15:21Tigilan mo ang pagmamarites kay Boy Abunda.
15:25Kung ayaw mong mawala sa mundong ito, tigilan mo na yung kakachismis mo.
15:30Totoo.
15:31Anong totoo?
15:33Anong totoo?
15:33Lumayas ka!
15:34Lumayas ka!
15:34Lumayas!
15:38Galing, galing.
15:40Aiko, so you have to be in the moment.
15:42You cannot fake your emotions.
15:43Pangalawa?
15:44I think you have to feel the scene.
15:46Yeah.
15:47You have to feel every lines.
15:49And you have to understand kung ano yung meaning yung sinasabi mo.
15:53And not just by your head, but sa puso mo.
15:55Mula dito.
15:56And that stuff.
15:57Pangatlo?
15:58Pangatlo is you have to be cautious.
16:01You have to be aware of your mga kakasin.
16:04Kasi you cannot be selfish, Tito Nino.
16:06Kailangan marunong kang magbigay at marunong kang tumanggap.
16:10Oo.
16:10It was Tom Hanks who said,
16:12I drown in the eyes of my co-actor.
16:16Yes.
16:17Di ba?
16:17Kailangan talaga mga kaeksena.
16:18Anong ginagawa mo pag meron kang kaeksena na hindi talaga marunong magbigay?
16:24Kinakausap ko talaga, Tito Nino.
16:25Sasabihin ko talaga sa kanya,
16:27Dear, ano na?
16:30Binabakla ko.
16:30Kumusta?
16:31Ano na?
16:32Puyat ka ba kagabi?
16:35Meron ako isang kaeksena.
16:36Hindi ko pwede banggitin kung sino yun.
16:38Oo.
16:39Sinabi ko sa kanya, Dear, puyat ka ba ba kagabi?
16:42Sinagot ako, oo puyat ako.
16:43Ah, kaya pala.
16:45Sabi niya, anong kaya pala?
16:46Kaya pala sabaw ka.
16:47No one will doubt that you're a brilliant actress.
