Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Nanette Medved-Po, BABALIK na ba sa showbiz?! (Full Episode 196)
Aired (October 26, 2023): Para sa birthday celebration ng ‘King of Talk,’ isang espesyal na bisita ang dumalaw sa kanya upang makipagkuwentuhan! Panoorin ang masayang kuwentuhan nina Tito Boy at ng isa sa mga matagal na niyang kaibigan na si Nanette Medved-Po! May balak kayang magbalik muli sa industriya ang dating akres?
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 (speaking in foreign language)
00:13 - And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy.
00:18 (audience cheering)
00:21 (speaking in foreign language)
00:26 - A streaming channel for Facebook and YouTube.
00:29 (speaking in foreign language)
00:33 Welcome to the program.
00:34 (audience cheering)
00:37 This is very special.
00:39 (speaking in foreign language)
00:42 She's a social entrepreneur.
00:44 She's a philanthropist.
00:46 She's a lovely woman, beautiful inside and out.
00:49 (speaking in foreign language)
00:56 Please welcome the one and the only,
00:58 Nanette Medved-Po.
01:00 (audience cheering)
01:04 - Thank you.
01:08 - Thank you for being here.
01:10 Thank you for being here.
01:11 - Okay, sure.
01:12 (speaking in foreign language)
01:13 - Thank you.
01:14 - How are you?
01:16 - I'm well.
01:17 I'm a little bit nervous
01:18 because I didn't realize this was the format of your show.
01:21 So I'm a little bit nervous, but I'm good.
01:24 Thank you.
01:25 (speaking in foreign language)
01:27 I know that you don't do this very often, if at all,
01:31 but you're here to celebrate my birthday with me.
01:34 And I am profoundly grateful.
01:39 (speaking in foreign language)
01:40 - Thank you for having me, boy.
01:41 I'm so glad to join you on your birthday.
01:43 When Jojo Gavinete called me and he said,
01:46 "Can you come for Joy's, for boy's birthday?"
01:48 I said, "Absolutely, I don't care what it is.
01:50 "I'm gonna be there."
01:51 - 23 years since you left the business.
01:54 Is there anything that you miss about show business?
01:58 - It's this, it's the relationships.
02:00 I've had incredible relationships in show business.
02:03 And unfortunately, my world is so different now
02:06 that I don't get to interact
02:07 with these wonderful friends of mine like you.
02:10 So I think I miss that the most.
02:12 - What don't you miss about show business?
02:17 - Oh my goodness.
02:18 (speaking in foreign language)
02:19 (speaking in foreign language)
02:20 Even before there was social media.
02:23 Oh, the fake news was really, you know,
02:25 all the intriga and everything,
02:26 but I don't miss fake news.
02:29 - Okay.
02:30 (speaking in foreign language)
02:33 - Oh my gosh.
02:34 I don't think I could ever have survived if it was today.
02:37 Like I have such respect for celebrities,
02:40 people who remain in the spotlight today,
02:42 because oh my gosh,
02:43 I don't know how you manage the social media.
02:46 It's so scary.
02:47 - We have to cope.
02:49 - And the fans, I mean,
02:50 the distance that you had with your fans before,
02:53 although I can imagine that it's wonderful
02:54 to have that closeness today,
02:56 the distance of the fans allowed you to really appreciate,
02:59 when they come to you, they really appreciate you.
03:02 It's such a positive experience,
03:04 rather than today where it's 24/7
03:06 and you're getting a lot of the junk
03:08 together with the positive stuff.
03:10 So we were super lucky during my time,
03:14 but I have great respect for all the guys doing it now.
03:18 (speaking in foreign language)
03:20 They've been blurred.
03:21 And you said it's a different thing now
03:24 with the life that I have today.
03:26 (speaking in foreign language)
03:27 I mean, a lot of people,
03:28 eavesdropping on this conversation would say,
03:30 (speaking in foreign language)
03:33 I mean, can you give us an idea of how it is like?
03:36 - Oh my gosh.
03:37 It's so busy.
03:39 (speaking in foreign language)
03:40 It's very different.
03:42 Equally fulfilling, very busy,
03:46 just like when you're in show business.
03:48 I do much more traveling now, in my life now,
03:52 than I did when I was in show business.
03:54 But I think we're all doing important things,
03:56 whether you're in show business or you're not,
03:58 you're all kind of working on an important mission.
04:00 So it's not that much different.
04:02 - We have roles to play.
04:02 - We have roles to play.
04:03 - Did it come to a point when you started to look at it
04:07 from a very serious point of view?
04:09 What is my process?
04:10 How do I choose my roles?
04:12 Not yet done, I'm not talking about that yet, okay?
04:15 - Did you get into that point?
04:16 - No, I didn't.
04:17 I wish I had.
04:19 I think my process was very clear cut.
04:23 What I said was, I just realized at some point that,
04:27 you know, Filipino fans are amazing.
04:29 They look up to the artists and really try to,
04:34 as a model, as a role model.
04:38 And I didn't realize I was a role model
04:40 until much later in my career.
04:43 And when I found out that I was a role model,
04:46 that's when everything changed.
04:48 And I said, "I wait, I need to be much more careful
04:50 about the roles I choose.
04:52 I need to be much more careful about what I say in public,
04:55 what I wear."
04:56 You know, I became very conscious of the example
05:01 I was giving to the public.
05:03 - When did that happen?
05:04 - It started to happen a little bit before "Darna,"
05:08 but it's solidified in "Darna."
05:10 Because I remember I was on a float.
05:14 I think it was going down Rojas Boulevard
05:17 and I was on a float.
05:19 And I was looking down and you had mga lola,
05:23 you had mga apo.
05:25 - And kids, yeah.
05:26 - Yes, they were all there and they were looking up
05:29 and they couldn't, I think, separate me from the character.
05:34 And therefore I had to be very conscious of how I behave,
05:38 not only to protect the "Darna" image,
05:43 but also to protect what they thought was,
05:46 "How do you behave in the world?"
05:48 And I wanted to be careful that I was modeling
05:50 the behavior I want to see in the world,
05:53 rather than talk about things that were very frivolous.
05:56 So even to this day, I'm very careful about the messaging
06:01 I put out in the world.
06:02 I think that's super important.
06:04 - Up until now, do you get people
06:08 saying, "Are you Darna?"
06:11 - Yeah, yes, but I mean, they'd have to be very old
06:15 to say that.
06:16 Okay, sorry, that's our general, I'm sorry.
06:18 (laughing)
06:20 Okay, I'm putting us down.
06:21 Oh, ouch.
06:22 Okay, no, no.
06:23 - Do you practice saying "Darna?"
06:26 - No, clearly not enough
06:27 because everybody thinks that's so funny.
06:29 I don't know how.
06:30 - My accent.
06:31 - Did I say it with an accent?
06:32 - Bamb, can you help us?
06:33 - I said it with an accent?
06:34 - Yes, uh-uh.
06:34 Darna! - Okay, come on.
06:36 - Bambam, can you just make us--
06:38 - Okay. - He does it very well.
06:40 - Darna!
06:40 - Oh!
06:41 (laughing)
06:43 It's not the way I would say it.
06:45 - It's so cute.
06:46 - Okay.
06:47 - He remembers everything about it.
06:49 - Oh, that's so sweet.
06:50 - He remembers everything about it.
06:51 Is there any other important movie
06:53 that you remember having done?
06:55 - I don't know that it's important,
07:00 but it was certainly one of the more memorable movies,
07:04 and I so enjoyed making it.
07:06 So my first movie with Fernando Poe,
07:09 I subsequently did two more movies with him,
07:13 but I loved my time.
07:16 Any time I'm spending with FBJ is just golden.
07:19 I love the man.
07:21 - Bucket man.
07:22 - He is, it's kind of the golden age of cinema.
07:27 He was like the last, right?
07:29 So he was a complete gentleman,
07:33 larger than life personality,
07:35 just really amazing.
07:40 And when I tried to retire from show business,
07:43 I remember I was in Hong Kong and he called me
07:45 and he said, "You have to come back
07:47 "and shoot another film with me.
07:49 "I promise it'll be your last movie."
07:52 And so he said, "If you come back for two weeks,
07:54 "I'll finish all of your scenes and that's it."
07:57 So I came back, I said, "Ronnie, I'll only come back for you."
08:01 And I did because he's just such an amazing man.
08:04 And I feel really bad that we've lost him,
08:06 but he is incredible.
08:08 - Great man.
08:09 [speaking in foreign language]
08:12 2012, I remember,
08:14 [speaking in foreign language]
08:15 which is now Hope in a Box
08:17 and the permutation for Hope in a Bottle.
08:21 And you've always been passionate
08:23 about doing things for others,
08:25 [speaking in foreign language]
08:27 inspiring others,
08:28 [speaking in foreign language]
08:32 There are people who live to be of service
08:43 to others and to country.
08:45 And you're very passionate about this.
08:47 [speaking in foreign language]
08:48 Where is this coming from?
08:50 My second question is,
08:52 is there anything that will make you come back
08:58 to show business and do at least one movie again?
09:02 The answer, when we come back,
09:05 [speaking in foreign language]
09:06 to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
09:07 [upbeat music]
09:10 [speaking in foreign language]
09:14 Nanette, [speaking in foreign language]
09:17 Hope in a Bottle, 2012, you started this project.
09:22 [speaking in foreign language]
09:25 Talk about it.
09:26 - Oh my goodness.
09:27 [speaking in foreign language]
09:31 We had nothing.
09:34 And I remember you were so kind.
09:37 I told you my story about wanting to support
09:40 public schools and build public schools.
09:42 And [speaking in foreign language]
09:44 public school teacher.
09:45 And so you said, absolutely.
09:47 [speaking in foreign language]
09:48 Because I want to support the public schools
09:51 and I think my mom would love this.
09:53 So you were there from the very beginning.
09:55 I will never forget that.
09:57 And maybe later, I think we have something to share
10:01 because we actually wound up,
10:03 one of our very first classrooms was turned over for you
10:06 in your name in Laguna.
10:08 [speaking in foreign language]
10:09 Yeah, and I don't know if you remember,
10:12 but, and is it okay to do this now?
10:15 - Yes, yes, yes.
10:16 - Okay, so I don't know if you remember,
10:18 but when we got there, you were your usual,
10:21 you know, amazing self and you showed up for the turnover.
10:24 The kids were so happy, the parents, the teachers.
10:27 And when we were there, you gave them a Philippine flag
10:32 that they could hoist above the school
10:37 because [speaking in foreign language]
10:39 at that time, a good flag for you
10:43 or for your classroom.
10:45 And I just want to let you know that this morning,
10:47 our team was actually at your school, at your classroom.
10:53 And the very flag that you gave them 10 years ago,
10:57 they would like to give back to you.
10:58 They've been using it.
11:00 [audience awing]
11:01 They've been using it for the past 10 years.
11:05 And if you'll notice,
11:06 [speaking in foreign language]
11:10 but very well used, and they would like to return it to you
11:13 as a thank you for 10 years.
11:15 - Thank you, Nabila.
11:16 - Of children learning in your classroom.
11:18 And I remember on that day, boy was very emotional
11:22 because he said-- - I was.
11:23 I am now.
11:24 - Yeah, he said, "I get many gifts in my life,
11:28 "but none is more meaningful than a Philippine flag
11:32 "because you are, if nothing, a patriot, boy."
11:35 And from a public school, your mom would be so happy.
11:40 [speaking in foreign language]
11:44 And being able to share on what you're doing
11:50 is actually providing hope,
11:52 providing classrooms for kids
11:55 means so much to me in a very, very, very personal way.
12:00 - Yes, well, [speaking in foreign language]
12:06 this is because of your mom.
12:08 And so [speaking in foreign language]
12:16 and we know how special your mom is to you.
12:20 And they said there was a photo shoot
12:24 in one of your commercials.
12:27 [speaking in foreign language]
12:28 And so [speaking in foreign language]
12:31 for your birthday.
12:32 They want to give it to you
12:33 and wish you a very, very, very, very happy birthday.
12:37 - Oh.
12:38 [audience applauding]
12:45 [speaking in foreign language]
12:49 Oh my God.
12:50 Nanai was a public school teacher.
12:54 She was a grade one teacher.
12:56 For 41 years, 11 months, and two days,
13:00 she made sure that I remember the statistics.
13:05 She made sure it was not 42 years.
13:08 She made sure it was not 41 years.
13:10 She made sure I always say,
13:12 41 years, 11 months, and two days.
13:15 And I am proud.
13:16 I am proud.
13:18 [audience applauding]
13:22 Thank you.
13:25 - You're welcome.
13:26 [speaking in foreign language]
13:28 Talking about how we would like to be remembered.
13:31 People would say,
13:32 "How do you want yourself to be remembered?"
13:34 And I would say,
13:36 you know, some people would not agree if they say,
13:37 "I was, I tried to be the best host.
13:40 "I tried to be the best interviewer."
13:43 That's debatable.
13:45 But when I say,
13:47 I was the best child to my mother,
13:49 I'm okay.
13:51 [speaking in foreign language]
13:53 - And she was so proud of you.
13:54 - She was.
13:55 She really was.
13:57 But let's go back to Hope.
13:59 How does this work?
14:00 [speaking in foreign language]
14:04 - Okay.
14:06 [speaking in foreign language]
14:07 - No, no, no, no.
14:08 [speaking in foreign language]
14:12 - Well, I mean,
14:18 Hope is both, yes, a water,
14:20 but it's also a concept, right?
14:21 I mean,
14:22 if all of us can do at least one good thing
14:26 for another each day,
14:28 then I think the world just becomes a better place.
14:30 And in our case,
14:31 we have a water now.
14:32 [speaking in foreign language]
14:37 We really go and build classrooms
14:39 in some of the really desperate communities
14:42 around the country.
14:43 So that's the way we do it at Hope.
14:45 But that doesn't mean that's the only way
14:47 that you can do good in your life, right?
14:51 Every day you make a choice.
14:53 And I think that if you can just do one good thing,
14:56 the world is so much better for it.
14:58 [speaking in foreign language]
14:59 - Let me go back to show business.
15:00 [speaking in foreign language]
15:04 And perhaps just do one movie.
15:07 What would this be?
15:08 - I have no idea.
15:10 I have no idea.
15:11 I've never thought about it.
15:12 And I can't imagine what it would be, but.
15:15 - But for example,
15:16 it's a movie that would help your advocacies,
15:21 that would probably help Hope.
15:23 We can think of a title like "Pag-asa."
15:27 [laughing]
15:29 - Build classrooms.
15:30 - Build classrooms.
15:32 The story of classrooms.
15:33 - I don't know what I can do, but yeah.
15:36 - I mean, is it something that you wouldn't even think about?
15:41 - I don't think about it.
15:43 [speaking in foreign language]
15:46 I don't think anyone will miss me if I don't come back.
15:49 - No.
15:51 [laughing]
15:53 It would be so exciting.
15:54 It would be so exciting.
15:56 I just miss you.
15:57 And [speaking in foreign language]
16:01 My last question is,
16:02 how did it feel coming back to studio?
16:04 How did it feel coming into GMA7?
16:08 How did it feel to be embraced again
16:10 by the industry that you were once part of?
16:13 - It's so amazing.
16:14 The last time that I was here at Channel 7,
16:17 this building was not here yet.
16:18 [laughing]
16:20 I was like, "Oh, there's a building here."
16:22 So it's been a while,
16:24 but can I just say your staff met me downstairs
16:27 and it's been an amazing experience up to here.
16:30 And everyone was just,
16:33 I remember the warmth that came with this job
16:36 and I do miss that.
16:37 So thank you so much.
16:39 [speaking in foreign language]
16:40 [audience applauding]
16:44 - I don't know, we usually end this program
16:46 by doing acting exercises or dancing or doing TikTok,
16:50 but we're making an exception.
16:52 Yes, I'm gonna end there,
16:53 but I have to give the flowers first.
16:55 - Oh, thank you.
16:56 - And I will have to do fast talk with you.
16:58 - Okay, oh my God.
16:59 [audience applauding]
17:02 - I will have to do fast talk with Ms. Nanette Medved.
17:05 - I said I didn't wanna hear the questions
17:06 'cause I'm so nervous.
17:08 I just left, I didn't do the interview.
17:11 - We have to do this quickly.
17:13 - Oh my gosh.
17:13 - We have how many minutes?
17:15 Two minutes.
17:16 And our time, Nanette, begins now.
17:19 Darna, Narda.
17:21 - Darna.
17:22 - Superhero, super mom.
17:23 - Ooh, super mom.
17:25 - Hope, love.
17:26 - Hope.
17:27 - Beauty or brains?
17:28 - Brains.
17:29 - Public or private?
17:30 - Private.
17:31 - Loud or soft?
17:32 - Soft.
17:33 - Bottle of water or bottle of wine?
17:35 - Bottle of wine?
17:36 [audience laughing]
17:37 - Lilipad or lalangoy?
17:38 - Lilipad.
17:40 - Favorite movie you did?
17:42 - Dito sa Pitong Gatang.
17:44 - Your favorite leading man?
17:45 - FBJ.
17:46 - Your beauty secret?
17:48 - Clearly none.
17:49 [laughing]
17:51 - One thing you're grateful for?
17:53 - Only one?
17:54 - Yeah.
17:55 - The relationships in my life.
17:57 - One thing you're proud of?
17:59 - My children.
17:59 - What's your prayer to God?
18:01 - This is gonna be a Miss Universe moment.
18:05 - Yes.
18:06 - Oh my gosh.
18:07 Of course I pray for,
18:09 I pray for goodness in this world.
18:12 - Is that lights on or lights off?
18:14 - For what?
18:17 Okay.
18:18 - In whatever context you want.
18:19 - Shining the light on the plastic pollution problem
18:23 on my staff.
18:24 Okay, okay.
18:25 Thank you, Athalee.
18:26 - So is that on or off?
18:29 - On.
18:30 Shining the light on the plastic pollution problem.
18:32 - I get it.
18:33 Happiness or chocolates?
18:34 - Oh, somebody told me earlier what that means.
18:38 [laughing]
18:39 Can I just say happiness?
18:41 [laughing]
18:43 - Best time for happiness, Nanette.
18:45 - Oh, come on.
18:46 [laughing]
18:48 Hmm, I don't know.
18:50 - Complete the sentence.
18:53 I am Nanette Medved-Po,
18:56 and I am a woman of
18:59 action.
19:00 [bell dinging]
19:01 [audience applauding]
19:04 - Nanette, maraming maraming salamat.
19:07 - Thank you.
19:08 - Thank you very much.
19:09 And thank you for making all of us happy.
19:13 I'm very happy that you could join me today.
19:15 Maraming salamat.
19:16 Naytay kapuso, maraming maraming salamat po
19:19 sa inyong pagpapatuloy sa amin,
19:20 sa inyong mga tahanan at puso araw-araw.
19:22 Bukas po, abangan niyo po makakasama po
19:25 ang isa pang kaibigan,
19:27 ang nag-iisang Jessica Soho,
19:29 para maki-birthday din po sa atin.
19:32 And yes, be kind.
19:34 Make your Nana and Tare proud.
19:35 Hashtag say thank you.
19:37 And just one, isa lang,
19:39 do one good thing a day,
19:40 and let's make this world a better place.
19:43 Goodbye for now, and God bless.
19:44 [audience applauding]
19:45 [upbeat music]
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