Liza Soberano naglabas ng saloobin— for the first time I’m finally living my life for me

SHOWBIZ KONEK
ni Maricris Valdez Nicasio

NAGLABAS ng saloobin si Liza Soberano sa sa mga kaganapan sa kanyang buhay noon at sa bagong karera niya ngayon.

Idinaan ni Liza sa kanyang 14 minute vlog ang mga naging pakikibaka o paglaban sa showbiz industry.

Inamin ni Liza na pansamantala siyang nanahimik sa social media dahil sa dami ng pagbabagong nangyayari sa kanyang buhay.

“Hey, it’s been a while. I know I’ve been distant but please know it wasn’t my intention to make you feel abandoned. I was going through some changes and everything was coming at me so fast. I didn’t have the time to fully process what was going on and slowly found myself getting lost in the motion,” umpisa ng aktres.

Sinabi rin nitong dahil sa pandemya marami siyang realization at isa na nga roon ang  paglaya sa showbiz na kanyang kinalakihan.

“Twenty twenty two, coming out of the pandemic, I was feeling very lost and introspective. I had just ended my contract with star magic and Tito Ogie. At this point, I had been working for over a decade with no real break since I was a kid.

“The pandemic was the first time in my life where I was allowed to stop and be still. This forced me to think I didn’t have a childhood nor did I have the chance to grow and become an adult on my own terms.

“I had always been told what to do, what to wear, what to say and what not to say. I know this was for my own good. It was to protect me and my career.

“But it was a career I had no say in. A career that in many ways wasn’t mine. I didn’t even choose the name Liza, it was chosen for me.”

Pero nilinaw ng aktres na ibinabahagi niya ang mga ito hindi para manghinayang kundi para magpasalamat.

“Now this is not a story of bitterness or regret. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s a story about growth and gratitude. At 24 years old, I was finally given the choice to decide my own path.”

Kaya naman nang dumating ang offer ng Careless management ni James Reid kinuha niya ang pagkakataon na mapunta rito dahil katwiran niya, ito lang ang nagbigay sa kanya ng kalayaan para gawin ang kanyang gusto.

“I had been approached by so many different management companies before, and it was the first time any of them had asked me what I wanted, what made me happy.

“People were shocked when word got around that I had signed up to a startup company. But what they didn’t understand was that I chose a team that wanted to support my vision, rather than lay one out for me,” pglalahad ni Liza.

Bagamat alam ni Liza na marami ang nagulat sa biglaan niyang pagpapalit ng management, iginiit niyang dito siya masaya.

“I struggled with how some people were disappointed and upset with my decision, and even started doubting myself. Many thought I had changed, but that wasn’t changed. It was in fact the first real choice I made for myself,” ani Liza.

Idinagdag pa ni Liza na marami na ang nangyari mula nang napuntasiya sa ilalim ng management ni James. Isa na ang pagpunta niya sa South Korea na nakilala niya ng personal ang ilang paborito niyang Korean stars, pati na rin ang pagsabak niya sa Hollywood film na Lisa Frankenstein. Dahil dito naging kaibigan niya ang bida ng pelikula na si Catherine Cole at ang direktor nitong si Zelda Williams.

Sinabi pa ni Liza sa kanyang vlog na tumatanda na siya at nais na niyang maging malaya, iyong siya mismo ang nagdedesisyon sa kanyang sarili.

Isinakripisyo na raw kasi niya ang halos buong buhay niya sa showbiz industry at ito na ang tamang panahon upang magbago na ito.

“I’m 25 years old now and I think people forget that I’ve been working for 13 years now since I was 12 years old. And I’ve been in six feature films over 500 episodes of teleseryes and have only really dabbled into three main genres: romance, comedy and drama.

“And since I was 16, I had only really worked side by side with one main co-star with the same production company, rotating around the same three directors. And during all those years, I was never really asked for my input, my thoughts, my ideas. I felt like I was being told to be just a flower for so long and I finally started to explore a world of being able to create and tell my story.

“I’ve sacrificed my childhood, I’ve sacrificed my freedom and I’ve sacrificed my happiness to present Liza soberano to the world. And I think that I’ve earned the right to finally be me, to finally be able to do things for me as Hope Soberano.

“I’ve embarked on a fresh new chapter and I’m finally taking control of my life, pursuing dreams that I’ve always had to hold off on and it’s exciting, terrifying, anxiety-filled and confusing. But what I know for sure is that for the first time I’m finally living my life for me.”