Walang problema kahit Chinese ang mapapangasawa: BENJAMIN, nakapagpatayo na ng bahay bago sila ikasal ni CHELSEA

SA January 28, 2024 na ang kasal nina Benjamin Alves at girlfriend niyang si Chelsea Robato, kaya excited na siya.

Kuwento pa ng aktor, “Kapag napag-uusapan yung mga schedules, mga kulay, dun ako medyo nalulula kasi ang dami nga palang preparations, but we have a really great wedding coordinator, si Kim Torres.”

Hands-on sila ni Chelsea sa mga preparasyon para sa kanilang pag-iisang dibdib.

“Yeah, si Chelsea super hands-on, si Chelsea talaga, it’s her day,” ang nakangiting sambit pa ni Benjamin.

Gusto nilang magkaroon agad ng baby kasunod ng kanilang kasal.

“May plano na po, hindi ko lang po gustong sabihin kung kailan but may plano naman po, pero may specific… bilang Chinese si Chelsea, may specific kung anong year ang mas maganda.”

Mahilig raw sina Benjamin at Chelsea sa bata.

“Yeah, I think we’re both ready, I think we’re both excited for it.

“Iyon naman po yung goal namin, kaya hopefully maka-find kami ng time after the wedding na makapagpahinga, para makapag-honeymoon ng maayos.”

Pinoy si Benjamin at Chinese ang kanyang mapapangasawa, at very close raw siya sa pamilya, lalo na sa mommy ni Chelsea.

At bongga si Benjamin dahil hindi pa man sila ikinakasal ay may titirahan na sila ni Chelsea dahil nakapagpatayo na siya ng bahay.

“Yeah, meron na po kami ni Chelsea, okay na,” ang nakangiting rebelasyon pa ni Benjamin.

Napapanood si Benjamin bilang si Eric sa ‘Magandang Dilag’ sa GMA Afternoon Prime.

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NAKAPANAYAM namin ang American/South Korean actor na si Ellis Gage via Zoom; siya ang gumaganap bilang si Joshua sa BL (Boys Love) series na ‘Stay’ na kasalukuyang napapanood sa Youtube channel na Team Campy Entertainment.

Bida rin sa series ang Fil-Am actor na si Sebastian Castro (bilang si Andre) na naka-base na rin ngayon sa Amerika kung saan kinunan ang kabuuuan ng ‘Stay’

Ang mga lumikha at direktor ng Stay ay sina Dexter Paglinawan Hemedez at Allan Michael Ibañez ng Team Campy Entertainment na mga direktor rin ng critically-acclaimed indie film na ‘1st Sem’ noong 2016 na pinagbidahan ng multi-awarded actress na si Lotlot de Leon (na nasa cast rin ng ‘Stay’) at then-newbie actor na si Darwin Uy na isa ng Regal baby ngayon.

Una naming itinanong kay Ellis ay kung ano ang naramdaman niya habang pinapanood na sa wakas ang kanilang BL series ni Sebastian.

“Well, oh it was just very, very cool to see our finished product, especially after you, you know, we shot things out of order.

“And you know, while you’re there it feels one way. But you know, while you’re watching it and seeing the amazing work that, like Dexter and Allan did, and post like it, it looks like something else.

“So it’s yeah, it was very, very cool to sort of see it all come to fruition, you know. See how it reads, see how everything scans.

“And I’m just super stoked that people have been as excited as we have about it,” ang nakangiting sinabi ni Ellis.

Sa tunay na buhay, sa ngayon ay walang karelasyon si Ellis.

“I’m not. I’m just, I’m busy,” at tumawa si Ellis.

“Honestly, I think that would be a little exhausting right now. “But yeah, it’s not a thing I’m turned off to or opposed to. But I’m very much single at the moment.”

Sa pagkakaalam namin, si Sebastian, na tulad ni Ellis ay miyembro ng LGBTQIA+ community, ay single rin.

”I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m not… I’m not sure. We haven’t talked about it very much. And we talk a lot, you know, and that’s something that’s so lovely like sometimes he’ll just call me, and we’ll like talk for a while, and he’ll just want to like, tell me about life and his dogs.

“It was like super special to make a friend like Sebastian in this process. But yeah, you’d have to ask him if he’s single,” at natawa si Ellis.

Hindi ba sila nagkaroon ng connection romantically ni Sebastian habang ginagawa nila ang Stay?

“A romantic connection… you know, you know what it was? We just we really really respected each other a lot as actors and as people.

“It was… yeah, it would take two to answer that,” at tumawa si Ellis.

May komunikasyon pa rin sila ni Sebastian haggang ngayon.

“Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, we we still see each other.

“We talk all the time. I, yeah, online, that person. Yeah, I know sadly, we live in very different states. I know Sebastian’s based in Georgia, like down South right now. And I’m based in New York City, in like the theater industry scene.”

Nasa Taiwan si Ellis habang kausap namin via Zoom.

“I’m doing a musical, the musical ‘Next To Normal’, it had a very successful run in New York like over ten years ago, and it has recently been brought here to Taiwan for the very first time so I am here right now working on that.”

Bago ang ‘Stay’, anu-ano na ang mga proyektong nagawa ni Ellis?

“Let’s see, like film projects? I was on like two projects with major studios when I was very, very young. I worked on ‘Chasing Life’ on ABC and ‘American Hustle’ the 2012 Oscar winner, but I am in very, very small parts in both.

“I sort of did some independent work, you know. I’ve done a lot of voice over work for animation and yeah, like, I have done like some commercial stuff like some modeling stuff.

“So I wasn’t super, super new to the process and like to being in front of the camera. But something of this scale and a role this big, I think, was definitely new to me.

“So ‘Stay’ was something very exciting to tackle on a total new adventure.”

(ROMMEL L. GONZALES)