Inamin din ng binata na dahil sa My Binondo Girl, naging malapit na magkaibigan sila ni Xian. “We’re like brothers, literally brothers. Minsan hate niya ako kasi tinutukso ko siya lagi. It’s like a brother-to-brother thing. We tease each other, we make fun of each other. We have a good time and then kapag wala kami sa Binondo set we call each other na kamusta ka na. We’re brothers, we’re good friends.”
At ngayon may pelikula si Matteo, natanong din kung naisip niya bang hindi man siya ang bida na ngayon sa My Binondo Girl, bida naman na siya sa sarili niyang pelikula. “Hindi naman, hindi naman, wala namang kumpetisyon. He is in the movie also, this is his first movie also and wala naman. There is no competition and lagi ko naman sinasabi sa kanya na, ‘Bro let’s not compete with each other. This is work and let’s do our best all the time and let’s never compete.’”
Maganda ang pasok ng taon kay Matteo at sobrang grateful lang siya sa lahat ng natatamasa niyang blessings at isa na nga dito ang movie nila ni Maja Salvador under Star Cinema na My Cactus Heart. “This makes me smile just thinking about na may pelikula ako. It’s a dream come true and I can’t ask for more, it is a dream come true.”
Maliban sa pelikulang ito, marami ang nag-aabang kung ano ang mga projects in store kay Matteo ngayong 2012. “Sana tuloy-tuloy po yung blessings. Hopefully I can get a new soap, but if ever I will concentrate on my hosting sa HYY (Happy Yipee Yehey) kasi HYY is also a blessing because we go around and we help lots of people–yung mga kababayan natin—and everything. And I really want to concentrate on the noontime show. Ibibihasa ko pa yung hosting ko then to share joy with the other people.”