Karylle on It's Showtime's rivals in the noontime slot: 'Mali 'yung goal.'

Bernie Franco

<img src='' alt='020212-karylle_main.jpg' border='0' height='290' width='305' align='left'>Magsisimula na ang It’s Showtime sa February 6, Monday, sa noontime slot. Malaking hamon ito sa nasabing show na naging sobrang successful sa dalawang taon sa morning slot. Masaya si Karylle dahil sa pagkakataon dahil masaya ang samahan ng mga hosts nila like Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Vice Ganda, Kim Atienza, Ryan Bang, Coleen Garcia, at iba pa. “Ang nakakatuwa naman kasi sa Showtime family is sobrang bonded lahat kami,” say ng actress-host sa recent press conference ng kanyang latest endorsement, ang Jeunesse Anion Sanitary Napkins. “Actually, sila marami nang napagdaanan since before kasi new additions lang kami… Basta marami nang pinagdaanan. Sa two years na ‘yon minsan nagtataka ‘yung mga tao kasi sobra ‘yung iyakan namin, ‘yung closeness namin, siguro minsan napi-feel namin talaga siya.” Sa thank you episode ng Showtime noong isang lingo naging emosyunal ang mga hosts dahil nagpaalam sila sa morning slot. “Sobrang walang iwanan ‘yung grupo,” paliwanag ni Karylle. “Lumalakas ‘yung loob ng bawat isa, suportahan dito. So I think sa napag-usapan namin, we’re taking this challenge as a family, so I don’t think we’ll go wrong, as long as we’re together.” Naitanong din ng Push.com.ph sa actress-host kung kabado ba sila na institusyon ang tatapatan nilang programa. “’Yung sa mga napag-usapan namin nag-family meeting kami, sobra akong natuwa nung narinig ko ‘yung words na we are not here to compete with anyone. We are just going to continue making people happy. I think ‘yun talaga ‘yung point, eh. ‘Pag masyado mo kasing inisip ‘yung ratings medyo mali ‘yung goal. I was talking to my (Kitchen Musical) director in Singapore and he was telling me, ‘You know, ratings is the old school way of looking at things.’ And this is somebody outside of the country so his opinion may or may not matter. For us it may or may not apply but there are more ways now to see the success of the program. I’m just keeping an open mind on how we can talagang gauge the success of a program and maybe sometimes it may not be in those numbers, but the numbers of the people na talaga namang napasaya and affected. Kasi ‘yung akala ng mga tao na mawawala ang Showtime, parang nalungkot ang mga tao especially ‘yung sa TFC (The Filipino Channel) kasi ‘yun daw ang source of joy. “Sabi ko nga ako nga rin nung nasa Singapore ako for four months, ‘yung Showtime pinapalabas nila 10 to 10:30 (AM) pero may replay ng midnight at ‘yun ‘yung naabutan ko kasi may trabaho ng umaga and nawawala ang lungkot mo kasi feeling mo nakikitawanan ka sa mga tao.” Nagsalita rin si Karylle sa kondisyong pangkalusugan ni Dolphy, ang partner ng kanyang nanay na si ZsaZsa Padilla. “Hindi ko pa nakakausap si Mama but nakita ko siya nung Chinese New Year and nabati ko naman siya and he’s still in very high spirits and alam mo ‘yon parang he is one person na talaga namang very positive ang aura.” Aware nga rin daw siya na maraming tagahanga ni Dolphy ang nag-aalala sa kanya. “Oo nga I’m sure pero siyempre kailangan parang hindi sya masyadong magpaka-busy at magpakapagod,” sagot ni Karylle.

Rather than focus on competing with its ricals, Karylle says the  staff of Showtime would rather focus on bringing joy to people.

Karylle on It's Showtime's rivals in the noontime slot: 'Mali 'yung goal.' | PUSH.COM.PH