CSC@60: Celebs speak up about their memorable moments with Charo Santos-Concio

EJ Salut

<div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>ABS-CBN President and CEO Charo Santos-Concio is one of the most well-respected and beloved icons of the Philippine entertainment industry. As she marks her 60th  birthday this week, some celebrities reveal their best moments with ABS-CBN’s leading lady.</div><div><br/></div><div><b>Piolo Pascual</b></div><div><b><br/></b></div><div style='text-align: center; '><b><img src='' alt='102715-csc1_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></b></div><div><br/></div><div>She made me sing <i>Kahit Isang Saglit d</i>uring an <i>MMK</i> concert in Intramuros. And I was so nervous. It was such a long time ago. I was just starting out. It was 1995, if I’m not mistaken. We just did the movie <i>Kahit Isang Saglit</i> with Judy Ann (Santos). <i>Basta</i> more than 15 years ago. It was nerve wracking but Tita Charo, the giggly Tita Charo was there to make me feel as if I were the best singer in town, though I knew, I wasn’t in my best element, but she made me feel so secure that I never forgot that day. </div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><b>Judy Ann Santos</b></div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center;'><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc2_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc2_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>She would always be there to back me up.<i> Halimbawa, sa</i> <i>I Do</i>, <i>naniwala siya kila</i> Direk Lauren <i>na</i> I can do it. <i>Isa siya sa mga tao na naniniwala na</i> I can do it, <i>kahit ako, minsan hindi naniniwala sa sarili ko</i>. “<i>Kaya mo yan.</i> You just have to do it,” <i>sabi niya</i>. To me, it’s like “how can you see this and I don’t?” She would always validate me. When God made a special package, she was one of them, <i>at ipinadala siya sa Pilipinas. </i></div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><b>Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo</b></div><div><b><br/></b></div><div style='text-align: center; '><b><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc3_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc3_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></b></div><div><br/></div><div>Daniel: Tita Charo for me, <i>siya ang larawan ng napaka-eleganteng</i> boss, <i>malumanay,</i> graceful at <i>higit sa lahat</i>, “beauty and brains.” </div><div><br/></div><div>Kathryn: Feeling<i> ko siya yung</i> someone <i>na pwede mong makausap</i> or <i>malapitan</i> if you have questions or if you need anything. </div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><b>Willie Revillame</b></div><div><b><br/></b></div><div style='text-align: center; '><b><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc4_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc4_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></b></div><div><br/></div><div>Charo Santos for me, is the light. She is the candle. She is the chandelier, not just in ABS (CBN), but in the industry, not just for artists, but also for production people. She’s what you call “First Lady <i>ng</i> Broadcasting TV.”</div><div><br/></div><div>CSC-C is for ‘comfort,’ she comforts you. S is for ‘sweetness.’ C is for ‘communication.’ She communicates comfort because of her sweetness. </div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><b>Kim Chiu </b></div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc5_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc5_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>CSC taught me: 1. To love my job <i>pero…</i> 2. <i>Wag ko kalimutan yung sarili ko</i>. Before she would tell me<i>, “Kailangan mo talaga kumain para bigyan pa kita ng </i>work.” </div><div><br/></div><div>The way she talks <i>kasi</i> it’s very sincere, <i>parang hindi niya lang iyon sinasabi para mayroon siyang sabihin</i>. She really talks to you like you’re her own daughter.</div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><b>Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III</b></div><div><b><br/></b></div><div style='text-align: center; '><b><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/102715/PUSH%20PIN/102715-csc6_pushpins.jpg' alt='102715-csc6_pushpins.jpg' width='600' height='435' align='center' border='0'><br/></b></div><div><br/></div><div>My very first impression of Charo? <i>Probinsyana</i>. Barrio lass. Very innocent. Very conservative. But as it turns out, she is very driven, intense and passionate individual. All these things came out later on. In the beginning she strikes you as somebody who will fall apart at the first problem, and like any bamboo, she did not fall apart. She bent with the winds and then she came whipping right back. If you ever wronged her, she will get you. There’s no doubt about that. She is a very intense individual and very passionate about what she does, which is important because this business can consume you. You can work at it for 24 hours a day, and there is still so much to be done. The pressure is always unrelenting but those who thrive and flourish in this kind of setting are like steel that has been forged in the hottest of fires. They become diamonds that glitter in our constellation of stars. And that is Charo.</div><div><br/></div><div><i>For more anecdotes about Charo Santos-Concio, read the ABS-CBN Publishing Inc. book Charo and I.</i></div><div><br/></div>

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