Regine Velasquez revealed that growing up, she always looked up to Sharon Cuneta.
“Madami [akong iniidolo bata ako] pero yung talagang idol na idol ko, si Sharon Cuneta. Sharonian kasi talaga ako. At si Kuh Ledesma. Pero si Sharon yung talagang hanggang ngayon, nasa-star struck ako sa kanya. Ganun ko siya talaga kagusto, ka-iniidolo,” she said in an interview on I Feel U on Sunday, August 16.
She remarked that aside from being a singer, she was also inspired by the Mega Star as an actress. The Asia's Songbird relayed that she always saved money back then to watch Sharon's films.
“Yung mga pelikula niya kasi noon araw, relate na relate ako. Feeling ko ako 'yun eh. I have seen most of her movies sa cinema ha. Nag-iipon talaga kami para makapanood ng Sharon Cuneta movie,” she stated.
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Now that she is a singer-actress herself, Regine said that she is happy that she is able to inspire others too by using her God's given talent.
“I feel happy and I feel very proud. I don’t know what I did right that these people are wanting to imitate me or even idolize me. Hindi ako sure kung ano ang ginawa ko kasi parang sa akin, gift ito ni Lord. Binigyan ako ng pagkakataon to make our lives better para sa family ko so ginamit ko,” she stated.