Pops Fernandez is currently single but is hoping to find someone to be with someday.
“I think there was a time siyempre sad ka, siyempre mas younger ka, I think you are more needy. You are unsure of yourself and you feel you need someone,” said the singer-actress in a press conference for TV5 and Viva Entertainment’s For the Love weekly series.
“I’m not saying I don’t need anyone (but) it would be nice to have an understanding, loving partner. Somebody who can, like watch movies with, travel with, of course. But right now, I am also enjoying doing my own thing,” she continued.
“And I’m taking advantage of that because I get to spend a lot of time (with myself and children). Although they’ve grown up and they’re now in the US, I get to make my own decisions, I get to make my own schedules, so when I want to see my boys anytime, I don’t need to ask permission (from anyone) and all that.”
But she is not “closing doors” on the possibility of meeting “somebody whom I can watch movies, hold hands with, travel with” in the future.
If there’s one piece of advice she would have given herself 20 years ago about love, it would be: “Be more sure of yourself and don’t be scared.”
Pops recalled, “Back in the day, I was shy. (When) I felt something, I didn’t say it. I kept it to myself. So, I think part of a very healthy relationship is really communication. That’s what I would like to tell myself then. Sana mas sure lang ako, (I wish) I was not afraid to express myself. When I felt something, I was honest enough to say it.”
On her advice to people who have cheating partners and how they can move forward, Pops acknowledged that “everyone is different (but) whatever it is, it’s painful.”
“The actual or just the looking, you know, just the texting to another person, it’s all painful. It’s hard to give advice about that because it depends on how strong you are… It takes both kasi. Again, two people have to be willing to work it out,” she mused.
“But what I can say is that, at the end of the day, when all of that is done, and somehow you will get over it, you have to. You have to be strong enough to get over it. Obviously, you will become a stronger and better person. Hopefully, you won’t allow it to happen. Hahaha!”
In For the Love romance drama anthology, the 56-year-old host is the narrator of the show, featuring the tales of love and loss as presented by some of this generation’s rising actors. In the show, she also serenades the viewers with classic and modern Original Pilipino Music (OPM) hits from Viva Records. The 13-episode series airs Saturdays at 3:20 p.m. on TV5.
Speaking of music, Pops picked her newly-dropped single titled Always Loved as the current soundtrack of her life. She will be staging a concert next year, she shared.
Following the viral dressing room incident of Lea Salonga and her fans, Pops was also asked about how she would deal with fans eager to meet her backstage during her concerts.
“There’s always say, we have a system kasi ‘di ba? That’s why everyone is given a pass so that we would know who’s part of the production (team) and (who are the) artists. Before the show starts, we have to prepare, we dress up and everything,” she said.
“I think people should understand that there’s kumbaga sa rules, ‘Ito, dito ka, ito dito ka pwedeng pumasok and all.’ And so far, they (people we talk to) all understand that. Of course, we know that they are also excited. I’m also a fan. As a fan, we do get excited and that’s understandable. I hope that they also get to understand that,” added the Philippines’ Concert Queen.