Paolo Contis on relationship with Yen Santos: It’s doing great
Paolo Contis recently explained why he’s keeping his relationship with girlfriend Yen Santos away from the public eye. The actor was also asked for his reaction to news about the upcoming wedding of his ex, LJ Reyes.
“It’s a very conscious decision. It’s quiet and better. It’s doing great,” he said when asked by The STAR and a few other reporters if he was intentionally keeping his relationship off social media, on the sidelines of a look test for his upcoming film, Fuchsia Libre, with Volpi Best Actor John Arcilla over the weekend. (The father-and-son story is Paolo’s fourth film with the production company this year; more on this in a separate story.)
Past experiences led to this decision to be more private. “Yun na nga ang naging problema… masyado nang maraming alam, which is, again, also my mistake. I shared too much, I shared a lot and then I stopped there. So hanggang dun lang alam nila. So nung nag-decision tayo na ‘wag na maglabas, hanggang dun lang alam nila,” he said.
Asked if that meant he also had no plans of bringing Yen to public events, like his premieres, the actor said, “Wala naman ganun. Eventually maybe,” adding that he just wants to protect Yen from bashers.
“For now, you know, I will not subject her to any criticism just because I want to be with her in public. She does not deserve that,” he said.
“Ganun din naman kung lumabas kami sa premiere night or kung lumabas kami for dinner, dinner nalang kaming dalawa, mas tahimik.”
He is open to working with Yen on another film after their first film together, A Faraway Land (2021), also under MAVX. “‘Pag gusto na niya, I think mag-aano na yan. Naniniwala ako MAVX would get her, if there will be an opportunity.”
“Nag-e-enjoy siya ngayon eh (away from the cameras),” he said.
Does Paolo ever entertain the idea of settling down?
“Darating rin naman yun, darating yung time na yun…,” he admitted.
“Yung nangyayari sa akin ngayon, itong lahat ng trabahong ito, blessing ito, kasama ito sa pag-aayos ng lahat para sa future mo and everything. And ‘pag lahat maging maayos, that’s the only time we can think about that. Siempre ayoko maging unfair sa lahat ng parties (I don’t want to be unfair to all parties). Gusto ko kapag ready, malinis lahat. I think Yen deserves that.”
Asked if Yen is “the one” for him, he said, “Oo naman, bakit hindi? I mean, yung pinagdaanan naman… She’s a very, very good person. Katulad ng sinabi ko, she deserves a clean slate.”
As the whole industry knows, the start of their relationship was fraught with controversy and the actor bombarded with criticism. It has been two years since, but his career didn’t take a heavy hit.
“Mahirap yung time na yun. Hanggang ngayon naman… pero again, ‘pag yung core samahan, yung mga sinasamahan mo eh okay naman, kumbaga hindi ka napabayaan, malaki ang suporta… never kong inakala maano ko siya, madadaanan ko siya, masu-survive ko siya.”
Paolo is probably at his busiest these days with a daily TV show and successive movies. And for that, he is grateful.
“Thankful ako na… siguro, testimony? That at the end of the day, in this industry, importante, hindi yung personal mo na problema, kasi kahit pinagdadaanan ko yun, I made sure na maayos ako ka-trabaho, na professional ako, na ginagawa ko ang kailangan kong gawin.
“And now that the blessings are coming in… lagi kong sinasabi, halimbawa ako yung… gusto kong may doctor ako, na nuknukan ng galing but may personal siya na problema, ‘di ko siya kukunin dahil mayroon siya na personal na mali? I think hindi di ba? So, for me, sana ganun din ang tao pagdating sa ganun. Hiwalay yung personal ko.”
Paolo, nevertheless, readily owned up to past mistakes.
“Yes, mali. Maraming mali and yes inaayos ko siya personally na ‘di niyo kailangan malaman but I hope you also see the professional side that I’m doing what I can at work. I’m thankful to MAVX, GMA, Sparkle, TAPE because they’re looking at my professionalism, not my personal problems.”
One press member, who was close to Paolo, told him that with his career going well, he hoped the actor’s relationship with his three daughters — one with LJ and two with ex-wife Lian Paz — will be fully OK.
“It will come,” he said, expressing hope, but tightlipped on the matter.
Asked what his prayer was on that aspect, “ang lagi kong prayer sana hindi kayo makialam,” he joked, before turning serious while explaining, “Kasi alam mo, sa akin lang, the problem is… I hope you understand that anything you say, iibahin yan.
“So mas magandang tumahimik kasi kung ano man ang sabihin ko ngayon, yung mga magagaling na vlogger and content creator kukuha ng picture ko umiiyak, kukunin yung ganun para sa clickbait para kumita.”
Meanwhile, Paolo was also asked for his reaction to LJ’s upcoming marriage in the US.
“Of course, I’m very happy for her na nakita niya yung pag-ibig,” he sincerely expressed. “I don’t have anything bad to say, she has the right to be happy. Karapatan niya yun and I’m very happy that she’s happy.”
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