Lauren hindi pa rin kaibigan ang tingin kay Janine

Unang gumawa ng hakbang si Janine Gutierrez upang lapitan si Lauren Young. Magkasama ang dalawang aktres sa bagong GMA afternoon prime na Legally Blind na ang common denominator ay naging girlfriend pareho ni Elmo Magalona.

Inasahan na ni Lauren na mauungkat ang isyu sa grand mediacon ng series. Eh kilala siya sa pagiging prangka kaya ikinatuwa niyang sinabi na si Janine ang unang lumapit sa kanya para mawala ang ilangan sa set. Eh, magkapatid ang role ng dalawa kaya kailangang mawala ‘yung wall sa kanilang dalawa.

Nagpahinga ng isang taon si Lauren na huling napanood sa Marimar. Sa pagbabalik niya, pasabog ang casting nila ni Janine.

“I know! Ha! Ha! Ha! GMA went there,” sabi ni Lauren.

Eh, hindi naman siya maarte pagda­ting sa pagtanggap ng project at makakasama, huh!

“Yeah! Hindi naman. I love to work and I know how to set aside bad feelings but the thing is I don’t have ill-feelings towards Janine because when that happened very young. I was, 18, 19, I think and it was such a long time ago.

“I moved on. I have a boyfriend already. We have a wonderful relationship and the Magalonas are still my friends. Tita Pia is still my manager.

“You know, what’s done is done. Things have to happened and if I’m still single forever, hindi naman puwedeng ganoon, ‘di ba? You know, I’ve moved on, he’s moved on. That’s it,” rason ng aktres.

Eh friends pa rin ba sila ni Elmo?

“Not really. We’re okay. When I see him I say hi. I didn’t want to disrespect Janine when they were together and I didn’t wanna disrespect my boyfriend as well.

“But if I see him, I say hi and I can interact with him but I’d rather not put certain people in bad position. Res­pect na lang,”  katwiran pa ni Lauren.

Naging awkward ba ang feeling niya nang una niyang makita si Janine kaugnay ng project?

“I am not awkward. Kasi when that’s happening, I won’t see them naman. We don’t have the same group of friends. We’ve never worked together.

“When I saw, ‘Oh, it’s real!’ Ha! Ha! Ha! This is happening. We just don’t want to talk about it. Siyempre, sooner or later, it had to be addressed and now we’re okay,” sey niya.

Gusto ni Lauren ‘yung si Janine ang unang lumapit sa kanya.

“Ganito na ang headline ninyo. ‘Lauren and Janine had the talk!’ Ha! Ha! Ha! Wala pang taping ‘yan. May workshop lang kami. Parang we had this certain exercise when you say things that you feel, thought that you do.

“Now, we work perfectly fine together,” saad pa ni Lauren.   

Nakahinga ba siya nang maluwag matapos ang pag-uusap nila?

“Yeah because I wouldn’t. It’s not even me. Parang I don’t wanna talk na coward ako. Wala akong initiative to do that.  But I didn’t feel like it should come from me because I was the past! Ha! Ha! Ha!

“So parang if she wanted to talk to me, okay. If she didn’t want, ‘pag hindi nangyari ‘yon ang talk, I would still have the respect was well,” pahayag pa ni Lauren.

Hindi masasabi ni Lauren na magkaibigan na sila ni Janine.

“Hindi ako ganoon. Isang buwan pa lang kaming nagwu-work together. Hindi ako plastic! Ha! Ha! Ha! I’m not gonna lie!

“We’re not really friends. I think of that word very strong kasi. This early stages, we’re okay. No bad blood. We’re okay, and from the time we spend together we became friends, that’s okay. Basta may isang bagay na kaming natapos!” diin ni Lauren.