Cloe Baretto sheds it all in launching film

It has been a year since ABS-CBN went off the air. It happened because of a vindictive president who vowed he will do everything to make sure ABS-CBN’s franchise doesn’t get renewed. With a rubber stamp Congress that conducted a bogus hearing, even without violations, ABS-CBN ceased operations, leaving many employees jobless.

It was a harder situation since it happened during the pandemic. But even if the Kapamilya network went off air, the company continued to be of service to Filipinos worldwide through various platforms. ABS-CBN is still very much around.

A year after the shutdown of its broadcast operations, ABS-CBN reaffirmed its commitment to serve Filipinos with a simple but meaningful message: “Andito Kami Para Sa ‘Yo” (We are here for you).

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ABS-CBN has been relentless in finding ways to continue to reach and serve Filipinos wherever they may be.

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After watching “Silab” last Saturday in a press preview, we don’t know what to advise newcomer Cloe Baretto who is being launched as a lead actress in the maiden offering of 3:16 Productions.

When we had the chance to interview Cloe and she talked about the numerous sexy and daring scenes in the Joel Lamangan flick, we asked her if she will allow her parents to watch her movie.

“Hindi po ako sure pero sabi naman po nila susuportahan nila ako,” was her answer.

But Cloe has plenty of daring scenes – breast exposure and frontal nudity – which she bravely did. After all, this is her launching film and she gave her all.

We are afraid that Cloe’s parents will be shocked seeing their daughter in her naked glory on the big screen. If Cloe was that gutsy to do all those provocative scenes, and won't feel embarassment at her family seeing it, then go ahead and invite them to watch it.

But she should warn her parents about the sexy scenes. They should know what to expect so they won’t get startled.

She did quite a fairly good job, acting-wise, although she’s playing a very complex role.

We trust that Direk Joel is happy with how Cloe performed since he told us he was impressed with the newcomer’s acting despite her inexperience.