Why Liza Soberano keeps personal life off social media

Liza Soberano values her privacy but she let her guard down and opened her heart in her recent Dressing Room Exclusive interview with yours truly for Tonight With Boy Abunda.

The ABS-CBN young actress answered questions pertaining to her career, personal life and love life with nary a sign of hesitation. She let her mind and heart speak nothing but the truth.

Here are excerpts from our interview: 

Who are you when no one is watching?

“I’m simple. I’m just me, I’m Hope behind the camera.”

But expectations are different.

“Yes. I guess the job requires us to kind of be vain because the public sees us all the time especially with the social media nowadays. They (netizens) kind of like to pinpoint every single flaw that we have and to be honest it hurts sometimes because we do try our best but no matter how much we try, meron pa rin napapansin.”

Ano ang madalas mapansin sa ‘yo?

“Maybe, that I’m not fit enough.”

And that hurts you?

“Well, yeah because I try naman, I mean with the role of Darna and everything, I’ve been trying hard to fit the character. For those who just don’t really care for me that much, who just wanna give opinions that kind of hurt me.”

When you are hurt, what do you do?

“Sometimes, I like to think of them as positive criticisms. I like to take it and use it as something that will drive me to work harder.”

On social media, you deleted some posts?

“Yes. Well, actually, I wanted a fresh start to my Instagram account but I realized that by removing all of my previous posts, it just takes away from who I was and the career I built so far but then like after a week or two, I brought everything back. I want people who visit my Instagram account to realize how hard I’ve worked for everything I have now.”

A lot of people also noticed that you seldom post about your personal life, why is this so?

“I guess it became easier for me to accept negative comments about my work, my profession — anything work-related because like I said I take them as positive criticisms. When I started getting a lot of negative comments on my personal posts, attacking someone I love before, it’s like something I couldn’t take and I’d rather not see it so I wouldn’t post as much anymore.”

You are friends with Julia Barretto and Janella Salvador.

“Yeah, we’re all very close friends and I would say they are closer than I am with them because they get to spend more time with each other like Julia goes to Janella’s house a lot. I’ve been there two times pa lang because I’m always busy and my schedule has never like, hindi nagkataon na pareho kami lahat ng schedule.”

When you girls are together, do you talk about boys?

“Yeah, we do (laughs) like, okay, so Julia will tell me something about Joshua (Garcia). It’s a struggle for her also na sobrang conservative si Joshua sa damit n’ya and then she asked me, ‘Does Quen (Enrique Gil) have that problem, too?’ ‘Is he conservative with you?’ I said, ‘Yes, he’s like that also.’ But I think it would be normal for any guy to be protective with someone he loves, to show that he loves or to show he cares about that person. Quen is conservative but I don’t think he is as conservative as Joshua because Quen gives me the freedom to wear what I want.”

Alone/Together tackles the many “what ifs.” Let’s use the premise “what if” in questions. What if your parents didn’t separate?

“Then I wouldn’t be here in the Philippines. My dad would have stayed in America.”

What if you didn’t become an actress?

“I would be a student taking up BS Psychology. I’d probably be graduating by now.”

Have you stopped schooling?

“Yes. I continued school August of 2018. I went back but I shifted my course because in 2017, I was taking up business management and then I stopped because I realized I wasn’t passionate about it. So last August, I went back with Southville again and I took up BS Psychology so since August, I’ve been going to school two to three times a month. But last December, I only went once and last January I didn’t get to go. Hopefully, this February (I can attend classes).”

What if you haven’t met Quen?

“I don’t know. I can’t imagine it actually.”

How long have you been officially together?

“(Since) 2014.”

In the five years that you are together, was there a point in your life when you said, “Ayoko na, nakakapagod”?

“There are times that we fight but Quen and I made it a point to never say those words. You can say, ‘I’m tired’ but ’yung ayoko na, no.”

Who do you think is the more jealous type?

“Me po. Before, I thought it was him but I think mas ako ngayon.”

What message about love that Alone/Together will send to moviegoers?

“If it’s your great love, fight for it.”

Is Quen your great love?

“I think so.”

Would you ever allow an ex to come back to your life?

“If he is my great love, yes.”