Revealing moments from Boy’s interview with Vilma, Luis

Long before Tito Boy Abunda became the “King of Speech”, he already deserved to be rewarded as a son. “Sistah” (as we affectionately call ourselves) is a certified mama’s boy. Even though his beloved Nanay is already up there, she is still the wind beneath his wings.

To honor the memory of his mother, Tito Boy hosts a limited talk series on GMA 7, “My Mother, My Story” (MMMS). It will share the life stories of celebrities through the prism of their relationships with their mothers.

MMMS premiered on Mother’s Day and will air every second Sunday of the month through October at 3:15 p.m. Vilma Santos and Luis Manzano were featured in the pilot episode. Join Tito Boy as he pays tribute to the queens of celebrity hearts.

Here is my conversation with Tito Boy:

What did you find out about Ate Vi and Luis?

May they live for each other. I discovered the fascinating relationship between mother and son… how Vi tried to make him live the ordinary life, that she could be an ordinary mother who could go to the grocery store with her son and buy the toys and bars of chocolate he wanted.

Three steps from the car, they were mobbed and, in Luis’s words: “I am grateful to God because I am lucky to have the gift of understanding…I understood my mother. ” He also understood that, as Vi would describe herself, “I was, I am public property,” but she still did her best.

I also discovered that their relationship is like the relationships between mothers and their sons. Luis has been through some tough times in his life. During a confrontation, he told her: “Mom, I don’t know what I want. »

One of the most moving moments of the interview was when I asked Luis, “How will you handle it if one day, 20 years from now, Peanut said to you, ‘Dad, I don’t know what I want.

They have so much love and respect and honor each other. Vilma honestly admitted that she could have spent more time with her son, but she too had a life, she too had challenges, and she too had to take care of the world… and Luis understood her. This is one of the most interesting relationships I’ve discussed in an interview.

Tell us about the concept “My mother, my story”.

There are two stories presented in “My Mother, My Story”: the story of a mother through the prism of her child and the story of the son and what he became and what he n didn’t become thanks to his mother.

What advice from your mother was the hardest to follow?

Nanay said, “Stop talking” or “Don’t talk too much.” Ironically, I live and work in the speaking field.

What was your biggest accomplishment after your mother passed away?

This maternal love is eternal and goes beyond this life, and even in death, my Nanay is still part of my life. Whenever I make a decision, I always ask, “What would Nanay think?” If I did that, how would Nanay react, and I would find myself doing certain things exactly as Nanay would have done them.

What advice would you give to those who are grieving and struggling to move on after the loss of their mother?

Don’t deny the pain… accept it! At first, I wanted my grief and pain to go away, I wanted it to lose its power, only for me to realize that the pain remains. I am still in pain and grieving. But I see it differently now. The pain connects me to my mother, so I accepted it.

Would you say that mothers play a more central role than fathers in shaping their children’s lives, as the title of your show suggests?

The title of the show doesn’t mean that. Everyone has a different story, some people are more affected by their relationship with their father. The show simply attacks mothers because it aligns with what I personally stand for, coming from my life mantra, “Make Your Nanay Proud.”

What the show is trying to remind people is to love our parents and remember that fathers have mothers too. We don’t exclude anyone in MMMS. This is a special about single mothers, LGBT mothers, lolos, lolas, daughters, fathers and mothers. MMMS is simply a handle.

If there is anything I would like to achieve, it is to remind people to harness the love between parents, between mothers and children, so that it can be a transformative force to make us better people , better parents, and reminding ourselves that love comes in different ways, that loving is not the same as sending a text or voicemail.

This should be combined with putting your arms up and hugging and kissing Nanay. It’s the voice, the personal interaction, the conversation. It’s looking into each other’s eyes, it’s being together, laughing together or sometimes inevitably crying together.

What the series is trying to say is that wherever we go, in this digital age, we must remember to strengthen the family using motherly love, fatherly love, filial love and l family love. This is the message of MMMS.