Barbie Forteza Gets Real About Situationships — And 81-Year-Old Boots Anson Roa Has the Best Advice: 'Be the Right Person'
Kapuso Primetime Princess Barbie Forteza is single and navigating the modern dating scene — and she turned to none other than 81-year-old veteran actress Boots Anson Roa-Rodrigo for some timeless wisdom. During a PEP Live guesting, the two co-stars of the film 'Until She Remembers' got candid about love and relationships.
When Boots shared how her late husband Pete Roa proposed quickly — she married at just 19 — Barbie couldn't help but compare it to today's dating culture. 'Naku, Ms. Boots! Ngayon, nauuso yung mga hindi pa sure, yung mga situationship. At least noon, I'm sure, let's go, tanan na tayo? Ngayon, anong petsa na?' she laughed.
Barbie, 28, went through a high-profile breakup last year after seven years with actor Jak Roberto. So when she asked Boots, 'Ano po yung type of guy na deserve ko?' — it clearly came from the heart. Boots' answer was refreshingly direct and surprisingly modern.
'I don't think there is such a thing as an ideal person. I don't think there is such a thing as being the perfectly right person for me or for you,' Boots said. Instead, she flipped the script: 'What is also important is that we be the right person. Huwag nating kalimutan to help ourselves to be the right person.'
It's the kind of advice that cuts through all the dating app noise and situationship confusion: stop looking for the perfect match and start becoming one. Coming from a woman who's lived through 81 years of love, loss, and wisdom, it hits different. Barbie seemed genuinely moved — and honestly, so were we.
Source: PhilNews
