“Umiiyak ako noong..” Rica Peralejo, Usap-usapan matapos aminin kung bakit niya tinanggihan ang lead role sa isang ABS CBN show

Despite of her absence in the lime light for several years now, actress Rica Peralejo has still managed has still managed to appear on some tv shows and guesting such as Maalaala Mo Kaya, and played short roles in shows, like 100 Days To Heaven and Ikaw Ay Pag-ibig, until 2011.

But did you know that 3 years ago, Riiica almost made her major showbiz comeback?

On her exclusive interview with PEP.ph, Rica revealed that her home network, ABS CBN once offered her a lead role in 2018.

“Meron akong offer three years ago. Ay naku, not kidding, as in it was an offer na as in lead role, teleserye, parang inisip ko na talaga na I would love to this, I miss acting, ganyan.

“’Tapos, they really expressed—ABS-CBN ito, e—gusto talaga nila ako for the role.

“’Tapos iyong heart ko, iyong artist heart ko na gusto ko itong gawin kasi gusto ko lang umarte ulit.”

But at the time, Rica has already prior plans with husband Pastor Joseph Bonifacio, and that is trying for a second baby.

“Noong una, hindi ko pa na-gets na, kasi nagpi-present sila sa akin, sabi ko, ‘Ang big deal naman nito, bakit pinuntahan pa nila ako para magpresent?’ In my mind, small character lang ako.

“Hindi ko alam na big role pala iyong ino-offer sa akin! So parang ako, ‘Ah, ako ba iyan? Ako ba iyang babae na iyan?’ ‘Ah yes, kayo po iyan.’

“’Ah, okay! Akala ko kasi, tita ako ng bida!’ Parang ganyan. So tumatawa-tawa pa ako!”

After realizing that the job requires quit a long term commitment, Rica has to make a crucial choice.

“I really chose to go for the baby because if I do the teleserye, that means I’ll have to stop trying kasi siyempre, kailangan mo matapos iyon.

“Binilang ko rin naman, sabi ko, ‘Kailan po ba matatapos kung ganito ganyan ganyan?’

“So lahat naman, accounted for. Pero parang iyong sigaw ng heart ko, mas malakas for ‘I want a baby and I want to try for that now’ and so I turned it down.”

Rica’s decision proved to be right.

She continues, “And then, you know what, I think I’m not sure of the months, kunyari June iyon, parang by October, buntis ako.

“Umiiyak ako noong nabuntis ko kasi parang my gosh, tama naman palang ito iyong pinili ko, parang ganun.”

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