Janella Salvador can’t have suitors
Sorry, boys. Kapamilya star Janella Salvador’s mom, former "Miss Saigon” actress Jenine Desiderio (she played Kim in the original production) is not letting her daughter entertain suitors.
“She's too young. She’s only 16. I'm quite old school with my values. With the world that we live in right now, I believe that’s the only way I can protect her,” the hands-on single mom tells Yahoo Philippines.
But Jenine lets her guard down a bit when it comes to the Yahoo Philippines 2014 Emerging Female Star nominee’s friends.
“I allow her though to hang out with friends and cultivate friendships (with both genders).”
One condition
Jenine has one condition: Janella must be properly chaperoned.
The teen artist is not complaining. She is, after all, a loving daughter even when she was a little girl.
Jenine can’t forget the then four-year-old Janella’s surprise on her birthday.
“I received so much flowers from so many friends that they kept on coming almost every hour. I was still asleep. When I woke up, I opened my bedroom door to find on the doorstep a bunch of santan flowers from our backyard with a handwritten birthday greeting! Ayaw patalo! Lol!” Jenine recalls.
Love language
This started a ‘love language’ only mother and daughter understand.
For sure, Janella also speaks this love language to her younger brother, Russell.
“She's also a very good "ate" to her little brother,” Jenine shares.
The good Ate works seven days a week these days. She plays Ser Chief’s middle child Nikki Lim in the long-running ABS-CBN teleserye “Be Careful with My Heart” and sings and dances in the Sunday variety show “ASAP.”
New show and a movie
This early, she is slated to do anther show after “Be Careful” wraps up, plus a movie – her first ever.
Jenine is mum about the details of the movie. But she said it will be under Regal Entertainment.
The movie is expected to boost Janella’s popularity, even as fans rally behind the singer-actress who loves inspiring other young people.
“My advice to young people is to be confident of themselves,” says Janelle.
This way, many good things will happen to them, the way it did for the Kapamilya artist, who never expected she will land a role in “Be Careful” after the auditions.
Dreams of having an album
Where singing is concerned, Janella didn’t have to be taught on how to go about it. After all, her father is singer-composer Juan Miguel Salvador, whose band still performs in music venues.
Jenine says her daughter was singing the high part of "Loving You" (the whistle) in tune at six months old. Janella started with Playshop kids at five years old and got bookings for product launches and trade fairs soon after. At 10, Janella was one of Maestro Ryan Cayabyab's scholars.
No wonder Janella dreams of having a pop-R&B album someday. That will make her even busier than ever.
Janella doesn’t mind. She is living her dream while pleasing her mom and growing number of fans. And that’s enough for her.
