Pantasya ng mga babae si Ian Veneracion, paano nakaka-iwas sa tukso? “It takes a real man to be faithful in a relationship. There's nothing cool about being babaero.”

December 25, 2022

Photos: Screengrab from @ianveneracion1

Ani Ian Veneracion, hindi raw madaling umiwas sa tukso. Pero kaya kung gusto. “Just like how you maintain patience, you control your temper. I guess, it’s just the same, managing and practicing. It’s never gonna be perfect but keep trying. “For example, nakakita ka ng sexy… I mean, for millions of years of evolution, man have eyes to look. I feel that. Pero I can’t choose that as an excuse all the time na, ‘I know I’m born this way. Blah, blah, blah.’ ’Yun nga, just managing those instincts.”

Sa apat na dekada ni Ian Veneracion sa showbiz ay madalang siyang na-link sa mga babae sa showbiz. In recent memory, may dalawang aktres na saglit na naugnay sa kanya ang mga pangalan pero agad namang humupa dahil wala namang resibo.

At ang mga baseless romantic linkages daw na iyon ay tinatawanan lang nila ng kanyang wife of 25 years na si Pam Gallardo na kunektado naman construction business.

Pero aminado ang aktor na hindi rin perpekto ang lahat sa pagitan nilang mag-asawa. At lalong hindi raw siya perpektong tao.

“Of course, I’m not perfect. But I’ve been married for twenty-five years and parang mas gusto kong magbigay ng encouraging words kaysa sa some people do tsismis. I’m hoping in small way I can contribute.”

Gayunpaman, nagawa raw niyang ilayo ang sarili sa tukso dahil wala naman umano siyang mapapala kung magpapadala dito.

Iyan din daw ang, more or less, ay laman ng mga unsolicited advice niya sa panganay na anak n’yang lalaki na si Draco.

“For example, I think it went viral, kunwari a conversation with my son, sinabi ko na, ‘Madaling maging babaero, madaling mambabae. Pero pag nahanap mo ’yung para sa’yo, it takes a real man to be faithful in a relationship. There’s nothing cool about being babaero,’” Ian recalls telling his son.

“Hindi dahil sa nagmamalinis ako, pero alam ko na mahirap ’yun, e,” dagdag pa niya. “I know because I have my own biological tendencies na temptations.

“I’m just trying to encourage others also and also myself. I’m trying to stay on track. So ’yun, instead na puro tsismis, puro negative stuff, I’d rather promote love and kindness than tsismis.

Aniya, hindi raw madaling umiwas sa tukso. Pero kaya kung gusto.

“Ewan ko, iba-iba. Just like how you maintain patience, you control your temper.

I guess, it’s just the same, managing and practicing. It’s never gonna be perfect but keep trying.

“For example, nakakita ka ng sexy… I mean, for millions of years of evolution, man have eyes to look. I feel that. Pero I can’t choose that as an excuse all the time na, ‘I know I’m born this way. Blah, blah, blah.’ ’Yun nga, just managing those instincts,” pagbibigay example ni Ian.

At bagama’t naging matibay ang pagsasama nila ng kanyang asawa, ayaw namang i-claim ni Ian na expert na sila on marriage kaya asiwa siyang magbigay ng advise sa mga humihingi nito.

“There are many factors [why we last]. Number one, p’wedeng napakahaba lang ng pasensiya ng asawa ko,” natatawang pagte-teorya niya. “Or p’wedeng sobrang magkatugma lang kami. Or p’wedeng sobrang opposite lang kami kaya there’s a certain balance.

“There are many factors, I don’t know. Sa totoo, there’s no one answer or one solution to that, that will be applicable to everyone. I’m just lucky that so far, magkasama [pa kami] and sana tumagal pa nang tumagal. Pero sa ngayon, twenty-five years of being together, I’m so proud of that.”

After 25 years of being together, si Pam pa rin daw ang biggest stress-reliever niya.

“Yes, my sexy wife,” natatawang lahad pa niya.

Nakapanayam namin si Ian sa intimate press conference niya for his action mini-series na One Good Day, ang lumalabas na kanyang 40^th anniversary [in showbiz] offering. Masaya siyang after 40 years, heto’t nagbabalk-action genre siya na matagal nyang naging turf noong 90s.

Here, he is playing a gangster na minolde ng isang mafia boss. When comes a time na gusto na niya ng diretsong buhay, he’d find out na hindi madali iyon para sa mga kagaya niya.

Will he get his wish of having just one good day?

Malalaman yan starting November 17 sa streaming app na Prime Video Ph.

The film is na directed by Lester Pimentel Ong and produced by Studio Three-Sixty.

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