How Steven won Julias heart
November 13, 2006 | 12:00am
No, they didnt elope.
No, they didnt hide (from the media).
And no, they didnt turn their whirlwind romance into a publicity stunt (as some people surmised).
"We fell in love, we got married and now Im pregnant," is how Julia Clarete, now legally Mrs. Steven Uy, sums up the whole thing.
They got married (in civil rites) on Sept. 24 and found out that she was pregnant on Sept. 26. It was a difficult pregnancy ("My uterus was retroverted at mababa daw ang matris ko, according to my OB-Gyne who warned me of a threatened abortion," says Julia), so she had to stay in bed for two weeks.
Because she disappeared from Eat, Bulaga! (where shes back as one of the co-hosts), Julia unwittingly generated all sorts of wild guesses, such as 1) she cooked up the marriage to cover up for something, 2) her marriage was fake, and 3) she desperately wanted attention (you know, KSP as in Kulang Sa Pansin).
The "foreigner businessman" initially reported to have swept Julia off her feet turned out to be Steven Uy whos somebody I know. A pure Chinese, Steven has been producing stage musicals for many years now (and two years ago with the Metropolitan Theater Guild he put up with friends). His last production was Romeo & Juliet (with Laurice Guillen and Johnny Delgados daughter Yna as Juliet).
Although they recall having been crossing paths "for almost 10 years," Julia says that they came to know each other only on the set of the indie film Hilaw (on hold, with a few shooting days more to go) where shes the leading lady and he the production designer.
"We engaged in heavy flirting on the set," Julia jokes. "After we warmed up to each other, we never stopped talking."
Very obviously, they didnt just talk.
"I have had so many suitors but Steven is different," adds Julia. "Hes something else. My problem with my other suitors was that they didnt know how to listen. Steven is the quiet type who knows how to listen. Im his opposite; Im talkative. Besides, Steven did something my other suitors didnt. He visited me at home and won over not just me but also my Nanay. I didnt have to tell him to do it; he just did. I didnt know that while listening, he was also trying to figure me out. Im such a hard person to figure out but I was amazed that his reading of my character was very accurate. So I said, This guy is not stupid! He understands me and Ive been a spoiled brat since then."
But even now that theyre expecting a baby, Julia hasnt gotten used to calling Steven "my husband (asawa ko)." Everything happened too fast that, up to now, even if theyre living together in Stevens pad, they have to pinch themselves to be convinced that it isnt all a dream.
If a boy, their baby would have been named Santino until they realized that Martin Nievera and Katrina Ojeda have beaten them to it. "Now were looking for another name," says Julia. If a girl, the baby will be named Sollena.
Isnt Julia worried that her whirlwind marriage might ruin her career, specifically her Hollywood Dream (she and Raymond Bagatsing won the ABC 5 reality-TV search for two local actors to be launched in Hollywood)?
"It would, definitely," admits Julia. But who cares? She and Steven are in love.
Asked whatever happened to her Hollywood Dream prizes, including a promised membership with the SAG (Screen Actors Guild), Julia breaks into a what-do-you-think? kind of smile. "It has remained that a dream, an unfulfilled promise. Even the SAG membership went pffft because one of the requirements is for you to have a project in Hollywood. I have none so far."
Wont that dream turn into, heaven forbid, a nightmare?
Knocking on wood, Julia exclaims, "I hope not!"
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No, they didnt hide (from the media).
And no, they didnt turn their whirlwind romance into a publicity stunt (as some people surmised).
"We fell in love, we got married and now Im pregnant," is how Julia Clarete, now legally Mrs. Steven Uy, sums up the whole thing.
They got married (in civil rites) on Sept. 24 and found out that she was pregnant on Sept. 26. It was a difficult pregnancy ("My uterus was retroverted at mababa daw ang matris ko, according to my OB-Gyne who warned me of a threatened abortion," says Julia), so she had to stay in bed for two weeks.
Because she disappeared from Eat, Bulaga! (where shes back as one of the co-hosts), Julia unwittingly generated all sorts of wild guesses, such as 1) she cooked up the marriage to cover up for something, 2) her marriage was fake, and 3) she desperately wanted attention (you know, KSP as in Kulang Sa Pansin).
The "foreigner businessman" initially reported to have swept Julia off her feet turned out to be Steven Uy whos somebody I know. A pure Chinese, Steven has been producing stage musicals for many years now (and two years ago with the Metropolitan Theater Guild he put up with friends). His last production was Romeo & Juliet (with Laurice Guillen and Johnny Delgados daughter Yna as Juliet).
Although they recall having been crossing paths "for almost 10 years," Julia says that they came to know each other only on the set of the indie film Hilaw (on hold, with a few shooting days more to go) where shes the leading lady and he the production designer.
"We engaged in heavy flirting on the set," Julia jokes. "After we warmed up to each other, we never stopped talking."
Very obviously, they didnt just talk.
"I have had so many suitors but Steven is different," adds Julia. "Hes something else. My problem with my other suitors was that they didnt know how to listen. Steven is the quiet type who knows how to listen. Im his opposite; Im talkative. Besides, Steven did something my other suitors didnt. He visited me at home and won over not just me but also my Nanay. I didnt have to tell him to do it; he just did. I didnt know that while listening, he was also trying to figure me out. Im such a hard person to figure out but I was amazed that his reading of my character was very accurate. So I said, This guy is not stupid! He understands me and Ive been a spoiled brat since then."
But even now that theyre expecting a baby, Julia hasnt gotten used to calling Steven "my husband (asawa ko)." Everything happened too fast that, up to now, even if theyre living together in Stevens pad, they have to pinch themselves to be convinced that it isnt all a dream.
If a boy, their baby would have been named Santino until they realized that Martin Nievera and Katrina Ojeda have beaten them to it. "Now were looking for another name," says Julia. If a girl, the baby will be named Sollena.
Isnt Julia worried that her whirlwind marriage might ruin her career, specifically her Hollywood Dream (she and Raymond Bagatsing won the ABC 5 reality-TV search for two local actors to be launched in Hollywood)?
"It would, definitely," admits Julia. But who cares? She and Steven are in love.
Asked whatever happened to her Hollywood Dream prizes, including a promised membership with the SAG (Screen Actors Guild), Julia breaks into a what-do-you-think? kind of smile. "It has remained that a dream, an unfulfilled promise. Even the SAG membership went pffft because one of the requirements is for you to have a project in Hollywood. I have none so far."
Wont that dream turn into, heaven forbid, a nightmare?
Knocking on wood, Julia exclaims, "I hope not!"
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