Lovi Poe pays tribute to talent managers

Lovi Poe exuded beauty, grace, and confidence during her recent guesting on “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.” She takes good care of her health by running every morning despite her hectic schedule here and abroad.

It also helps that Lovi is now happily married to British movie producer and scientist Monty Blencowe because she glows from within. “I really admire him because he’s such an intelligent guy,” she said.

The couple met in Los Angeles through a common friend when the actress-singer took a side trip there after a show abroad. According to Lovi, she saw Monty standing next to a vehicle that looked like a batmobile car when he came to pick her up. After a long-distance relationship, they finally tied the knot last year in an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends at Cliveden House in Berkshire, near London.

Lovi shared, “I would like to consider myself an alpha female. But with Monty, ‘pag kasama ko siya, I still am but I know how to be more of like a woman. He brings out that side of me which I never thought I had.”

Monty knows that Lovi is the daughter of Fernando Poe Jr., the King of Philippine Movies. She was acknowledged publicly by Tito Ron in 2004 when he ran for the presidency. Lovi admitted that she always misses her father.

Lovi with her talent manager Leo Dominguez, who passed away in May of this year.

“Sometimes you don’t move on from things. You just get on with your life. You get used to certain feelings but the scar will always be there. You move on. You carry on because that’s what life is all about.”

It is easier for Lovi to enter showbiz because of her royal lineage but she wanted to carve a name for herself on her own. She is now a Hollywood actor and has starred in films such as “Bad Man,” “My Sister’s Bones,” and “The Chelsea Cowboy.”

Lovi was overwhelmed with the warm welcome she received when she visited the Kapuso Network during our interview. She suddenly felt a rush of emotions and happy memories flooded in. She acted on several GMA television series including “Beautiful Strangers,” “Bakekang,” “The One That Got Away,” “Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real,” “Little Star,” “Mistaken Identity,” “Legacy,” “Yesterday’s Bride,” “Akin Pa Rin ang Bukas,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and “Owe My Love.”

Her recent movie, “Guilty Pleasure,” was bittersweet for Lovi who played a lawyer torn between the responsibility of her profession and her integrity as a human being. Her manager, Leo Dominguez, is no longer around to see the film. She remembered how Leo asked her to return to the Philippines from abroad for the movie. “I’m so happy I flew back home because I got to see him. I didn’t know that this was gonna be the last project I had with him. You just don’t know talaga. Life is just fleeting. And my last message pa sa kanya was that I’m so happy I did this film and I worked with direk Connie (Macatuno).” “Guilty Pleasure” is also one of the last movies that Mother Lily Monteverde greenlit.

Lovi is now an accomplished artist yet she knows how to pay tribute to talent managers. “You, guys, opened doors for us. We always have to show respect and pay tribute to our managers because, without that one person who believed in you, we won’t be here.”