Kapamilya actress Arci Muñoz recalled her past relationship with musician Badi Del Rosario, which she considered her biggest heartbreak. In an interview with veteran broadcaster Karen Davila, she explained how she eventually chose her career.
Ano ba? I don’t want to die alone. I want to have like I want to see like how my kids are going to look like. Then I realized life is really really short. I will never lose such a man who’s really strong in a snap. RCA is you are a mega cook. I love to cook. You had a cookbook before? Yes, I do.
So title cookbook is cheat days my dad my mom everyone in the house my aunt po so actually didn’t you want to become a chef I wanted to be like everything when I was younger I wanted to a doctor, a lawyer chef. So bang lulu in mo. So gaga ng bulgogi since I love everything Korean. So in a hot pan, we should put the oil. Okay.
When did you start loving everything Korean? When I learned about BTS. BTS. Yes. So that was 2019. Oh my god. Sa BTS Korean culture. Yes. So this is So this is marinated pork. Wow. Marinated pork. Yeah. And we’re just going to stir it until it’s uh brownish. Until the meat is cooked. So pag marinate ba rc anum nilaga.
So we put like soy sauce, sugar cuz bulgogi is mostly on the sweet side. It’s sweeter than the typical uh anything Korean marinade. Ano? Bullogi. Googlei. Google. Okay. Google. So I’m happy everything is uh going in God’s way. For me, I just really let go and let God. So whatever it is that’s happening in my life right now, it is already done.
He already has a plan for me. I just really need directions from him. So blessed for a long time you had a boyfriend and then you had another one after. Yes. So have you been single? Yeah. But I’m happy. I’m actually focusing my time more s family and my mom. So my mom is my best friend. So she’s always with me everywhere I go.
Even when I was younger, both my mom and my dad, my parents. Soapos me and my mom, we always travel together. We opened like a production company, a small production company in Japan, in Taipei and in Singapore. negotied before I’m more of the creative side arts. Anything inclined into arts I love.
So my heart always full and happy and and blessed. Love life. You’re not. No. Why not? I don’t know. because probably I I guess I really did just let go and let God. I don’t actually pray for that anymore. Lord, actually meant to have someone like a partner in my life. That’s fine. I kind of like accepted it like with my age now.
I’m 37. Of course, it’s really nice to have someone by your side as you grow old. I really don’t chase. I attract. Yeah. Right now, priority s Brunai. You were together for a long time, right? And it was serious. No, you were supposed to get married. I hope it was just really serious at that time. Of course, it’s kind of like my first love that time. I was like 26.
So, I I want to follow like what how my parents did it. That’s the only right way for me. That’s the only right path. And when I was 26, I wasn’t ready. Though at that time, he wanted to have a family. No, not yet. And also, I was starting my career then. I just started doing passion which is my first soap sa abs.
I want to achieve my dream personal already up to now. So you chose talaga career over love. Yeah. In a way I I can say he’s the only one I was ready to give up everything. He’s the only person I’m willing to give up everything. if you don’t want as long as you know we we’re still together I’m willing to do that we’re really not meant to be.
And was that your biggest heartbreak? Yeah, it was after that I couldn’t love anyone anyone that way explanation to that if you loved someone that much explanation. Is he the one who got away? Do you think he’s the one? I think so. What kind do I have to hold? I think you think I can say but we have to live with our choices.
You chose career. It’s hard for a woman. I’m happy man and I’m also happy for him. I believe that people will come and go, people will stay and purpose in my life. Then I learned my lesson and I’m I’m fine. I carry that with me up to now. But after you broke up, you had another relationship. No, also not from I never dated anyone from show yet.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m just every time I work with like my co-acctors really. I’m like one of the boys. I’m I’m a girl’s girl. So, okay. Why interesting the last relationship that you had? How would you describe that? That one also I think it’s because I chose my career as well. rap. Yeah. And I’d really stop BTS
in person. I watched them. But I wasn’t able to actually meet them like you know talk to them boyfriend probably for me it’s more on developing like shy shy girl. I don’t even have a lot of friends. I’m always just in the corner ganyan and college same I did theater when I was in school.
I well I really don’t have much option now school cuz I don’t like school cuz I got bullied when I was little girl. I don’t want to go to school unless my sisters they all go to UP. So I have friends so I’m not really good at making friends loner type introvert you clearly found yourself in show business that’s one in a personality show businesser.
You you keep choosing career over love. That’s a fact. You’re driven ambitious goa at one point. Single mother. That’s my niece. Ano? I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Star. Star is the name of my niece. So, he’s my brother’s kid. Now you’re 37. Do you ever think I’m willing to be a mother? Yeah, I do.
I always think just that’s why I don’t want to die alone. I want to have like I want to see like how my kids are going to look like if ever you know. So I’m like thinking of like getting my eggs freeze now. You haven’t done it yet. I I prioritize different things which is you know I should be prioritizing this more than anything.
A child it’s a good time. I know. So moan. You want to have your eggs frozen? Yes. Yes, I do. I want to have kids cuz seeing my niece and my nephews at home. So, they’re my happiness. That’s why right now I spend more time at home because they’re there like especially the weekends cuz all my siblings always spend time together weekends.
It’s funny cuz it’s my mom’s prayer all the time like every time we travel temples and then you can get to make a wish world peace wish. I hope Mona can find a true ano partner you know that will love her and know have grandkids with her. It’s funny. And your role model are your parents. Yes. How did your dad love your mom and and you? Weakness yan. Miss Karen.
Um, well, my dad’s my personal hero. So when I lost him, I kind of like I told myself now I want to enjoy life cuz then I realized life is really really short cuz when I had when he was there when he was present he was invincible I will never lose such a man who’s really strong has so much wisdom impossible appreciate more to life instead of like u focus focus more on like career.
Why not try to enjoy life more? So I traveled. Yeah. But clearly your dad had such a big effect on you that every time he’s mentioned, what was it about him? I cannot find anyone like him. Like that’s why probably I have like high standards cuz my dad par he taught me everything I know, everything that I am now. He let me grow learning everything on my own but at the same time he’s there guarding me protecting me and still teaching me everything he knows.
You can see it most especially po with my siblings cuz they’re very private people and um my siblings weird. He loved you well. For you to miss him this much. It’s been 10 years and fresh. You’ll just learn to live with it. Like every single day, okay, time pass by, but you always still remember everything. Yeah, every Sunday I go to church alone and I go to the church where he’s u colombarium where he’s buried and I cry every single time if you’re still here.
Yeah. His last few weeks I was like really, you know, working so hard. So when he passed on, do you regret that? Yeah. Choice. Yeah. Yeah. He’s the love of my life. My father since our our bond is so tight. It’s because of them. My parents made that happen. Probably my dad is soap. I want someone like your dad.
Okay. Hardcore BTS fan basic. What does BTS stand for? I of course bulletproof boy scouts galing. Okay. How many members are in BTS? Seven. Basic. Okay. Who’s the leader of BTS? RMG. When did BTS debut? 2013 angate June June 13. Okay. Which member is known for the praise I purple you me. What color microphone does J hope use? Uh right now s recent concert he used white silver.
iba iba iba iba but he used to like you uh red oh or red. Okay tama yung red no real name. My gosh, my accent may chant. Kim Namun, Kim, Jin, Minyang, Jang Ha, Pim Kim, Jang Jang, BTS, since we used pork, I need to cook it a little bit more cuz I’m really careful with pork unlike with beef po. Cuz with beef par I can have it me rare.
I see. But with pork I don’t want. Yes. So pork it takes longer. Yes. RC. Okay. The onions. So we just put it on top since we have to wait for the onions to caramelize. Okay. BTS members ano wala kasal wala po. Okay. So dream I really would love to meet them but I want to be friends with them.
They’re really they seem to be really fun to be with when they’re all together. You know they’re on top of their game and worldwide they kept humble. So wait, you went to the concert 15 times? Oh my god. I think more than more than a lot of you know what’s no I’m really glad po I have friends who knows now I really love BTS like I have this uh my friend when I was in LA he owns the uh Chinese theater okay so may premiere there and everything BTS he knows how much I love BTS and these are times po like I saw saw
them in different countries. Never wave guys. Dream RC is to meet BTS. Please make it happen. Make it happen. Make it happen. Okay. What was the name of the agency that founded BTS? What was the first song BTS performed for their 2020 Tiny Desk concert? DINING NIGHT. IN WHICH CITY? OH my gosh. In which city were both V and Suga born? THEY GO NA.
What is the name of the underground rap name Suga used? I just lang interview ano shat I support you clue it starts with the letter G. Okay. Okay. Another clue starts with the Gos with a here. Yeah. Yeah. Checking if the pork is thoroughly cooked in ayas to yung leaks. So I just want to make sure the pork is cooked.
Supposedly there’s like a little brownish and that’s what the sugar will give us. You a little bit of the sockarat. If you were to have a date with one member of BTSC, that’s so hard. I just want to be friends with all of them. But I would want to have silo talagan. I love Jim so much. He seems to be like a very reliable person even with BTS member most mostly it’s Jimmy and he’s my first love and he’s the reason BTS so I just feeling co he’s such a gentleman also okay so this is for my fellow kumusta It’s actually looks so good.
Bogi, I love it means enjoy. Enjoy the food. I hope you enjoy Korean. Wow. My god. You know Korean? I believe Japanese Korean or Japanese anime or restaurant. But it’s different po. It’s like more Japanese yaki. Come visit it at the third floor of the Green Hill Shopping Center Yoshi Mitsu. And also I’ll be launching my skin care.
That’s why I just take care of my skin. It’s called Bloom Me. So it’s a skin care kit. Well, that’s why I always go to Korea also. I formulated this long time ago. Yes. Since the pandemic, it’s very long process. That’s why because I want to make sure that it really works. Ano? BTS ba? iba may band. Okay.
This means fighting an in Korean it means fighting. Fighting. This is in Japanese. This is BTS and Oh, BTS. Yeah. This is a kura BTS and the logo of the fan club army. Wow. President ka fan club ano fan of BTS. Ayan. I’m just here know supporting them. It’s so fun. All right. Li ano cheers in fair.
You’ve also been open about cosmetic enhancements in the past, RC, are you happy with how you look today? Yes, I’m happy. I’m happy. If you look back, what did it take you to get here? So that time I really there was like someone who guided me who told me not to do this, not to do that. Even my parents couldn’t stop me.
If I really want something, I’m really going to do it. I’m very ano spontaneous. I don’t know if it’s my Capricorn trait, but I’m really like that. Asking me, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that? Oh, no. Come on. You’re beautiful. Don’t touch anything. Cuz if I had someone like me who’s going to tell me before now, oh, don’t do that.
I’m I’m not going to do it. You think so? Cuz I I started doing it when someone told me I had to. Yes. When I was already doing TV, I uh I did this reality search before. Isa that’s the before if you’re mysta you’re maganda so when I entered then all all throughout my life gand until that time I think I was like 18 and then I think we should do something about this ganyan and then that’s when I learned it’s okay it doesn’t hurt much why not do a little more did that moment make you feel I I’m not enough pala
before it’s more than because I am a very religious person and so par my mom wasn’t open about it because for her you are enough enhancement okay go on you’re beautiful but what really matters is who you are inside how you treat people if you have empathy important Sumalika sa star struck. Yeah. Do you still recognize yourself then when you look at an old photo of yourself? Actually I was like girl I was so young then and never when even when I was like in high school like when all my classmates are
doing it I never I never did. I wanted to ask you was there a standard that you were after in enhancing yourself before po um actually it’s just like my nose before that became my uh par insecurity because it was too high too big people are saying like that because you know my dad’s Spanish so hello Actually, you are I mean you look I I melted the filler.
I I dissolved everything and par because my mom told me, “Oh, you look, you know, I want to remember man how you look like before.” Because my mom and all of my aunties, they were like, you know, you’re the the daughter who looks exactly like your papa focus skin and health more on like more of that and I want to look like my old self if I can.
Thrilling culinary journey that promises to delight all your senses. Welcome to Taipei, Taiwan. to you. Like what I’ve said earlier, it’s what’s inside. For me, if you’re beautiful, but you treat other people like you’re not beautiful. For me, I really respect people who are beautiful and humble and um they love uh who are less fortunate.
I find people who are like that very beautiful. Do you have a favorite life verse? Cuz you’re you come from a prayerful family. Okay. I do. So it’s a Philippians 4:13. So I can do all things through him who gives me strength. It’s short but it’s about you encouragement cuz right now there’s so many happening po. When I pray, I don’t really pray for something specifically anymore like before.
So, right now, I only really pray for strength and for a healthy family and for guidance. Yeah, that’s all. So, I need him for strength to continue living this life that you know he already has planned for me. So you to just keep on going.
Arci has been open about her dating life in the past and has posted about it on social media.
She opened up about her previous relationship with the musician and how serious it was for both of them.
“It’s kind of like my first love. That time I was like 26 so sabi ko I want to follow how my parents did it–– that’s the only right way for me… Siyempre, when I was 26, I wasn’t ready. Though at that time, he wanted to have a family, but ako no, not yet–– wala pa sa utak ko yun,” she admitted.
Arci expressed how she considered it her “biggest heartbreak” as she revealed that she couldn’t love anyone “that way” after dating the musician.
“I can say he’s the only one na parang I was ready to give up everything. He was the only person na naging karelasyon ko na I’m willing to give up everything… Kaya lang, hindi talaga, we’re really not meant to be,” she maintained.
“If you love someone that much, parang ang hirap ng mag mahal ng ganung level,” she added.
Despite this, Arci maintained that she is happy for him and she is also happy where she is right now.
In the same interview, she revealed that she isn’t actively dating, but isn’t closing any doors on things that may come her way.
I guess I really did just let go and let God parang I don’t actually pray for that anymore. Pinagdadasal ko nalang Lord actually if hindi talaga ako meant to have someone like a partner in my life, that’s fine,” she expressed.
“I kind of like accepted it with my age now that I’m 37. Hindi ko naman kinoclose yung doors ko. Of course, it’s really nice to have someone by your side as you grow old. Pero, kung wala talaga, ayokong iforce. I really don’t chase, I attract. Right now, hindi yan ang priority ko,” she asserted.
Arci then revealed that she is considering getting her eggs frozen as she wants to have kids of her own as well.
“I want to have kids kasi seeing my niece and nephews at home sobrang they’re my happiness that’s why right now I spend more time at home because they’re there,” she revealed.
