- Jak Roberto shares bills with sister, Sanya Lopez.
- He also remains grateful for the late German Moreno.
- He is still waiting for the ‘perfect’ role.
Jak Roberto entered showbiz six years ago. His goal back then was to give his mom, Marlin Roberto, the comfortable life that she deserves. In an interview with PEP.ph, he admitted that he and sister, Sanya Lopez, pay the bills. Jak had only turned five years old when their father died due a to heart attack.
Marlin currently resides in Bulacan while Jak and Sanya reside in Manila as they worked in GMA Network. In the said interview, Jak shared, “Si Mommy relax-relax na lang.”
In a Janury 2107 episode of Tunay na Buhay, Jak recalled that he used to repaint tombstones for All Soul’s Day. He remembers that he used to charge 25 pesos for each tombstones. In 2011, he received a showbiz break through the now-concluded late night show which the late German Moreno hosted, Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman. Until now, Jak considers Kuya Germs as his mentor.
Roberto also shared what he learned from Kuya Germs and he will remain grateful for his late mentor. He also added that he was too shy to perform or host in the said late night show, however, Kuya Germs had opened up a door for him.
“Yung commitment mo sa trabaho, dapat hindi masira, yung galang mo at respeto sa co-actors. Yung pagiging punctual… Pumasok ako ng Walang Tulugan nang hindi nagpe-perform talaga. Hindi ako kumakanta sa maraming tao, kumakanta ako sa videoke lang, pero hindi ganun kagaling. Hindi ako nakakasayaw, hindi ako nakakapag-host. Si Kuya Germs ang nag-open ng pintuan para sa akin hanggang sa marating ko ‘to.”
Jak only used to wait for the right television project. He, then, sustained that someone can get what he or she wants through patient. He also now currently stars in Contessa with Glaiza de Castro. Jak has also been dubbed as GMA’s “Pambansang Abs.”
“Patience talaga. Marami talagang nag-aantay nang sobrang tagal bago nila makuha yung project na ibibigay sa kanila. For me, hanggang ginagawa mo yung trabaho mo nang maayos, mahal mo yung trabaho mo, naniniwala ako na makukuha mo yung right project para sa ‘yo.”
He plays the role of Santiago “Jong” Generoso, Jr., a criminology student and a self-proclaimed protector of Glaiza’s character whom he secretly loves. According to Jak himself, his role has a lot of action scenes with the villains in the series played by real-life cousins, Geoff and Gabby Eigenmann.
“Nagpapasalamat ako sa GMA na ni-launch nila ako bilang action star dito—na pinapangarap ng marami. Na ako naman, pag tinatanong nila ako, hindi ko nababanggit na gusto kong mag-action. Pero na-enjoy ko siya habang nag-taping. Kaya ko pala.”
Jak revealed how he usually rewards himself after a hard work.
“Last year, nakabili ako ng pick-up. Kasi sa trabaho namin kailangan ng mataas na sasakyan. Yung ginagamit ko, kotse, so kailangan ko mag-upgrade. Sabi ko, siguro naman deserve ko na bumili nito kasi gagamitin ko sa trabaho and at the same time parang bonus ko na rin sa sarili ko.”
