Gina Alajar revealed she used unlawful medication when she was younger, admitting she received hooked on it prior to now as a result of it made her keep awake for lengthy hours of filming.
The actress-director made this revelation throughout an interview with Luchi Cruz-Valdes, as seen on the latter’s YouTube channel on Friday, Aug. 8.
Alajar opened up about her expertise after Cruz-Valdes requested if the previous ever suffered from “little one actor syndrome,” which is supposedly characterised by a “dysfunctional” part in life.
“Sure, it occurred after I was younger. I did medication additionally, if that’s what you imply,” the actress stated. “I have already got a husband and kids on the time it occurred.”
“I took medication as a result of I had this perception that should you can’t cease them, be part of them. I used to be with an individual who launched me to such,” she disclosed.
Alajar, who has three kids — actors Ryan, Geoff and AJ Eigenmann — along with her former husband Michael de Mesa, stated she initially solely used marijuana however that she grew “curious” over time.
“New medication got here into image and have become standard, so we received concerned with shabu,” she admitted. “I liked it a lot as a result of it made me not really feel sleepy, which I wanted due to my work.”
“Again then, we didn’t know when the taping could be completed. Oftentimes, the filming would proceed even when it was already 5 or 7 within the morning,” she recalled.
“‘Yung shabu na ‘yon, du’n ako nalulong kasi kahit na dalawang araw kaming magtrabaho, diretso tayo,” she stated. (I used to be hooked on shabu as a result of it made me able to working for 2 straight days.)
Alajar famous that she, nonetheless, would then endure from hallucinations after days of being awake.
“I used to be in my mid-20s on the time, and it lasted for 2 to a few years,” she continued. “I made a decision to place an finish to that part when one thing occurred in my life and in my marriage.”
Whereas Alajar didn’t identify anybody, a photograph of her with De Mesa and their three sons flashed on the display throughout her vlog interview.
“I left our home with my children. I wanted to get out and reduce my reference to the individual with whom I shared that life-style,” she recalled.
Alajar added that it was a painful and really troublesome choice, however that she soldiered on and was capable of overcome that part for the sake of her kids.
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Other than appearing and directing, Alajar has been busy with on-line reside promoting, which she additionally talked about in the course of the vlog interview. /ra
