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Two-time Emmy Award-winning producer and host Marc Anthony Nicolas may be successful now and a trailblazer of his own, but growing up wasn't easy for him. Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, the Filipino producer experienced bullying.

“When I was in my teens, it was especially difficult. My classmates would throw me against the lockers, they would call me homo, faggot, they told me I should just kill myself and die,” he said in an online interview.

Despite this experience, Marc continued to look forward. He then gave an encouraging message to everyone who experienced the same thing; “I want you to know that it does get better. All you have to do is just believe in the process.”

With more people using various social media platforms, Marc noted that it's harder to be bullied today than how it was before. But even with this, Marc has one thing to say, “Don't ever listen to anyone because words are just words.

“You just have to stay strong and protect your dreams. And if you protect your dream and manifest and work your way up and work hard at it, there is no denying that your dreams will come true,” he said.

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Marc said, “For me, being bullied, I always say that grief turns into growth and it just made me a stronger person, more resilient person and it just made me let people know that this is the real me."

Marc said that after he accepted “the real me and the real flaws I have,” more doors and opportunities opened and laid out for him.

He also shared the one thing he always told himself, which is that dreams don't have a deadline, saying that he was a late bloomer, starting in the entertainment industry in his late 20s to early 30s.

“That's pretty late for some people because when I was a production assistant, so many people were already producers,” he said.

In the end, Marc gave a reminder to everyone following their dreams, “You should never be someone else rather than yourself, your authentic self.”