'Miss Matilda' takes over for German Moreno

With German Moreno bringing joy outside the country, iba muna ang magbibigay-ligaya kapalit niya sa 'Adik sa 'Yo!' And with Rosemarie Sarita, the show is able to pass on Kuya Germs's responsibility without having to introduce a new character. Text and photos by Jason John S. Lim; with interviews by Erick P. Mataverde. "I play Miss Matilda here—ako 'yung administrator nung Bahay Aruga," Rosemarie Sarita says, bilang reintroduction sa kanyang character. "Kaibigan ako ni Jolina [Magdangal]; bale ako 'yung confidante niya dito sa Bahay Aruga." Initially a secondary character, she has been promoted as a full character dahil mawawala pansamantala si Lolo Joe, na ginagampanan ni Kuya Germs. She explains, "Since si Kuya Germs [ay] na sa States, sa akin napunta 'yung mga scenes [niya]." Kuya Germs is abroad for a series of shows sponsored by GMA PinoyTV and he will not be written off the show. Kaya naman instead of adding a new character para maging kasama ni Lolo Samuel (Tony Mabesa), the creative team behind Adik sa 'Yo rewrote the Lolo Joe scenes with Rosemarie's character na lang. Kaya naman don't be surprised when you suddenly find Lolo Samuel throwing lines with Miss Matilda instead of Lolo Joe. Pero, Rosemarie shares with us na they've asked the creative team to, at the very least, write in Lolo Joe's disappearance naman: "'Yun nga 'yung pinag-uusapan namin ni Tito Tony, na sana daw may sabihin na muna, kasi siyempre, magtataka [ang viewers] bakit wala si Kuya Germs. Siguro later on, sasabihin siguro." Hindi naman magiging abala ang disappearance ni Lolo Joe sa show. After all, the show must go on, at marami ang juicy spoilers na nakuha namin from Rosemarie! "Medyo kaka[basa] ko lang ng script; sa nabasa ko kanina, namomroblema pa rin si Joana (Jolina Magdangal)—kasi love niya talaga si Carlos (Marvin Agustin), kaya lang nandiyan si James (Wendell Ramos)," kuwento niya. And here's the spoiler: Rosemarie reveals to us that Joana rejects one of them! "Medyo nagko-confide siya sa akin," dagdag ni Rosemarie. She tells us na in the coming weeks, magsasabi na si Joana sa kanya ng mga saloobin niya for both Carlos and James, including sharing one very sweet moment with one of the guys—the same guy na ire-reject niya! "So ang sinabi ko naman sa kanya, 'Eh masarap pala, eh bakit mo siya ni-reject? 'Di ba? "Kung masarap at kung mahal mo siya, dapat hindi mo siya ni-reject." At ang dahilan ni Joana? Kasi ayaw raw niyang masaktan si *toot toot*, at saka mabait rin naman daw si *toot toot* sa kanya. Nakakaloka si Joana! At ang haba ng hair! Isa lang ito sa reasons kung bakit patok na patok ang Adik sa 'Yo kahit gabing-gabi na! At kahit four days a week ang taping, hindi mo rin makikitang nagrereklamo ang cast. Bakit? "Masaya, maganda, at saka happy kami dito sa set," Rosemarie shares with us simply. "I'm very fortunate na nakasama ako dito sa soap ng GMA." Curious sa mga magiging desisyon ni Joana? Puwede mong tanungin si Jolina! That's because she and her half-sister Karen (Jennica Garcia) will be making their way back soon sa iGMA Live Chat! This August 20 na yan—abangan. At don't miss Adik sa 'Yo gabi-gabi, pagkatapos ng Rosalinda! Saan pa kundi sa GMA Telebabad.