Isang half-Filipina at half-English, challenge pa rin para kay Kelley Day ang pagsasalita ng Tagalog, kaya naman hindi niya maiwasang mag-'freak out' sa tuwing nagkakamali sa taping. Ngunit masaya siyang 'level up' na siya sa pag-aaral niya ng wika.

Nag-renew si Kelley ng kaniyang GMA Artist Center contract nitong Miyerkoles sa GMA Network, at mailalarawan niyang positibo ang paglipat sa Kapuso Network.

 

 

"It's been really positive actually. I found myself feeling very relaxed, but also very busy, and not as stressed as I felt before. I had a really good one in [the other network] but I feel like it was just my time to try something new. So when I did switch, everything felt right for me," saad ni Kelley.

Sa kaniyang paglipat, nakasama si Kelley sa mga series na "The One That Got Away" (TOTGA) at "Kapag Nahati ang Puso."

"So those were actually like my first proper experiences in teleseryes. So after that, we had discussion with my management and everything. We decided I would undergo some training so that when there is a new show coming up I could maybe be there at the start and have a more prominent role. So I totally agreed, I was like, 'Yeah, I wanna do some training," anang aktres.

"I need to... I should be speaking Tagalog right now,"natatawa niyang sabi. "Dapat mag-Tagalog ako, and Tagalog practice and acting workshops. So that's really in the focus. And GMA provided such amazing workshops for us, really, really effective. And so I'm very thankful for that."

Kinamusta ng GMA-7 press ang kaniyang pagta-Tagalog.

"It's okay! There's a switch, there like, I just have to switch it on, and like get into the zone. But siguro, ngayon... magtaTagalog na ako," masaya niyang paliwanag.

Sinabi ni Kelley na "nag-improve" na siya sa naturang lengguwahe.

"I feel like 'pag medyo formal 'yung event, mas nag-i-English ako. Pero sa set, or kahit sa my hair stylist or kay direk or who ever, usually I tried to push the Tagalog talaga. So it's good! It has really improved now. I moved from a level, I think a level one high to level two low. So there's like stages. I moved up from my last Tagalog workshop through GMA," kuwento niya.

Natatawa rin niyang inamin na nagpi-"freak out" pa rin siya kung minsan kapag nagkakamali sa pagtatagalog kaya talagang inaaral niya ito.

"It's also a different thing when you can speak or write Tagalog. Kasi usually when I text Tagalog it's really flawless naman. But when it comes to being on set, in front the camera, I get super bulol, like very bulol," natatawa niyang pag-amin.

"And I trip on my lines and I get freaked out, so that's something that I've been trying to work on and really polish so that, with any upcoming projects, I'm more prepared," patuloy niya.

Inanunsyo ni Kelley na mapapabilang siya sa isang bagong Kapuso series kung saan makakasama niya sina Juancho Trivino, Sanya Lopez, Winwyn Marquez, at Benjamin Alves.

"So I got really lucky because I got a role in it, a new teleserye called 'Dahil sa Pag-ibig.' All I know is, I have a relationship with Juancho Trivino. So that's all I know," saad niya.

"I'm super excited. I know this is definitely gonna push me to my limits. I think, as far as I know, it's a regular role that I have. And of course I'll be part of some conflicts, but I will not mention right now, but I'm very excited to try something challenging," dagdag niya.

Dati nang inihayag ni Kelley na gusto niyang makilala bilang si Kelley Day at gumawa ng sariling pangalan sa showbiz.

"I don't think that ever stops. I think, no matter how big of an artist you are, you are always trying to, you know, have things that people will know you as, 'di ba? So that's always an ongoing process, it's a development. People also want to see where you start and where you end up, 'di ba? So it never really stops and for me, I feel, personally I came a long way," ayon kay Kelly.--FRJ, GMA News