GERALD Anderson shows up in girlfriend Maja Salvador’s show on Saturday.
It was Maja Salvador’s concert, but the audience kept imploring her boyfriend, Gerald Anderson, to go up the stage.
When he relented, that very moment became the highlight of the two-hour production, “Maj: The Legal Performer,” at the Music Museum on July 12.
Maja was thanking guest performers when the audience started chanting Gerald’s name. The spotlight was trained on Gerald, leaving him with no choice but to get up from his seat in the farthest row and head up front.
Maja became emotional when she started singing Demi Lovato’s hit “Skyscraper” to Gerald and a wildly cheering crowd. (The actress earlier said she didn’t want Gerald to tell her for sure that he’d make it to the show, so she wouldn’t feel self-conscious.)
Holding his hand, Maja then addressed the crowd, apologizing “for not openly talking about our relationship, but I’m happy because of how he protects me.” She said she was lucky to have Gerald. “If I could only share details with you. I’m such a lucky girl.”
JERICHO Rosales, volunteer guest
One for mom
Another touching moment had Maja thanking the four most important women in her life—her mom and three aunts, who took care of her as a kid growing up in Aparri, Cagayan
province. They raised her to become responsible and diligent, she said, and she was grateful.
Maja sang a duet with one of her idols, Jaya. She said doing the number gave her goose bumps.
MAJA Salvador shows off her long legs.
Jericho Rosales, Maja’s leading man in the recently concluded “The Legal Wife,” had volunteered to be a guest. He performed OneRepublic’s “Counting Stars” after Maja sang “Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin,” theme song of “The Legal Wife.”
Other guest performers were Piolo Pascual, Enchong Dee, Rayver Cruz, and Maja’s best friend Kakai Bautista, who
impersonated her.
ABS-CBN executive Cory Vidanes, “The Legal Wife” director Rory B. Quintos, veteran actress Gina Pareño and singer Martin Nievera were among the attendees.
“It’s amazing how God made this dream come true,” Maja said of the concert. “I hope I get more opportunities like this.”
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PHOTOS BY Nestor T. Macalinao Jr.