Jolina Magdangal (left) and Marvin Agustin
This year, Jolina Magdangal is set to appear in a Star Cinema-produced movie opposite former screen partner Marvin Agustin.
Surprisingly, Jolina’s husband Mark Escueta (drummer of rock band Rivermaya) is one of those most excited about the reunion movie.
“No limitations for Jolens (Jolina’s nickname),” Mark gushed. “I just told her to enjoy and always be thankful for the projects that are coming her way.”
Jolina’s hubby claimed he never felt jealous of his wife being paired with Marvin, although the two dated in the 1990s.
“I have this running joke with my band members. When they introduce me during gigs, they sometimes call me Marvin Agustin. It’s really no big deal,” Mark revealed.
“I’m also friends with some of their (the former love team’s) supporters, who respect our family and Marvin’s,” he added. Marvin has twins, named Santiago and Sebastian, with an ex-girlfriend who is not from the biz.
“I [also] want twins,” declared Jolina. “They say multiple births are possible, especially if this trait runs in your family. Sadly, both Mark and I don’t have it. But I’ve heard that you can increase your chances of having twins through science. I’m very open to that.”
The 38-year-old actress said she wished to have as many as five kids. “I don’t know if that’s still possible now, so I’m OK with having three. I gave birth to Pele via Caesarian section, that’s why it took me a while to recover. I didn’t start exercising until six months later, because I was scared that my C-section incision would reopen.”
She is convinced that her son, 3-year-old Pele, is ready to be a big brother. “He would often get excited having other babies around. He is very patient and careful around them. He was very cautious whenever Melai (Contiveros) was around [while she was pregnant]. He made sure not to bump her tummy. I take that as a sign that he is ready to having siblings,” Jolina said during the recent media launch of Super Twins Baby Pants Easy Wear, which she endorses with Pele and Mark.
Melai, one of Jolina’s cohosts in the weekday morning talk show “Magandang Buhay,” gave birth to her second child, Stela Rosalind, in April.
Jolina Magdangal and son Pele
When it comes to parenting style, Jolina said she would make sure hers was in sync with Mark’s. “Being parents requires teamwork. We both play the role of the disciplinarian. When Mark reprimands Pele, I don’t try to soothe the boy’s feelings. I remain firm. Mark does the same,” she explained. “Mark is the patient type. He reprimands Pele only when the boy gets really stubborn.”
She added: “There was this instance when we both decided that we should give Pele a spanking. The boy was repeatedly told not to go to that portion of the house where Mark assembles the parts of his remote-controlled drones, but Pele still kept going there even when Mark already barricaded the area. That’s when Mark really got angry.”
Now that Pele is old enough, Jolina said she and Mark have agreed to not raise their voices at him, “because he can already understand us and remember instructions. When he gets unruly, we will just use foam slippers on him.