SA NGAYON, nagsara ang lahat halos ng mga business establishments, apart from those who are into giving essential services like the banks, 
supermarkets, and drugstores.
Miss na ng mga tao ang services ng mga beauty parlors at barber shops kaya karamihan sa mga lalake at mga babae ay naghahabaan na ang mga buhok.
Hindi lang ordinaryong mamamayan ang naaapektuhan. Affected din ang male celebrities.
Anyhow, to complete their reinvention, nagpatubo na rin sila ng balbas at bigote while the ECQ is ongoing.
Sina Gabby Concepcion, Senator Bong Revilla Jr., at Zanjoe Marudo ang kabilang sa male celebrities na nagkaroon ng karakter dahil sa kanilang balbas at bigote.
Agaw-eksena talaga ang mustache at goatee ni Gabby Concepcion.
Kapuna-punang nadagdagan ang karisma ni Vic Sotto sa kanyang salt and pepper hair.
Pero sa mga nag-reinvent ng kanilang sarili habang nakakulong sa loob ng kanilang bahay, si Grae Fernandez ang isa sa masasabing totoong nagtagumpay.
Bagay na bagay sa kanya ang kanyang balahibong pusa and stubble to boot.
Nahirapang makilala siya ng kanyang mga tagasubabaybay dahil sa kanyang new mature look na tipong hudyat na sa pagdi-delineate niya ng mature roles.
CHUBI DEL ROSARIO LABINLIMANG TAON NA PALANG WALA SA SHOW BUSINESS
BAGO umalis ng show business, Chubi del Rosario was one of the main cast of GMA-7 and VIVA’s ’90s youth-oriented program, TGIS.
Katambal niya rito si Anne Curtis at naging napaka-popular ng kanilang tambalan, they were able to do a number of TV shows and movies.
Ngayong 2020, Chubi leads a tranquil existence as a private individual.
Looking back, he was all of nine years old when he entered show business.
Nung 1996, nagkaroon siya ng guest appearance sa first batch ng GMA-7’s youth-oriented show TGIS.
The following year, naging permanent cast member sa second batch ng TGIS, kasama sina Sunshine Dizon, Antoinette Taus, at Dingdong Dantes.
Originally, Chubi was paired off with former actress Idelle Martinez in TGIS. Yun nga lang, nag-decide na umalis sa show business ang dalagita kaya nawalan ng katambal si Chubi.
Hindi nagtagal, itinambal siya sa boyish na si Anne Curtis. Naging popular ang tambalan nina Anne Curtis at Chubi del Rosario, to the point na napili silang manguna sa third and last batch ng TGIS sa taong 1999.
Anne would later admit in interviews that Chubi was her puppy love.
She also added that Chubi’s her “first and only” love team.
Anyhow, Chubi would find it very touching that people would still remember his work from over a decade ago.
He added that his friendship with Anne has remained through the years.
Chubi decided to leave show business when Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw Pa Rin wrapped up in August 2003.
But what made him decide to leave the industry was the change of scenery for himself.
There was always a yearning for him to experience some semblance of a ‘normal’ life.
“At the point when I left, I spent most of my childhood and growing years in the industry. I started when I was 9 years old, and left when I was around 20.”
Umalis man siya sa show business pero ang pagmamahal niya sa performing arts has still remained constant.
Sometime in 2004, pinasok niya ang world of theater sa pamamagitan ng Sining Pinagpala, a theater foundation that started in 1999 and was founded by acting coach Anne Villegas.
Sa taon ding yun, naging parte siya ng Sining Pinagpala’s theater production, Aquarium na Walang Tubig.
Anyway, he now owns an events company called Party with Jive, kung saan nagiging busy siya sa pagho-host.
Habang nasa enhanced community quarantine ang ating bansa, Chubi’s now working on his passion project called Life Flow Living.
Sa ngayon, if ever he would be enticed to go back to acting, “I think I would be game for it if it were with the TGIS batchmates since those were my best years in showbiz.”
Nevertheless, he’s happy where he is.
Chubi explained, “Apart from that, I believe my chapter has ended as an actor.
“I’m open to avenues and shows that would express more of my current craft of hosting or my passion for teaching and self-development.”
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