Maine Mendoza recounts ‘Eat Bulaga’ audition: ‘A gift I’ll forever be thankful for’
Maine Mendoza. Image: Instagram/@mainedcm
Maine Mendoza celebrated the 10th anniversary of her audition to the longest-running noontime show “Eat Bulaga,” saying she wouldn’t have the life she has now if it weren’t for that opportunity.
Through her Instagram page on Thursday, June 19, the TV host-actress showed a clip of when she introduced herself during the audition, alongside a recent video of her introducing herself as a “legit Dabarkads since 2015.”
“A decade ago—where it all began,” she said in the caption.
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In a separate post on her Instagram channel, Mendoza said, “Had I not shown up that day, I wouldn’t have the life I live now. And you’re probably tired of hearing this, but I’ll always be grateful for having the courage to show up that day, ten years ago—over fear and uncertainty, I chose to take the chance.”
She further noted that while she may have come unprepared at the time, she was “in the right place at the right time, surrounded by the right people.”
“I’ll always be grateful to the dear ones who took a chance on me. Whatever reasons they had, I’m thankful they gave the ‘batang walang kalatuy-latoy’ a shot,” she continued.
“It’s still surreal to think how things unfolded from that day forward. What I’ve done to deserve all of this—even being called to audition on the longest-running noontime show—will always be a mystery to me,” she added. “A gift I’ll forever be thankful for.”
Mendoza also declared that she is happy to still be standing where it all started. “Right here is where I will ALWAYS choose to be.”
Mendoza, who had the moniker Yaya Dub, rose to fame as one-half of the noontime show’s now-defunct love team AlDub. /ra
