Faith first before fear.”
This was the mantra that singer Jaya said she had to live by during the most depressing times of the pandemic lockdown, particularly when she lost work and her husband, Gary Gotidoc, suffered a mild stroke in 2020.
Inquirer Entertainment asked her to recall what she considered the toughest moments while she and her family were in quarantine. She began: “I did my US tour in February (2020). I did ‘Tawag Ng Tanghalan’ for a while in March before the government called for a lockdown. I never thought I would be emotionally affected by it.
“What I did was keep myself busy, since we didn’t have a house help and a driver. I cleaned the house, and…
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