“[In this field], I’m on my own. I get to make a name for myself now,” said teen celebrity Jimuel Pacquiao, who some two years ago said he had no plans of joining show biz and would rather focus on his boxing career.
Jimuel recently signed up with ABS-CBN’s Star Magic, which eventually launched him as one of the members of the group Squad Plus. He claimed his father, boxing icon and Sen. Manny Pacquiao, and mom, Jinkee, are very supportive of this move.
“If they were to choose between the two fields, they’d choose show biz because they don’t like me to get into boxing,” said the 19-year-old. “They made sure in the beginning that I really wanted to go into this busines…
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