Jao Mapa Gets Asked If He Regrets Leaving Showbiz, Here’s His Answer

Jao Mapa talked about his decision to leave the entertainment industry

Former actor Jao Mapa was asked if he ever regretted his decision to leave his career in show business and here is what he said about this.

Jao was one of the members of Gwapings with Anthony Fernandez, Eric Fructuoso, and Jomari Yllana. During the height of his career, he did several movies and TV shows but he suddenly took his hiatus.

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Talking to Just In host Vaness Del Moral, the former actor shared why he decided to leave showbiz. He said that it was during the time that he had to choose his college degree over his career.

“I was [on] the brink ha. To cut the long story short, I said I’ll finish college. I turned my back one hundred eighty degrees [on] showbiz. Everybody was shocked. It was a big thing actually. They [tried] to convince [me] to go back,” Jao Mapa shared.

He admitted that he has been asked several times if he regretted his decision. Jao said that at first he had doubts whether he did the right thing or not.

Jao Mapa

However, during the lockdown, he realized that he did the right decision. “When the lockdown came in I realized that showbiz could not help me in the lockdown. I [wouldn’t] have a job, I [wouldn’t] have projects. What saved my life is painting. Pagiging artist, ang pagiging pinto,” the former actor said.  

He added that all his hardships when he was in college and all the things he learned as an artist since he was young became an instrument that he survived a tough time in his life. With this, he can say that he did the right decision.

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