UNAPOLOGETICALLY REAL: Kathryn Bernardo

Being in show business for nearly two decades has aptly made Kathryn Bernardo the ultimate icon of the young generation. At 25, Kathryn has starred in blockbuster films and teleseryes, earned several acting awards, and touted as one of the most beautiful Filipinas both by local and international media outlets.

- JUSTINE PUNZALAN

Pushing her boundaries even further, Kathryn launched her own business, KathNails salon, in 2017 and her first business venture with reel-to-reel partner Daniel Padilla called Barbero Blues in 2019. The following year, the actress entrepreneur began taking the cyber world by storm with her new YouTube channel, Everyday Kath, which now has over three million subscribers.

Today, Kathryn is still out to do much more. Recently, she joined the realme family as its first celebrity endorser. It is a promising partnership, as throughout her career, Kathryn has thoroughly embodied the qualities of a realme squad member: fun, determined, and most importantly, unapologetically real.

In this interview with Speed, Kathryn delves into her experience as a realme endorser. Despite facing the uncertainties of the pandemic, she remains unstoppable in pursuing her life’s passions.

How does it feel that realme got you as its first celebrity endorser?

I’m very, very grateful for their trust. It’s also nice because realme is such a young company— three years pa lang siya, but then grabe yung growth nila as a company and I’m really excited for this collaboration because they’re very open with my ideas. And then ang dami ring supporters and fans ng realme na ka-age ko— the young adults and the young ones—so that’s a plus factor for me because I can relate to [them].

A realme squad member is fun, determined, and unapologetically real. How, would you say, are you like that?