EVERY day that Paolo Paraiso spends with his two sons Tomas, 16, and Lucas, 12, is special, just like Father’s Day.
Paraiso has been on shared parental duties with his former partner for many years now, and the set up is smooth and uncomplicated. “If the boys are with me, we do usual stuff that dads and their sons do—play, swim, bike, and we all love eating, too!” shared Paraiso, who also does marketing consultancy work for brands and restaurant businesses.
“The pandemic has affected everyone, most especially the restaurant industry. But we have to continue thinking of ways in order for these businesses to stay alive in these extraordinary times. If I’m with my sons, we’d usually order food and eat at home, like most families do,“ he added.
Paraiso instilled the importance of good health to his sons early on. “They’re growing up fast and teenagers start to focus on activities they enjoy. So I always tell them to choose activities that will make them happy, and keep them healthy and fit. The pandemic has slowed everybody down somehow, so we just have to be innovative on the kind of activities we do—running, walking, biking, swimming indoors if we have or know of accessible places for these stuff. But it is important that we keep our bodies active.”
He also has taught his boys to start eating healthy stuff. “It’s always better to start young because the human body can be trained early on. What we feed ourselves, whether in food consumption or thought patterns, can have a long lasting effect in our lives.”
Paraiso definitely walks his talk because he wakes up early, and does his regular runs in the exclusive Quezon City village where he has been living for many years now. He also loves to bike and enjoys yoga, for both his physical and mental balance.
We have been seeing this fit and fabulous-looking actor on television for some months now as part of the main cast of the long-running weeknight series Ang Probinsyano, where he plays a tough military guy, part of a covert group that makes life difficult for the protagonists in the TV series.
“I enjoy my time in locked-in location work,” he said, adding, “It’s safer this way for everyone. I am grateful that I work with some of the most revered actors of the industry. I have also developed close friendships because of this new normal setup in working for TV. Then I can still do my exercise routines during my free days, and I get to train more in gun handling and firing because of my role, something that I find interesting too!”
Not many know that Paraiso is also interested in production work. Recently, he took on the triple tasks of being assistant director, coproducer and actor for a movie, titled Coronaphobia, a special project of maverick filmmaker Njel de Mesa.
“I love the art of filmmaking. I guess being an actor has opened my eyes and my mind to may other facets of production work. I look forward to gain more experience in making films in the future,“ he shared.
Paraiso has been playing his many roles, and enjoying each of these, including fatherhood, with ease, fun, focus, commitment and passion. “I’m a simple guy who is just relaxed and chill on the many wonderful opportunities that life offers.”
That’s why everybody loves Paolo Paraiso.
Image courtesy of Sandro Paredes
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