After playing the role of the prim and proper Gemmaline Marie Bautista in the hit series It’s Okay To Not Be Okay, actress Kaori Oinuma said that even though her character is secretly in love with Patpat (played by Joshua Garcia), there is also a possible love angle with Vincent, Enchong Dee’s character in the soap. In the show’s finale presscon, she recalled that hilarious drinking scene with Enchong that started making them close.
“Actually, may isang eksena ron na pinainom talaga ako ni Direk. Konti lang naman. Baka isipin niyo lasingera talaga ako – sobrang konti lang (ininom ko). Pero parang before ko siyang gawin, yung una kong lasing (scene ko) with Kuya Chong, yun yung first nating eksena ni Vincent, tapos kailangan ko siyang sampalin. So parang first eksena namin, first namin namin magkita, mag-arte sa isa’t isa, tapos sasampalin ko siya kaagad. So parang, oh shucks, hindi ko rin mararamdaman kung may takot, may takot si Kuya Chong. Sana hindi ko (siya) nasaktan noon. Pero happy naman ako na tinulungan ako ni Kuya Chong that time,” she said.
Another highlight for Kaori’s character was her confrontation scene with Anne Curtis, which involved a physical altercation. “Yung last day ko, which was yung eksena ko with Ate Anne, naghingi ako ng permission kung okay lang ba kung sasamplain kita? Kailangan ko pang sabunutan. So ayun, nanghingi muna ako ng permission sa kanya, tapos sabi niya sa akin, ‘Go lang, cute yung scene na ‘yun.’ Pero ako, alam kong cute yung scene na ‘yun kasi sa original, cute naman talaga. Pero hindi ko alam kung papaano ko siya i-pu-pull off kasi yung pa-cute, mananampal ako, na parang kailangan ko pang umiyak yata nun, so ang daming layers. Pero of course, with the help of Ate Anne, at ni ni Direk, nagawa ko siya. So, ayun,” she explained.