3 Pinoy celebrities who have hit rock bottom

As they say, life is a wheel. Sometimes you’re up, the next thing you know, you’re down.

The same thing goes with these celebrities who, at one point in their lives, were able to experience fame and fortune but are now just barely getting by.

But if there is one thing that we can learn from these celebrities, it is having the strength to never give up and to view life’s challenges as something that will help us rise from the ashes and continue facing life’s challenges.

Mystica

Two years ago, singer Mystica revealed on GMA’s “Front Row” took a turn for the worst.

In the said show, she and her husband Kid Lopez said that they could barely afford a decent meal and would often settle for lugaw and sardines.

Mystica said that her downfall started when she uploaded a viral video criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte. The original video has since been deleted but it became viral before it was removed.

Because of the this, Mystica was fired from her job as a managing director in a hotel where she receives P150,000 as her monthly salary.

Mystica has since lost some of her properties and has even asked for financial help through her Facebook account.

Aside from that, she has also revealed that she can’t go back to singing because she has lost her voice to a throat infection linked to blood poisoning.

BB Gandanghari

“Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart.”- 2 Cor. 9:7. Keep your eyes on the stars but your feet on the ground. Have a blessed Sunday guys! #smile #actorslife #diversity #auditioningactors #lacasting #actorsaccess #castingfrontier #hollywood #break #pilotseason2018 @thebroganagency #castit

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These past years, BB Gandanghari was at the top of her game. Her physical and legal transition was a success, she worked as a model, moved to the United States, and began to pursue her Hollywood dream.

However, after that temporary high, BB Gandanghari revealed earlier this year through an open letter that she is now facing the “scariest time” of her life.

2017 in RETROSPECT: An Open letter… when the going gets tough, the tough gets going! What a year it had been. Exactly a year ago, I was definitely on cloud 9. I felt very legal and official, I just finished some courses from UCLA, feeling comfy with the new crib, simply excited to rebuild a life, a career… as I continue this journey to womanhood. I was also feeling optimistic of a Hollywood career, so optimistic that with just a few bucks in my pocket, I was ready to go, feeling all planned out. That I am giving myself 3mons to get signed up by a top AGENCY and doors would open wide and Hollywood would embrace me ‘oh so lovingly,’ as my dream dictates. I was WRONG, of course. Agency hunting as I used to call it, proved to be very challenging. I started working on my profile/resume, reels and other stuff January of 2017, but not until June was I finally ready to send it out to agencies. Or so I thought. Of course I wasn’t. I needed to update my headshot, I was told. By this time, I was already out of schedule, as far as being represented, being a working actor that is, and OUT of BUDGET. There are bills and rent to pay no matter what. So there I was, in the summer of 2017, doing everything that is humanly possible to survive this so called LIFE… of a woman susceptible to hate bec I am transgender. Tough times is an understatement as I find ways and means to be productive so as to not only support a mere existence in a foreign land but to support a dream, the so-called Hollywood dream. And boy, it’s no joke. And so on my 50th summertime, I must admit, I’ve never prayed harder. It is the scariest times, as I wrestle thru the challenges of pursuing this now seemingly overwhelming and elusive Hollywood dream of mine. Life in simple terms, confronted me at face value. Physical, social, physiological, psychological, financial and professional insecurities was slowly becoming me. As I try with all my might to overcome these limitations, I am in the realization that I gotta have my headshot soonest or go home or… broke. Talking about pressure with the capital P… to be continued…

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BB Gandanghari said in the open letter that she gave herself three months to compose herself and get it together in Los Angeles. However, things were not as easy as she had assumed and went on to admit that she struggled financially in Hollywood.

“It is the scariest time as I wrestle thru the challenges of pursuing this now seemingly overwhelming and elusive Hollywood dream of mine,” she wrote.

“Life in simple terms, confronted me at face value. Physical, social, physiological, psychological, financial and professional insecurities was slowly becoming me.

“As I try with all my might to overcome these limitations, I am in the realization that I gotta have my headshot soonest or go home or . . . broke.”

In December 2017, her brother Robin Padilla said in an interview that BB Gandanghari is now working in Los Angeles as an Uber driver.

However, it can be seen on BB Gandanghari’s recent posts that she is back on pursuing her Hollywood dream by going to several auditions and go-sees.

Deborah Sun

Character actress Deborah Sun confessed in the now-defunct entertainment talk show “Startalk” in 2015 that she is struggling with her finances.

But aside from her economic status, Sun also opened up in the same interview the problems she had with her son, Jam Melendez, who allegedly had drug problems.

Sun, born as Jean Louise Porcuna Salvador, was an actress known for roles in movies Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig (1987), Temptation Island (1980) and Pakawalan Mo Ako (1981).

PHOTO CREDIT: Front Row, GMA