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Karina, Aljon share takeaways, new discoveries about one another in #MMKLalabsKoTo

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Mary Ann Bardinas

A few days before the highly-anticipated airing of the <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/maalaalamokaya" style="color:rgb(7, 130, 193);font-family:sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;trebuchet ms&quot;;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration:underline;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Maalaala Mo Kaya</a> episode they’re headlining tagged #MMKLalabsKoTo, fast-rising loveteam Karina Bautista and Aljon Mendoza graced the latest episode of Hotspot on Thursday, February 24, to talk about it and their <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none">Viral Scandal</a> stint, as well as played the fun “Caption It Challenge”.According to Karina, “#MMKLalabsKoTo” was derived from the tagline of a popular fastfood chain where the featured love story of couple John and Theza Muni started to bloom and from the cute term of endearment of Aljon’s character to her in the primetime series <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none">Viral Scandal</a>.<div><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/maalaalamokaya/articles-photos/look-behind-the-scene-photos-of-mmk-lalabs-ko-to-episode-15594">LOOK: Behind-the-scene photos of MMK “Lalabs Ko To” episode</a></div>Many viewers can surely relate to it as it will tackle the issues those people who are in a relationship usually encounter – from family matters, personal and relationship struggles, up to the differences in their socio-economic status – and what their characters are going to do in order for their relationship to still work despite having dissimilar priorities in life.Since this is the first time for Aljon to topbill an episode of the long-running drama anthology after taking on supporting roles, he has nothing but happiness that his dream for their tandem and their ardent shippers’ long-time request finally came true. At the same time, he’s grateful for the slew of projects being poured onto them amid the current situation. The same goes for Karina, who’s going to appear in an episode of MMK for the first time.<div><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/maalaalamokaya/articles-news/karina-and-aljon-star-in-firat-mmk-episode-together-16768">Karina and Aljon star in first MMK episode together</a></div>As they’ve already done several projects together in the previous years, KarJon revealed that they were still able to discover a few things about each other while filming this episode that they haven’t seen yet before. Karina pointed out how he was able to present a totally different facet of him that’s way different from his past and present portrayals, while Aljon was able to observe the dedication and naturality of her as an actress.Since they’re able to somehow relate with their characters and scrupulously study the script, it had been easier for them to do their job. For Karina, her biggest takeaway from this stint is the realization that the challenges we went or are going through is only God’s way of preparing us for the greater things life has in store for us, while it’s the value of forgiving oneself in order to address your insecurities for Aljon.Then he had them play the fun “Caption It Challenge”, wherein they were asked to caption the pictures of one another. Find out the witty captions they gave each other’s photos and the stories behind each by watching this episode!Catch Karina and Aljon this coming Saturday, February 26, on <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/maalaalamokaya">Maalaala Mo Kaya</a>’s #MMKLalabsKoTo episode on <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-kapamilya-channel-12340" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;color:rgb(0, 102, 204);text-align:left">Kapamilya Channel</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline;float:none;line-height:1.5;text-align:left">, <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/abs-cbn-goes-full-blast-on-digital-launches-kapamilya-online-live-on-youtube-and-facebook-12718" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;color:rgb(0, 102, 204);text-align:left">Kapamilya Online Live</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Montserrat, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:1.5;text-align:left;display:inline !important">,, A2Z Channel 11, TV5, and <a href="https://iwanttfc.com">iWantTFC</a>.

Before the airing of their #MMKLalabsKoTo episode this Saturday, Karina Bautista and Aljon Mendoza graced the latest episode of Hotspot!