Tom Rodriguez on his stay in the United States: ‘I really had to take time to really recover’

Tom Rodriguez is indeed back and is now working on his upcoming project after a two-year break from showbiz.

In Nelson Canlas’s report on “24 Oras,” Tuesday, Tom said that he had a simple life in the United States, where he stayed following his separation from Carla Abellana.

“Two weeks lang dapat ako nando’n. Nawili din ako. Long story short, I really had to take time to really recover and now, I do feel na buo na ako ulit,” he said.

“Nawili din ako na when I started taking on responsibilities for myself, maintaining the household, learning to cook, learning to do laundry, ‘yung washing machine tsaka dryer doon, mag-grocery, couponing, all that stuff. Na-enjoy ko,” he continued.

Tom is now preparing for the concert version of “Ibarra: The Musical,” which is scheduled to be released in the second quarter of this year.

The project marks Tom’s return to the theater industry.

“I’m glad na they offered me this role. I’ve been really yearning to be back into theater and napagbigyan uli,” he said.

Tom has also returned to social media.

“Medyo hindi pa ako sanay mag-social media uli. So I’ve been trying to force myself to go back,” he said, adding that his team is still trying to retrieve his previous Instagram account.

“I’m on TikTok din, I’m starting to push myself out of my comfort zone kasi nakaka-spoil pala ‘yung wala. It’s nice din to reconnect with the people. Kaya I’m trying to push myself to go out of my ermitanyo mode,” Tom said.

Tom returned to the country last month.

He flew to Arizona, United States in 2022, following his divorce from Carla. The two had been in a relationship for seven years before getting married in October 2021.

Tom last appeared in the GMA primetime series “The World Between Us” starring Alden Richards and Jasmine Curtis-Smith.

—Carby Basina/MGP, GMA Integrated News