Fil-Am singer Jessica Sanchez on being married: ‘I’ve grown a lot’

E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p><em>American Idol </em>season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez opened up about her married life.</p><p>In an interview on <em><strong>PUSH Best Live</strong>,</em> the Filipino-American singer said that marriage allowed her to grow in a lot of ways.</p><p>&quot;Marriage have really calmed me down. I love my husband and I think it just changed me for the better, he changed me for the better. I&#x27;ve grown a lot. I&#x27;ve actually been married for two years. It&#x27;s been a while. I just announced it publicly. it was like a soft announcement on my Instagram,&quot; she said.</p><p>She highlighted that her husband, Rickie Gallardo, is also very supportive when it comes to her career.</p><div><iframe width="1349" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUjOJ_isVJY" title="Jessica Sanchez opens up about her marriage | PUSH Bets Live" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>&quot;Marriage is like another level of commitment. I am very happy. My husband is very supportive of my career,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Jessica also shared the details about their intimate wedding. The singer said that it actually took days to plan their union.  </p><p>&quot;It was actually a very small wedding so we were planning of having a bigger wedding but we just decided that oh our pastor&#x27;s in town, let just get married in like a couple days,&quot; she said.</p><p>Jessica got married to her partner in Texas.</p><p>The 27-year-old singer also revealed that they are planning to have a bigger wedding soon.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU1zq3-gIKo/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A6828910.799999997%2C%22ls%22%3A5985221.399999991%2C%22le%22%3A5985223.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="860" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;My husband, he wants the big wedding, I love our little wedding. It was really small, not much of his family was there, and my family wasn&#x27;t there. Our pastor flew in and yeah let&#x27;s get married in two days. I got my dress from a little store in the mall our rings are from </p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/9/20/fresh-scoops/jessica-sanchez-makes-a-comeback-202524" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Jessica Sanchez makes a comeback, reflects on music journey</u></strong></a></div><p>Jessica recently traveled to the Philippines for a series of shows. She also performed at the Miss Universe Philippines 2023 pageant last May 13, 2023. </p><p>On being back in the Philippines, Jessica said: &quot;It&#x27;s been so nice. I&#x27;ve grown up on Filipino food. This is the most rice I&#x27;ve eaten in a long time.&quot; </p><p>&quot;I love being back. It&#x27;s been so long because of the whole COVID pandemic. I missed my grandparents the most for sure but also the people, the culture, the food,&quot; she added.</p>

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Fil-Am singer Jessica Sanchez on being married: ‘I’ve grown a lot’

Fil-Am singer Jessica Sanchez on being married: ‘I’ve grown a lot’

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Published May 14, 2023 04:40 PM PHT

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