Throughout its five-year run, “Tonight With Boy Abunda” came up with various ways of getting to know more our favorite celebrities—and one of them is “5 in 45.” In his fun and exciting challenge, the guests or someone very close to them would share five interesting facts about the celebrity within 45 seconds, thus the title. 

Here are 10 male celebrities and their loved ones who enthusiastically took on the dare!

While Ogie Alcasid is a brilliant singer-songwriter, actor, host, and comedian for many of us, he’s actually an affectionate dad to his and wife Regine Velasquez’s unico hijo, Nate. When asked about the things he loves about his dad in 2018, among the reasons he mentioned was because the “It’s Showtime” host gives him cuddles and he takes them to museums whenever they go on international trips.

That same year, McCoy de Leon and Elisse Joson rang in the new year with kilig as they graced the late-night talk show together and imparted random trivia about each other. Many may abhor his vicious character, David, in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” but he’s actually a softie in a real life Elisse revealed that he would actually send her long messages, much to the delight of the host, Boy Abunda, and the audiences. 

Nash Aguas is undoubtedly among the most talented actors of his generation. And in one of his guestings on TWBA, the “Goin’ Bulilit” alumnus exposed two of his techniques to having awesome performances—he practices crying in front of the mirror to see how he looks like and he drinks a lot of water before an intense dramatic scene. 

Aside from being a great dancer and actor and a promising director, John Prats is also adored for the beautiful relationship he has with her wife Isabel Oli over the years. And he gave us hints on how he is a husband to her by revealing that he’s actually the more affectionate between them, to the point that he would “baby talk” to her. Besides, he also made the effort of tasting her favorite viand, dinuguan, even though he dislikes it.

He may be seen as a serious actor, but Gerald Anderson has his hidden quirks, too. He told the King of Talk that he is actually fond of making itineraries and pulling off surprises, as well as taking a peek on the texts or chats of the person next to him. 

Jake Cuenca may come off as tough because of the kontrabida roles he portrayed, but he actually has a soft side. Believe it or not, he’s actually good with kids, a huge Mama’s boy, and very afraid of dogs.

The same goes with RK Bagatsing, who ‘fessed up about being scared of flying cockroaches and falling asleep while watching series. He also recounted how he used to get starstruck with Kim Chiu, to the point that he pretended to sleep while they were talking inside a bus going to their location. It can be recalled that they worked together in the special 40th episode of “Ipaglaban Mo” in 2018. 

Sam Milby is a good actor and singer, that’s for sure, but did you know that he actually has an athletic facet? The talented heartthrob imparted that he can actually ride a unicycle ever since he was five years old, as well as he did figure skating when he was still young and qualified to Junior Olympics twice, in which he won second place in both competitions.

Since Erik Santos is one of the finest singers in the country, Tito Boy asked him to do the “Songs of My Life Edition” of the “5 in 45 Challenge.” Thus, the King of Teleserye Theme Songs sang snippets of some of the songs he popularized throughout his career, namely, “Pagbigyang Muli,” “I’ll Never Go,” “I Believe I Can Fly,” “This Is The Moment,” and “My Love Is Here.”

And lastly, TWBA tapped Kathryn Bernardo to give five fun facts about her then-“La Luna Sangre” co-star Joross Gamboa. More than the random trivia that she shared, such as how he would always show videos of her beloved kids and how loquacious he was, it was the last that truly warmed our hearts. The Asia’s Superstar said, “’Di ko inexpect ‘yong friendship na nabuo sa amin ni Joross and I’m really grateful na more than just workmate, naging totoong kaibigan ko siya. I’m so happy.”

Which of these revelations amused and surprised you the most, Kapamilya?