Nicole Scherzinger could not hide her amazement at Palawan’s beauty and expressed how proud she is to have Filipino blood that connects her to such a place.
The Filipino American singer took to Instagram on Thursday, Oct. 2, to share a clip in which she is seen swimming through the island’s clear turquoise waters.
‘Imagine having blood that ties you to a place this breathtaking,’ she captioned the post, tagging it with #Philippines.
In the comments section, the global singer’s celebrity friends expressed how amazed they were by Scherzinger and Palawan’s ‘combined beauty.’
‘Unwritten’ hitmaker Natasha Bedingfield commented, ‘Wow,’ while Kakai Bautista wrote, ‘The Philippines love you.’
Scherzinger, whose father is Filipino and mother is Hawaiian, has long spoken about her pride in her roots.
In past interviews, the former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman said she considers her Filipino side an important part of her identity.
Last year, Scherzinger delighted fans when she casually broke into her hit ‘Hush Hush’ at a dinner, quipping, ‘Tell me you’re a Filipino without telling me you’re a Filipino.’
The 47-year-old performer and actress first made her mark in stardom as the lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, behind chart-topping singles such as ‘Don’t Cha,’ ‘Stickwitu’ and ‘Buttons.’
In June this year, Scherzinger earned critical praise for her powerhouse performance as Norma Desmond in ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ which won her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The revival also bagged Best Musical Revival.
Scherzinger previously played Penny (originally played by Cynthia Rhodes) in the 2017 remake of ‘Dirty Dancing,’ the 1987 movie that starred Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze.