I was fighting so hard for our relationship despite all the words thrown at me by my own dad,” she added. I kept trying and that was painful for me. If I had given up, we wouldn’t be talking right now. “I didn’t ever give up in our relationship. The actress also said that despite their painful history, she still “fought hard to keep a certain relationship” with Dennis. That scarred me, that traumatized me, that scared me,” Julia continued. “I wish you would also recognize and acknowledge the fact that maybe ‘I have done something to scare my kids off.’ Before, when we would speak over the phone, you wouldn’t always have the best tone and the best choice of words. We were already too pained, too scared of you,” she said. “You question why you feel like nobody’s responding, not knowing how much pain and hurt you’ve caused us before trying to talk to us. Julia explained to Dennis they wanted to drop the Baldivia surname because they were “trying to correct your mistake” and that she was also “too pained” to even communicate with her dad. I didn’t understand why there was a need to remove my surname.

Makakabawas ba sa popularity mo? No,” he said. Hindi ko maintindihan ano ang dahilan kung bakit kailangan ipatanggal? Baldivia ka naman talaga kasi ako ‘yung tatay mo. He also added that he felt frustrated because he wasn’t able to ask his daughter her reasons for the name change. (You were already using Barretto as your screen name and then you wanted to remove Baldivia as your legal name?) Barretto na nga lang ang dala mo sa screen name mo tapos tatanggalin mo pa ‘yung Baldivia?” That’s what I wanted to happen but I just couldn’t contact any of you.)ĭennis then recalled how hurt he was when Julia wanted to drop her dad’s surname, Baldivia, in 2014: “That was a dagger, it’s not the pangalan (name). (Dennis, you should not meddle, know the real story first. Bakit hindi mo muna tanungin si Julia.’ Gusto ko naman na ganun ang mangyari dati kaya lang, hindi ako makapag-communicate sa inyo,” he said. ‘ Dennis, huwag ka muna makialam, alamin mo muna ‘yung puno’t dulo. Julia’s relationship with dad DennisĪside from her parents’ relationship, Julia also asked Dennis about the greatest lesson he’s learned from their past misunderstandings. Kasalanan ko ‘yun (It’s not your mother’s fault. I summarized my life in less than two hours),” he said.

(I saw my life pass by me, 10 frames per second. Na-summarize ko ‘yung buong buhay ko nang wala pa sa dalawang oras. It was like a dream… Noong akala ko wala na ako, siguro mga 10 frames per second. The comedian also added that he realized all his shortcomings after his recent battle with COVID-19. Your mom also suffered a lot because of my attitude.)

Ang mommy mo, ang dami ring pinagdaanan na pagsubok dahil sa ugali ko.” (I went through a lot, that’s why I acted that way. Ang dami kong pinagdaaanan kaya ako naging ganoon. “It became rocky because of my attitude, my temper. Julia started the vlog by asking her dad about his greatest takeaway from his separation from Julia’s mom, Marjorie.

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