It is
Mother’s Day, and the headlines at the local showbiz industry (nope, not the
Tulfo vs Claudine and a little bit of Raymart), are mostly about the moms of
the kids who have recently gotten themselves into trouble (that only their moms
could help in clearing their names?).
It has
been all over the news for more than a week now. To sum it up (from a couch
potato’s point of view), Andi Eigenmann left her baby at home (to the care of
her mom perhaps?) to hang out with friends in a bar, just like the good old
days when she was not still a mom herself. Albie Casino, the rumored father of
Andi’s child, who is constantly seen at many people’s FB statuses for being
almost everywhere (from bars, to beaches to private homes, doing wacky and
sometimes naughty poses with his friends), happened to be in the same bar as
Andi’s.
The two
are not in good terms and they haven’t been since Albie learned about Andi’s
pregnancy. They met in the bar. Andi did ala Cherry Gil and threw wine on Albie’s
face, slapped him and said some nasty words. Andi was insulted with Albie’s
facial expression. She felt as if he was insulting her all the more.
Now what
kind of facial expression can you do when you have wine on your face? Let’s all
look in the mirror and pretend that someone threw wine on our faces. Yep, it
really looked insulting hehe!
To cut
the story short, Albie was beaten up by Andi’s companions on his way out. While
being beaten, he was maybe thinking of what would happen next to the story so
he made sure that he recognized a face or two from the kiddos who were hurting
him, in revenge to what he did to Andi. One of the faces that he was able to
remember was that of the late Francis Magalona’s son, Frank.
Andi saw
what happened. She ran up to him and said something like, “Don’t show your face
to any of my friends ever again. Hindi mo sila kaya.” Oh yeah, I forgot, she
also asked the badly bruised and beaten up Albie if he was okay.
Done with
the summary. I did not take this seriously because this is very childish. This
could not have happened if Andi became more mature after she has given birth. What
was she doing staying up quite late when she already has a baby? Okay, maybe
she just wants to enjoy her youth, but God, you must be more responsible by now.
Albie, on
the other hand, should have learned his lessons from the mistakes he did in the
past. He had a promising career and he just wasted the trust that ABS-CBN has
given him by not only screwing up his own life, but screwing up a fast-rising
TV gem at that time, who is Andi.
Now that
everything has already been said about the issue, there are three faces that we
keep on seeing on various media platforms, and none of them were involved in
the brawl – Rina Casino, Jaclyn Jose and Pia Magalona.
Rina is
Albie’s mom. Her take - “I cannot
understand why would these guys beat up my son. ‘Di ko alam kung bakit, inagrabyado ba sila ni Albie? Wala namang ginagawang masama ang anak ko,
nananahimik na. My son is trying to move on.”
Jaclyn,
Andi’s mom, in defense of herself and her daughter – “N’ung nabuntis nga ni pitik ‘di ko nagawa.
Pinalaki ko ang mga anak ko ng walang palo at mahusay na pakikipagusap lang….
At lalong ’di ko pinalaking sinungaling ang mga anak ko.”
Pia,
Frank Magalona’s mom, also came to his defense – This is from PEP Alerts posted
on May 9. “Ayon kay Pia Magalona, totoong naroon si
Frank Magalona sa Fiamma Bar nang maganap ang pambubugbog umano kay Albie
Casino ngunit hindi raw kasama ang anak sa mga umatake sa young actor.”
This
story is no longer about these showbiz kids who have gotten themselves into an
ugly limelight. This proves that mothers will do everything to defend their
children no matter what it takes.
I can
only imagine the tears that these moms have cried for the problems that their
children are now facing. They may look tough in front of the camera or they may
say things and accusations just to defend their own blood, but deep inside,
these three are very much hurting for what their children have become or have gotten themselves into.
Albie,
Andi and Frank, and other youth like these three, should all learn vital
lessons from this story. We must all appreciate our moms because we know that
we can depend on them even in worst cases. In return, we should not get into
any kind of situations that will force our moms to speak up for us. They will,
for sure, but just imagine the pains that they may be going through for the
actions and things that they did not have anything to do with in the first
place.
Happy
mother’s day to these three, Rina, Jaclyn and Pia. Maybe Claudine Baretto
could learn something from this as well, as a mom and as a daughter =)
