Andi's communication with baby's dad cut 'a long time ago'
For the first time, young actress Andi Eigenmann opened up about how her relationship went with the father of her baby girl.
The straight-talking mom-to-be related in her guest appearance on “Kris TV” on Oct. 12 that the communication lines between her and the father—whose name she didn't directly mention—was severed after the latter found out that she’s keeping their baby.
She and the baby’s dad “were still together” when Andi found out that she's with child. Back then she was more than halfway through taping for the Kapamilya drama series, “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin.”
“I was a month delayed. Kasi irregular po ako so kahit one month lang hindi ko masyadong binother. Tapos sabi nung daddy—‘di ko sasabihin ‘yung name—sabi niya kailangan na naming mag-test kasi nakakatakot na eh dahil one month na eh… just to be sure. And then to our surprise, positive.”
The decision to keep the baby was purely hers, she stressed. Kris asked, “Hindi ka sinuportahan?”
“Something like that,” Andi replied.
“That’s why I can keep everything casual and openly tell my side of the story of how it happened kasi po ako na lang naman eh, hindi naman na siya kasali. Ayaw niyang sumali so hindi na siya kasali, so ako na lang, so lahat ng sinasabi ko, based on all my decisions,” said the 21-year-old daughter of thespians Mark Gil and Jaclyn Jose.
The last time they talked, according to Andi, was “a long time ago.”
“Siguro mga four months [ago]… Actually when it came out on the news,” she added. Kris then noted that it was last June 29 when Jaclyn’s interview on “TV Patrol” came out, confirming that Andi was 18 weeks pregnant.
Andi admitted that she initiated the talk, “thinking [na] baka... kasi puro showbiz nun eh na... if ever may maririnig siya or ako, sa TV lang eh, so naisip ko baka puwedeng for the last time at least mapag-usapan na lang muna namin para at least alam namin…”
She continued, “Parang, ano ba ‘yun, parang hindi naman kami together for two years para makarinig lang ako sa TV ng mga masasabi niya, puwede namang diretsong makausap ako about things.
“Naisip ko na baka puwedeng i-keep ko ‘to personally like hindi ko naman kailangang pag-usapan on TV ‘yung kung sino ‘yung dad or kung ayaw sumagot ng kung sinuman, okay lang sa’kin. Pero it didn’t work.”
When Kris asked what she meant by “it didn’t work,” Andi quipped, “I guess he just did move on quicker than I did.”
Kris then queried Andi if she ever felt self-pity, to which the latter answered in the affirmative.
“May mga times na naiiyak pa rin ako kasi hindi ako makapaniwala eh… Para may isang tao na nandyan lang siya para sa’yo kahit anong mangyari, pero kapag may problema na ayaw niyang i-face, tatakbuhan na lang niya… para hindi na siya mahirapan kasi ‘yun ‘yung mas madaling gawin. Kaya medyo naawa ako sa sarili ko,” she related.
Nevertheless, “para sa’kin, I have friends, I can tell myself that I’m meant to be with someone better,” Andi added.
“Is there a part of you that wants to take that DNA test para sampal sa mukha niya?” Kris asked next.
Andi let out a hearty laugh before responding, “I wouldn’t go through all that hassle because hindi naman kailangan. But if it will come from them, and I’d have no choice, okay lang, why not, para tumahimik na sila.”
She emphasized that a possible DNA test “wouldn’t change anything” because she will “still do things on my own and no matter what happens, hindi ko sila hihingan nang kahit ano or aasahan na mag-take on any responsibility or anything like that at all.”
It was in Andi’s Posterous blog entry last Sept. 4 that she named Albie Casiño as the father of her child. She soon after deleted his name in the said post and changed it to “baby daddy.” At the peak of the controversy, Albie’s mother, Rina Casiño, was quoted telling entertainment host-columnist Ogie Diaz, "Walang problema kung anak ko ang nakabuntis ke Andi. Blessing ‘yan. And we welcome DNA Test.”
Baby’s name
On a lighter note, Andi revealed she wants one of the names her daughter to be Gabrielle—her character’s name on “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin.”
“My mom named her Gabrielle, which will be the second name. I’m still thinking about the first name but then her nickname will be Eli, so we can call her Eli now even if it’s not yet final,” related Andi, who’s now 34 weeks pregnant.
At the end of their interview, Andi shared the lesson she learned from everything she’s been through.
“Natutunan ko dito na 'wag kang magmamadali. At tsaka ‘wag na ‘wag mong kakalimutang mahalin muna ‘yung sarili mo bago mo magawang magmahal ng iba. Dapat alam mo lagi ‘yung priorities mo tsaka hindi mo hahayaan ‘yung sarili mong ma-blind by kung ano ‘yung akala mo na… ‘yun na. Dahil hindi mo naman mate-tell what the future has in store for you,” she said.
By ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZManila Bulletin
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