Philippine Showbiz Today
April 8 - 21, 2019
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
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John Lloyd’s fans excited for new endorsement teaser
It may not be a return to acting
just quite yet, but for fans of John
Lloyd Cruz, it’s better than nothing.
More than a year after the actor
decided to go on a hiatus, he is now
being teased as the new endorser of
a popular shawarma brand.
A video was uploaded on
Facebook this Wednesday and for
Cruz’s loyal followers, there was no
mistaking whose face was featured
on it, even if the man was being
filmed from behind.
Cruz has yet to confirm anything
through his lone Instagram account,
although the clip has already been
excitingly reuploaded by his fans,
including a verified Facebook page
dedicated to
him.
It also
follows
a
teasing post
from his close
friend
from
the industry,
Piolo Pascual,
an endorser
of the same
shawarma
store. “If that’s
you,” he tells Cruz in his caption. “I’m
happy coz ur my brother.”
Cruz went on a hiatus back in
2017 to focus on his private life. He
welcomed his first child with actress
Ellen Adarna in June last
year.
He was replaced on “Home
Sweetie Home” by Pascual, who
played a new character to act as the
love interest of Toni Gonzaga in his
place.
It remains unclear whether
Cruz intends to return to the weekly
sitcom, or acting in general, following
this endorsement or not. (abs-cbn)
How Judy Ann told daughter Yohan she was adopted
Judy Ann Santos’ first daughter,
Yohan, was made aware of her being
an adopted child as early as age 4.
This was a conscious decision
for her screen veteran-mom, so that
Yohan would grow up to see the
concept of adoption as something
positive, and not to be ashamed
about.
Santos adopted Yohan prior
to her 2009 wedding with TV host
Ryan Agoncillo, with whom she has
two other children, Lucho and Luna.
Agoncillo went on to legally adopt
Yohan.
According to Santos, she
introduced the term “adoption” to
Yohan early on so she would ease
into understanding their technical
relationship, as opposed to being
informed about all at once.
“There was a time that I saw
in my iPad, nag-history ako. Nawala
sa isip ko na nasa kanya iPad ko.
Pagtingin ko sa history, she actually
Googled her name. So, lumabas dun
siyempre lahat— ‘Yohan Agoncillo
adopted,’ ‘Yohan Agoncillo singing’
— like, everything about her,” Santos
recalled, as quote by Pep.ph..
Yohan, who is now 14, was
already aware of her being an adopted
child at that point. There were times,
however, when the child would feel
sad about that idea — which Santos
would address by reminding her that
it’s an “inspiring story, and not a bad
thing at all.”
“Dati kasi ano siya, e,
sumasama loob niya, naba-bother
siya. Nalulungkot siya kaya sinasabi
ko sa kanya, ‘Sweetheart, it was my
choice. I know naman at some point,
I could still have a child. It’s just that
I so wanted to have a child, and I
prayed. I prayed for years to have a
baby girl. I’m very specific with my
prayers. I want to have a baby girl
at 26. And I got a call a week after
I turned 26. And it was a baby girl,
so that was you. Even before I had a
family, it was you and me only.’
“Doon, ano na siya, ‘Ah, oo
nga. Sa iyo ako kasi ginusto mo,’”
Santos said. “You can see it in her
glow, e, that she’s confident. She’s
not ashamed of being an adopted
daughter.”
Over the years since she became
a mother to Yohan, Santos has not
shied away from acknowledging of
the long process it took to make
her, and later, Agoncillo, the legal
parents.
“If you share it with a positive
attitude, then you will inspire people
or other adopted children na being
adopted is such a good thing. It’s
the most beautiful word that you can
encounter because it just means na
a family adopted you. They wanted
you, they chose you to be part of
their family,” she said. (abs-cbn)