Claudine, Gretchen at Marjorie Barretto
DIRETSONG sinabi ni Gretchen Barretto na hindi pa siya handang makipag-ayos kay Marjorie Barretto at sa kanyang mga magulang, okay na raw siya na nagkaayos sila ni Claudine.
“May kasabihan na ‘never say never’ pero allow me or indulge me. Gusto kong sabihin with regards to Marjorie, never, simply because I value my life, my mental health, my peace and my finances,” sey ni Greta sa panayam nina Ogie Diaz at MJ Felipe.
“I am not ready and I don’t think I will ever be for Marjorie. She has become so toxic in my life. I would not stop loving her but I also love myself, I also love my family,” dagdag pa ni Gretchen.
Pagpapatuloy pa niya, “I’m not ready and I don’t think I’ll ever be ready, to be okay with them. Because kapag sinabi n’yo ‘pinagdarasal po namin Ms. Gretchen na maging okay kayo with the rest of the family, ‘wag ho n’yo idasal yun kasi di ko po yun kaya, mentally, emotionally. Hindi ko po kaya.
“Right now I am happy where I am. I am happy with Claudine, I am happy with her children and that’s all I want,” aniya pa.
“I am okay, I feel this certain sense of freedom that I can be okay with myself without being blamed for the kind of life that I need, the life that I enjoy.
“I don’t want to live a life na people—the people I supposedly love—will keep on judging me na ‘Tignan mo yan, ganito ang mga kotse, ito ang mga bahay, ito ang mga ginagamit, ‘tapos kami, ganito.’
“I cannot be crucified for the life that I live and for the things that I have, yun lang ang sinasabi ko.
“So, bakit ako sasama sa mga tao who’ll always feel like they need to own what I own?” litanya pa ni Greta.
Sunod na tanong sa kanya kung tinatapos na ba niya ang relasyon sa kanyang pamilya, “Hindi sa tinatapos, it’s just that may kasabihan na responsibilidad natin ang sarili nating mental health, emotional health, yung state natin, what we feel. And I feel I am most at peace without Marjorie and without the rest.”