GRETCHEN, MARJORIE AT CLAUDINE BARRETTO
CONFRONTED daily with news about the Barretto sisters teeming with the latest developments, ito na yata ang longest running real-life teleserye showbiz has ever known.
Unlike rival teleseryes na puwedeng pamilian ng audience depending on their network loyalty, ang tungkol kina Gretchen, Marjorie at Claudine with the special participation of Julia and Nicole is one trending spectacle na hindi na kailangang i-promote o isubo sa mga manonood.
The lives of the Barretto members has become one big carnival with free entrance na pinipilahan ng mga tao who hunger for the latest updates na sinubaybayan nila since Day One.
Entertainment section editors no doubt feel anxious na bahaw kundi man panis na ang balitang lalabas bukas dahil na-eclipse o natabunan na ito ng mga bagong kaganapan.
As to where this never-ending saga reaches its climax, walang may alam except for its main characters.
As far as Claudine is concerned, in a radio interview, she doesn’t see any reconciliation (at least with her Ate Gretchen) coming. At mukha ngang hindi lang ‘yon mula sa punto de vista ni Claudine as Gretchen and Marjorie seem to share the same feeling.
Lumalaon, palala nang palala ang sitwasyon. None of the three sisters is willing to hoist the white flag. Mukhang wala na ring magawa ang kanilang ina na si Mommy Inday as things have been spinning out of control.
Wala ring mga malalapit na kaibigan mula sa kaninumang kampo ang may kakayahang pagbati-batiin ang nag-aalitang magkakapatid. Comments in support of one (of the three sisters) are perceived to be meddling in the affairs of the Barretto family tulad ng simpleng “Fresh!!!” post ni Ruffa Gutierrez bilang suporta kay Julia.
We doubt if Marjorie and Claudine will behave the same way kung may isang celebrity supporter si Gretchen.
Ang inakala nating isyu confined within the Barretto family has built extensions, na kumbaga sa main office ay nagkaroon ng branches. Kung nadamay na si Ruffa, for sure, other names will be dragged into the fray.
At habang nadaragdagan ang mga tauhan na walang inilayo sa FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, the plot of the Barretto story thickens.
At habang lalo pang umiigting ang away na ito with some unknown dark secrets being unraveled each day, people see no closure to it.
Personally, kung ganyan din lang ang sitwasyon, let animosity remain. Hindi namin maimadyin na bagama’t all will be well with them, mababawi pa ba ang mga hurtful words na sinabi nila sa isa’t isa?
Such are already in the “mental archives.” Burado man ang mga ito off whatever medium (print, radio, TV, social media, etc.) it cannot undo any single word of hate para muling maibalik ang kanilang sisterly relationship.
Not through a go-between. Hindi sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga common friends. Not even Mommy Inday’s magic wand.