PHOTO: Screengrab from YouTube/@Dr. Aivee
MAS naging kontento at lalong sumaya ang buhay ng dating aktres na si Gretchen Barretto ngayong lumayo na siya sa social media world.
Ito mismo ang mga ibinunyag niya habang kachikahan ang celebrity doctor na si Aivee Teo sa isang recent YouTube vlog.
“Everyone’s missing you. They’re all asking about you,” sey sa kanya ni Doctor Aivee.
Tugon naman ni Gretchen, “Hi everybody! Hello to all my bashers! I miss you too. And if I were you, I’d miss me too.”
“I’ve never been this secure in my life. I’ve never been so sure of myself. This is what I haven’t done,” dagdag ng aktres.
Nang tanungin naman siya kung mas naging maganda ang kanyang buhay without social media.
“I think so,” agad na sagot ng aktres.
Ayon sa kanya, bukod sa mas malaya siya ngayon mula sa mata ng haters at bashers ay mas nakita niya ang mga totoong tao.
Maliban pa riyan ay mas nakatipid din daw siya at mas naging tahimik ang buhay dahil hindi na niya naiisip kung ano ang sasabihin o tingin sa kanya ng ibang tao.
“I have freedom to do what I want to do with all sincerity, I don’t do things out of wanting to show people, and I feel people more because I also feel their sincerity,” sambit niya.
Paliwanag niya, “When you give me something, it’s because you know it’s what I want, it’s not the value you’re giving me because you know, ‘oh she’s gonna post it and everyone’s gonna see it’.”
“And even when I dress now, I dress for myself and not for the public, not because –you know, you don’t feel pressured to like, overspend. Because you feel like you’re gonna have to show off. So it’s more real. And I didn’t know that then, now I know it. So I save more money now,” dagdag pa niya.
Patuloy niya, “There’s more peace because I don’t have to keep on checking on Instagram, like, what’s this person doing, what’s going on. I’m more productive into things that’s more important to me rather than what’s important to show.”
Nabanggit din ni Gretchen na tila nagsawa na siya sa social media kaya ito ay kanya nang inayawan.
“I get tired of things easily, like, I can be so into social media one day or for like a few years, and when I’m over it, I’m over it,” wika niya.
Lahad niya, “I’m in a different world now, I can let go. You have to let go of what does not serve you anymore.”
Sa huli ay nagbigay ng advice si Gretchen at ipinaalala sa publiko na unahing pasalamatan ang mga natatanggap na biyaya at mag-enjoy sa buhay.
“People like to ruin beautiful things. And you know, you have to count your blessings. I just want to live in the moment and enjoy the moment and the people who really matter,” aniya.
Matatandaan noong April 2022 nang nagsimulang mabalitang nag-deactivate ng Instagram account ang aktres.
Hanggang ngayon ay puro mga fan accounts na lang niya ang lumalabas sa IG search.