Aired (October 27, 2023): Inamin ni Boy Abunda kay Jessica Soho ang bubog niya sa kanyang buhay. Panoorin ang video para sa ibang detalye.
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00:04 I attended a lecture by a national artist and famous writer, Ricky Liboy.
00:12 It was just online.
00:13 He had a lecture series on GMA Public Affairs.
00:18 He mentioned that each of us has a "bubug."
00:24 What is your "bubug?"
00:27 The first thing that came to my mind, although I've been able to manage this,
00:32 is that my father is a "bubug" who is a "anak sa labas."
00:35 Not so much with the poverty that I went through.
00:42 I don't complain about it because we worked hard and we didn't starve.
00:47 I don't even talk about my father being a "kubrador ng bus."
00:51 My mother was a proud public school teacher.
00:54 She was teaching Grade 1.
00:56 She taught Grade 1 for 41 years, 11 months, and 2 days.
00:59 But I was a "bubug" who was a "anak sa labas."
01:04 In the province, it's called "anak sa pagkabastardo."
01:08 That gutted me in a certain way.
01:10 It was very painful for me because my father didn't explain it.
01:15 I was just wondering that our grandfather's house, Apoy, is here.
01:20 The other one is here.
01:21 But we couldn't ask questions.
01:23 And why did I remember this "bubug"?
01:26 Many years ago, I did an interview.
01:28 My mother was still alive.
01:30 And I spoke like this.
01:32 We talked about being a "anak sa bastardo."
01:36 It's very painful.
01:37 And I was talking about my father being born out of wedlock.
01:42 The next day, my mother sat me down.
01:45 She said, "The short of the long story was,
01:50 I didn't like what you did last night."
01:59 She said, "I was afraid of my mother, Jess.
02:03 I couldn't answer her until her death.
02:06 What my mother said was wrong or right because she's not always right.
02:11 I didn't learn to answer her questions.
02:13 With my guts, I couldn't answer my parents.
02:18 So when she said that she wasn't happy with our conversation,
02:24 I said, "Mom, why?"
02:26 I said, "Because, it's not right that you're talking about your father's private life.
02:36 He's no longer here.
02:38 He's not even here to defend himself.
02:40 He's not even here to explain to you the narrative."
02:44 I said, "Mom, I didn't know what happened.
02:49 I didn't know."
02:50 At this very moment, nobody has explained to me the story.
02:52 Did I deserve to know the truth?
02:54 I don't know.
02:55 But of course, I said, "Mom, I also have my own skeletons in my own closet.
03:01 I have to deal with my truth."
03:03 This is one of the things I want to say.
03:06 My mother said, "And I have not forgotten this as a person.
03:12 Even if you get hurt,
03:16 wherever you go,
03:22 especially when it comes to your family's story,
03:26 not all the truth is being told.
03:29 Because, it's more painful."
03:35 I apologize to my mother.
03:40 But, until now,
03:45 I will carry that on my shoulders.
03:49 Sorry, I made Boy Abunda cry.
03:57 But, you also cried on my show before, right?
04:00 Yes, you always make me cry.
04:03 Sorry, Boy.
04:04 But, that's really it.
04:05 I will carry that on my shoulders.
04:06 Boy's parents are really soft-spot.
04:09 Yes, they are.
04:10 My mother died early.
04:16 She was 8 years old.
04:17 She died of cancer.
04:19 So, that's it.
04:20 My brother and I, we had to grow up on our own.
04:24 Actually, we had a support system.
04:25 Grandmothers, aunties, uncles, my dad.
04:29 But, of course, my mother was different.
04:32 So, you were lucky.
04:36 At what age did your mother die?
04:39 My mother died at 90.
04:41 90.
04:42 Just before the beginning of COVID.
04:44 Yes.
04:45 I don't even know what it feels like
04:47 to have a toilet behind me.
04:50 And because of that, what have you become?
04:52 Maybe that's why I'm independent.
04:55 I'm very independent.
04:56 Because I had to learn things on my own.
04:59 DIY.
05:00 My DIY life.
05:02 That's it.
05:03 Okay.
05:04 Before we continue, because I'm still crying.
05:07 I'll take a commercial break.
05:10 This is my show.
05:11 I've already sequestered him.
05:13 Are we going to take a commercial break, Direk?
05:15 Yes.
05:16 We'll be back with Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
05:20 Actually, Jessica Soho now.
05:22 We'll be back in a bit.
05:25 [Music]