Paunawa: Sensitibo ang paksa.
Naglabas kamakailan ng sama ng loob kung paano hinawakan ng mga pulis ang kaso ng pagkamatay ni Ronaldo Valdez ang kanyang anak na si Janno Gibbs.
Sa eksklusibong panayam ni Jessica Soho kay Janno Gibbs, sama-sama nating sariwain ang mga alaala ng premyadong aktor na si Ronaldo Valdez.
Sino nga ba si Ronaldo Valdez sa likod ng camera at sa mata ng kanyang mga mahal sa buhay?
Panoorin ang video.
Naglabas kamakailan ng sama ng loob kung paano hinawakan ng mga pulis ang kaso ng pagkamatay ni Ronaldo Valdez ang kanyang anak na si Janno Gibbs.
Sa eksklusibong panayam ni Jessica Soho kay Janno Gibbs, sama-sama nating sariwain ang mga alaala ng premyadong aktor na si Ronaldo Valdez.
Sino nga ba si Ronaldo Valdez sa likod ng camera at sa mata ng kanyang mga mahal sa buhay?
Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 [music]
00:03 Before Christmas, we were all just shocked and saddened
00:08 by the sudden death of the respected actor, Ronaldo Valdez.
00:13 Just this week, his son, Giano Gibbs, gave a speech
00:20 about the crisis they went through.
00:24 [music]
00:32 [speaking in Tagalog]
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00:53 [speaking in Tagalog]
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01:07 [laughing]
01:09 [speaking in Tagalog]
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01:16 [music]
01:18 [speaking in Tagalog]
01:21 This is the one for me.
01:23 But before the end of 2023,
01:26 everyone was shocked by a bad news.
01:30 Ronaldo Valdez, at the age of 76,
01:35 I'm dying.
01:37 died.
01:39 I'm lucky I'm still alive at this age.
01:43 At the age of 76,
01:46 veteran actor Ronaldo Valdez died.
01:49 The family of Ronaldo Valdez became silent
01:52 since the tragedy happened.
01:54 But this Sunday, his son,
01:57 the singer and comedian, Giano Gibbs,
02:00 expressed his bad feelings
02:03 about how the police handled the case.
02:06 What kind of police station?
02:09 [music]
02:11 He complained to the people who spread the video
02:14 about the last moments of his father.
02:17 If you think about it, what happened to us is terrible.
02:21 They even doubled the charges.
02:24 And those who posted fake news
02:27 about his death.
02:29 I do not wish this on anybody else.
02:35 That's why I'm doing this.
02:37 I don't want this to happen to anyone else.
02:45 This Friday, Giano asked me to interview him
02:49 to bring back the memories of his father.
02:53 Giano, first of all, thank you very much.
02:56 Thank you, Ms. Jessica, for having me.
02:59 How are you? How's your family?
03:01 Holding up well.
03:02 The ride after helped a lot.
03:06 We traveled first.
03:08 To be able to travel far, to be able to forget a little,
03:10 to be able to rest, that's a big help.
03:12 Now, as much as possible, we don't leave one person alone.
03:17 We need to be together.
03:19 We're in that stage.
03:20 You draw strength from each other.
03:22 Yes, yes.
03:23 Family is the biggest comfort for security.
03:26 It's good that you're able to face the media
03:29 and be interviewed.
03:31 One, I had to come out with that press con
03:34 to clear things, to air my grievances also.
03:38 At least I was able to go out.
03:39 How are you?
03:40 Hey, I'm okay.
03:42 It's like you're not.
03:43 They said, Giano, there are different stages of grief.
03:47 Yes.
03:48 Have you ever experienced that?
03:50 I was even bashed for,
03:52 because we went on a trip right after the week.
03:55 I posted a TikTok of me dancing.
03:58 Some people bashed me,
04:00 "What's that? It's only been a few days."
04:02 Others would post sad things every day.
04:06 They would pray.
04:07 I didn't want to use the situation.
04:10 I wanted life to go on.
04:12 What I showed was one happy moment,
04:16 but most of the time, we're still in grief.
04:19 I remember when you grieve,
04:21 the hardest thing to fight is thoughts.
04:24 How do you erase the negative thoughts,
04:26 the sad thoughts from your head?
04:28 You cannot.
04:29 I think it will stay there forever.
04:31 It will lessen.
04:32 It will be fewer and far between
04:35 as time progresses,
04:37 but it will not be erased.
04:39 Especially, only me and Bing.
04:42 We saw him in that horrible state.
04:46 The first night of the week,
04:48 of course, I was like the father of the family.
04:51 I was so strong.
04:54 They would surprise me,
04:56 "You're so strong. You're brave."
05:00 The second night, I couldn't go.
05:03 I had a breakdown.
05:05 I still have, once in a while,
05:08 flashes of the horrible image,
05:11 but it gets lesser as time goes by.
05:15 You remember your last conversation with him?
05:18 When was it?
05:19 What was he like?
05:20 What did you talk about?
05:22 You know what?
05:23 I thought I was not there,
05:24 but he was living with me, right?
05:26 I was just next door.
05:30 I think he made sure I was sleeping.
05:34 Oh my God.
05:36 He even knocked on my door.
05:40 I was taking a nap,
05:42 afternoon nap.
05:44 I woke up.
05:46 He just looked at me.
05:47 He said, "Didn't you walk all the way?"
05:50 I said, "All the way.
05:51 That's why Bing used the car."
05:54 I said, "When I came back, I just looked."
05:56 "Oh, okay."
05:59 Moments after that,
06:01 here's the driver, panicking.
06:04 So I think he made sure I was sleeping
06:07 and the driver was not there.
06:09 If I can only turn back the hands of time,
06:12 I will.
06:13 Giano, given the circumstances
06:15 surrounding the death of your dad,
06:17 can I ask if there were signs prior,
06:21 you were going through something,
06:22 you were feeling something,
06:24 were there clues?
06:25 Since late last year,
06:26 he was taping for his teleserye.
06:29 He started, he was having a hard time walking.
06:32 Suddenly, suddenly,
06:34 suddenly he was limping.
06:36 It got worse and worse
06:37 until a few months ago,
06:40 maybe, he was on a mobile.
06:43 Wheelchair driving?
06:44 Yes, yes, we were on a wheelchair.
06:47 He could still climb the stairs,
06:49 but very slowly, very hard.
06:51 No pain, but it was hard, heavy.
06:54 We went to several doctors.
06:56 I was with him.
06:57 I said, "Dad, let's just go around
06:59 and around the doctor."
07:02 Because he didn't want to have an MRI.
07:04 He was afraid of MRIs.
07:05 He was like claustrophobic.
07:07 He even walked out in one session
07:10 until finally, I forced him to have an MRI.
07:13 So he was scheduled to be operated on
07:16 on his cervical, on his spine.
07:19 But the days before it happened,
07:24 it was getting even worse.
07:27 He loved to walk.
07:29 But days before, when I forced him,
07:32 he was like, "No, no."
07:34 "My leg is getting worse."
07:37 To my guess,
07:38 he couldn't take it anymore.
07:42 He enjoyed life.
07:44 He enjoyed living it, eating out,
07:47 watching movies, making pasal.
07:49 Maybe his condition was getting worse.
07:52 He couldn't take it.
07:53 I'm just guessing.
07:55 Maybe he didn't want to burden us,
07:57 his children, his grandchildren.
07:59 I don't want to get medical treatment.
08:02 Maybe he didn't want the prospect
08:05 that he had a health problem.
08:08 It's the immobility.
08:10 For someone who is a laya, a lacuachero,
08:14 it's a big thing for you to have a hard time just walking.
08:19 You know, Jano, we're at the stage of our lives
08:22 where our roles have been reversed.
08:24 Our parents, from birth,
08:26 they took care of us.
08:28 Now, the role is reversed.
08:30 We are their caregivers.
08:32 So it may help if you share with us
08:36 what you saw prior.
08:39 So people will also know
08:41 if there are signs, telltale signs.
08:45 After what happened, I've had people approach me
08:49 that it's similar to what happened to them.
08:52 All had no signs.
08:54 If someone were to give me advice,
08:57 let's be more, you know,
08:58 to be more careful, to be more careful.
09:01 Because they don't give any signs,
09:04 most of the time.
09:06 I'm okay here.
09:07 And Mommy, just a little.
09:09 I'm leaving.
09:11 No clues at all.
09:13 So the textbooks they're saying are not true,
09:16 that I have to be more.
09:18 You didn't go through any of that, Jano?
09:20 The guilt, that I should've done this,
09:23 you didn't go through any of that?
09:24 No, no.
09:25 Because I feel I gave the best care,
09:29 the best attention to him.
09:31 I think I didn't lack.
09:33 What happened?
09:34 You're just digging everything.
09:37 I'm leaving. I'm here.
09:39 Don't think about it.
09:41 How's your family?
09:51 This is especially hard for me, for my family.
09:56 Well, most of them know, at least.
10:00 Not everyone.
10:01 It's almost been a year
10:03 that my dad and my mom have been separated already.
10:06 After that happened,
10:08 it's almost been a year that my dad has been living with me.
10:12 I've been taking care of him.
10:14 Even harder, but also, I think it helped.
10:17 Because most of us, when we lose someone we love,
10:23 I hope I was able to be with him,
10:26 I hope I was able to accompany him.
10:28 I don't have that, because I'm with him every day.
10:31 But it's also harder, right?
10:33 Because there are more memories.
10:35 The balance.
10:36 His smell, the scratches on his feet,
10:39 the little things you're looking for,
10:41 and the little signs, right?
10:43 Yeah.
10:44 I was scared.
10:46 What I will miss most is our breakfast time together.
10:57 How did you have breakfast?
10:59 We had two units in our house.
11:02 We were in one unit.
11:05 "Come on, let's go downstairs."
11:06 We went to the other unit,
11:07 we ate there,
11:08 and we talked about life.
11:11 In the 1960s,
11:13 when Ronaldo Valdez or Ronald James Dulaca Gibbs
11:17 entered the real life,
11:18 the artist was married to Maria Faye Ilagan
11:22 and they had two children,
11:24 Melissa and Jano.
11:27 He made history in showbiz
11:30 when he won a Grand Slam as Best Supporting Actor
11:34 in various major acting awards
11:36 for the movie "May Minamahal".
11:39 But the role that he was most dedicated to,
11:43 for Jano,
11:44 that is being a father to them.
11:47 You look familiar.
11:48 Maybe you know my dad.
11:51 He's also famous.
11:52 How did Ronaldo Valdez become a father?
11:55 And he's also a comedian, right?
11:58 In GMA, he had a memorable sitcom,
12:01 "Yung Bahay Mo Ba To?"
12:03 I know he loved that show.
12:05 You, Miss Jessica, you know me,
12:07 you know my dad.
12:09 You know that on screen, I'm the comedian.
12:12 But off screen, you know I'm--
12:15 Serious, like all comedians are.
12:18 Well, a lot.
12:20 And my dad is the opposite.
12:22 He's the dramatic actor on screen,
12:25 but on set, he's like,
12:27 "How are you?"
12:29 He's the life of the party.
12:31 He was the comedian in the family.
12:33 So you're happy?
12:34 We're happy.
12:35 You're happy?
12:36 We shared a lot of laughter.
12:38 And you were friends?
12:39 Yes.
12:40 He is not the traditional father,
12:43 Filipino father.
12:44 Really? How?
12:45 We Filipinos, our fathers,
12:47 we're a bit scared.
12:49 When I say--
12:51 He's not like that.
12:53 He was--
12:54 You're equal, even when we were small.
12:56 You're equal.
12:57 You can explain when you make a mistake.
13:00 When he understands, it's okay.
13:02 He understands you.
13:03 He's a cool dad.
13:05 And very sweet, very affectionate.
13:07 Very handsy.
13:09 "Beso, beso. I love you."
13:12 That's rare.
13:13 When we text, "Love you, pa. Love you, Jano."
13:16 That's why it's gold.
13:18 Because of the support and love from mom.
13:21 Mom bought all the plates.
13:24 His fans, his followers, his viewers,
13:28 the image of him,
13:30 because he was in the comedy scene
13:32 in the latter part of his career,
13:34 he's a happy person, Ronaldo Valdez.
13:36 He has a punchline, even in dramas,
13:38 he's funny.
13:40 Miss, I think you're broken.
13:45 There's a disconnect
13:49 between the public perception of him
13:52 and, again, the circumstances surrounding his death.
13:56 He's a very emotional person.
14:04 Sobra. Sobrang sensitive to everything.
14:08 I would even say a hothead once in a while.
14:12 Impulsive.
14:13 His last image that people remember
14:17 is very horrible.
14:21 Thanks to the leakages of...
14:26 The leak of the video,
14:28 first of all, there is a violation of their internal policy.
14:32 They will face administrative charges.
14:35 Jano Gibbs confessed to the crime of his father, Ronaldo.
14:41 I confess that I am the mastermind of all of this.
14:45 Jano Gibbs surrendered.
14:47 Bloggers share posts like what happened.
14:50 You can go to court for cyber-libel.
14:55 Somebody asked me,
14:57 shouldn't you move the playdate of your movie with my dad?
15:01 Too soon?
15:03 I said, no, I think this is the perfect time to show it.
15:07 To erase the last horrible image of him
15:11 and to see him again in his full glory.
15:15 The happy, handsome.
15:18 How are you?
15:20 You look beautiful.
15:22 You look fresh.
15:27 Fresh from the grave.
15:30 He's the one who makes people laugh.
15:33 You know, when he's angry...
15:37 He's very angry.
15:39 He's very angry.
15:41 You don't look at him that much.
15:44 You're on the mother's side.
15:46 We're on the mother's side.
15:48 You look like Panchito.
15:50 He was beloved not only by the family, but by his peers.
15:59 Lately, Kathryn Bernardo was so close to my dad.
16:03 And in the family, her grandchildren, my children,
16:06 they were devastated with what happened.
16:08 Because my dad is so sweet, so loving.
16:12 If you've watched Seven Sundays...
16:15 Yeah, I've watched it.
16:17 That was him.
16:18 I want to be handsome until the other side.
16:24 I was watching it, I was crying.
16:26 That's him. That's really him.
16:28 In real life.
16:30 How loving he was there.
16:31 That's him.
16:32 That's him.
16:33 Wow.
16:34 That wasn't acting. That was him.
16:39 To cope with the death of a loved one,
16:43 is really being open to feelings, not just to your own.
16:49 So the emotional support system is also important.
16:53 This one I took myself, just recently.
16:59 In that room.
17:00 He was so cute.
17:01 Yes, he was so mischievous.
17:04 This one is very memorable.
17:06 Why?
17:07 Because my daughter, Alisa, did a collaboration abroad.
17:13 She's an artist.
17:14 Yes, an international release.
17:18 So this was part of the apparel.
17:21 So I told my dad,
17:23 "Can we do a pictorial of your grandson's clothes?"
17:29 He said, "Sure, let's do it."
17:31 It was just at home.
17:32 I just set up.
17:34 How should we pose? Like this?
17:37 Or like this?
17:39 And then like this.
17:40 It was fun.
17:41 We just played while we were doing the pictorial.
17:43 And then this, we...
17:46 That's what we usually eat.
17:48 He loved food.
17:50 He had a sweet tooth.
17:52 This movie is so special.
18:00 Because it's your first time directing,
18:02 and you also directed your father.
18:04 What was it like?
18:05 This is the best parting gift he can ever give me.
18:11 Supporting his son's dream.
18:13 It was very special.
18:15 Because it was my first time directing.
18:17 My dad was an award-winning actor.
18:21 So I had this nice, very nice memory of him.
18:24 We have a scene that's a bit heavy in this movie.
18:28 A confrontation scene.
18:29 I wrote the story also.
18:31 Before scenes, I would change some dialogue.
18:35 I would tell him to send it to my dad's tent for him to study.
18:38 When he got there, he said,
18:40 "Who wrote this dialogue so well? It's beautiful."
18:46 I was so excited.
18:50 So that was very special to me.
18:52 I read your interview.
18:54 You said you made it a bit difficult for him.
18:57 A bit.
18:59 Because we had an action scene.
19:03 I made it a bit difficult for him.
19:05 Although I put him in a wheelchair already.
19:08 I made sure in the story,
19:10 my dad was in a wheelchair.
19:15 Did you write this?
19:17 Yes.
19:18 You're a very talented writer.
19:20 You're writing, directing, and even acting.
19:24 Total package.
19:25 My grandfather is Jerry De Leon.
19:28 Really?
19:30 He's our national artist for film.
19:33 How did he become your grandfather?
19:35 Mother or father?
19:36 He's the father of my mom.
19:38 It's like you're not mentioned.
19:40 You're not mentioned in the script.
19:42 You're the grandson of Jerry De Leon.
19:46 Yes, Kimanong.
19:47 A much respected national artist for movies.
19:51 I hope also I'm making him proud.
19:54 He has pictures there.
19:57 I'm sure he'll watch our movie.
20:00 I could imagine us watching our movie together.
20:05 Do you have a last picture with him?
20:07 This was just recently.
20:09 I think that was one of the last.
20:11 We're like that.
20:12 See how relaxed we are and happy together.
20:15 Your father is so handsome.
20:22 What is this?
20:23 It has American blood.
20:24 I'll just share.
20:27 Not a lot of people know this.
20:29 Ronaldo Valdez's father is really Gibbs.
20:33 He never met his father.
20:35 He's like a GI baby.
20:39 All his life, he was looking for his dad, Gibbs.
20:43 James Gibbs.
20:45 He would do searches.
20:47 It was hard back then.
20:48 There was no internet.
20:50 Until two decades ago or more,
20:54 finally someone told him,
20:56 "I found your father in the States."
20:59 So he wrote to him.
21:01 He wrote back,
21:06 "I'm sorry, I have a family already here in the States."
21:09 My dad said,
21:10 "I'm not after anything.
21:12 I'm doing really well here in the Philippines.
21:15 I just want to meet you."
21:17 So they met.
21:19 I had a kid already.
21:22 That's how far I was.
21:24 I had an elder.
21:27 That was very fulfilling to him.
21:29 Not a lot of people know that.
21:31 So late in his life, he met his father.
21:34 It closed a lot of doors for him.
21:37 And we even got to meet our grandfather, James Gibbs.
21:42 I'm doing well here.
21:44 And Mommy is just a little bit far.
21:46 I'm leaving soon.
21:48 The most valuable lesson learned from your dad and his life.
21:53 He loved life to the fullest.
21:56 He experienced all of our moments together.
22:01 Even food.
22:03 He loved food.
22:04 He loved everything.
22:06 He loved traveling.
22:08 He loved life.
22:09 And he was very affectionate to us.
22:11 He was my hero.
22:16 I want us to be together.
22:20 Before I meet St. Peter.
22:23 Is there anything that you regret that you wish you could have told him?
22:30 My wish is that I could have said goodbye.
22:37 Said goodbye properly.
22:46 In that state, in his horrible state, he was still breathing.
22:52 Okay.
22:54 And I stayed with him.
22:57 I stayed with him for a good 10-15 minutes.
23:06 Of course, he didn't respond.
23:10 I got to say goodbye.
23:12 I was kissing him.
23:13 I was saying I love you.
23:15 I hope you're okay.
23:17 You'll be okay.
23:19 But I wish I got to say those things when he was conscious.
23:27 But if it's of any assurance, they say a person in the last seconds of his life,
23:39 everything else goes except the sense of hearing.
23:43 That's the last to go, or one of the last to go.
23:46 I know he heard me.
23:47 He heard you.
24:04 Do you have any advice for the families out there, or the sons or the fathers out there,
24:11 who are going through difficult times?
24:14 Especially for the current generation.
24:17 The current generation is annoyed with their parents.
24:22 "This is too much, it's annoying."
24:25 Or they don't spend so much time with their parents.
24:29 To the children, please spend more time with your parents.
24:34 Love your parents.
24:35 You'll never know when they go.
24:39 Cherish them.
24:41 I feel guilty about that.
24:43 I was hit by that.
24:45 In all my mistakes, you were the right thing that happened in my life.
24:54 I wish I interviewed you during a better time, Jano.
24:59 But maybe there's some message from somewhere about this.
25:08 We don't know. It's hard to explain.
25:12 One good thing and importantly that came out of this was that we became closer as a family.
25:21 Thank you, Jano.
25:23 I'm leaving. I'm happy.
25:26 I know you can do it.
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