Aired (August 3, 2024): He is known in the entertainment industry as a vlogger and businessman, and formerly well-known as a talent manager. But despite all of his glory, he continues to struggle through life's many challenges. Watch Wilbert Tolentino's (Paolo Contis) story in "A Son's Karma." #GMANetwork #GMADrama #Kapuso
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00:00How long will it take, how long will it take,
00:11How long will I cry, I can't take it anymore.
00:20Is this the right thing to do? I lost my family, I lost my house, I lost my money, I'm all alone.
00:36He is known in the world of showbiz as a blogger, businessman, and former talent manager of Madam Inuts and Hipon Girl.
00:46But tonight, he is going to share with us his colorful life as a son who is addicted to love,
00:56a man who fought for his life during the pandemic, and a father who fought for the rights of his estranged child.
01:06How did he overcome all the trials before he achieved the sweet victory?
01:16Did he forgive his father before he gave birth?
01:20And did he forgive his female child?
01:24That is your story in this episode of
01:30A Son's Karma, The Wilbert Tolentino Story.
01:36A Son's Karma
02:06A Son's Karma
02:27Wilbert, open the door.
02:31Wilbert
02:32Wilbert
02:33What is it?
02:34I've been knocking for a long time.
02:40Son of a bitch.
02:43Didn't you fix our lights?
02:47Where is your dad?
02:48Where is your dad?
02:53Did you buy me, mom?
02:54My brother and I told you that I ran out of paper.
02:57Did I tell you that?
02:59Stop studying.
03:00Just come back when your brothers graduate.
03:03But mom, do I want to graduate to be able to...
03:06Is your dad there?
03:11What is that?
03:13You're so noisy.
03:16Do you know your voice?
03:17I can hear it from here.
03:20That's why I don't want to go home.
03:22You don't want to go home?
03:24Then go home.
03:26I'm not the one who's taking a bath in your Filipino cafe.
03:30I've already called you, Juan.
03:32Despite everything.
03:34But let's talk.
03:36You're going home.
03:38So that we won't be scolded by our neighbors.
03:42Where are you going?
03:45Juan!
03:46You're such a coward.
03:49You're always in the closet.
03:51While I'm working, I'm alone.
03:57Mom, I don't want to go home.
04:01You're crazy.
04:03Why are you like that?
04:13Goodbye, mom.
04:19Goodbye, mom.
04:22Don't worry.
04:23I have money.
04:25I'll make all our lights.
04:30Our house will be bright.
04:32Yes.
04:33Do you want me to buy you a chandelier?
04:38So that it will be brighter.
04:41And I'll buy you a ventilator.
04:45So that it will be fresher.
04:49You're so stupid.
04:53You're not the same.
04:56You're not equal.
04:59You're bad.
05:02I'm sure that you're just 30 minutes late to your class.
05:06But you're already late.
05:08What a waste of money.
05:12What a waste of money that you're spending on your studies.
05:15Because you're not learning.
05:18So stop dreaming that nothing will happen to you.
05:23You're just like my mom.
05:25You're bad.
05:37Wilbert, you're a good boy, right?
05:39Yes, aunt May.
05:40Tell us about your family first.
05:42Tell us about your family first.
05:44Why do you say that your parents don't love you?
05:48My mom treated me differently when I was a kid.
05:52She treated you differently?
05:54Yes.
05:55As in?
05:56As in, if my brother's bread is empalaman,
05:59if their bread is egg, mine is peanut butter.
06:03If their bread is peanut butter, mine has no filling.
06:06It's hard to grow up in a Chinese conservative family.
06:09And you feel like you've been through something that they don't know about.
06:16When I was a kid, when I was 7 years old,
06:19my neighbor molested me.
06:39♪
06:53Mom, we can't live without you.
06:57♪
07:08So you moved away from home when you were 14 years old?
07:11Yes.
07:12Where did you go? What did you do? How did you survive?
07:15When I was 14 years old, I quit my job.
07:18Yes, where can you get a job when you're 14 years old?
07:21Yes, I used to walk-in. I just used my thick skin.
07:25I'm a risk taker.
07:28So in every store I went to in Binondo,
07:30I would ask, I would beg,
07:33if they were looking for a worker.
07:36Someone hired me at a printing press.
07:38I was a toilet cleaner.
07:40Okay.
07:41I was a water boiler.
07:43I learned from step by step.
07:46I was looking for a bigger salary.
07:48I was hired as a peanut seller.
07:51Then my boss told me,
07:53you know, this kid is going to go far.
07:57The moment I heard that I was going to go far,
08:01I applied and left.
08:04How did you survive as a sex worker?
08:10I didn't have enough to eat.
08:12I had no choice.
08:13For example, if there were old people inquiring about me,
08:19if they liked me,
08:21if I left my number, I would go with them.
08:24It was hard.
08:25I was around 50, 60 years old.
08:31I was a woman and a man.
08:39Okay, Manang.
08:40Put it on the table.
08:42Ma!
08:43We have new steamers.
08:45These are stainless.
08:47You can make more pinions.
08:52There.
08:53Hey, woman!
08:54Where are you taking that?
08:55You're such a pain in the ass.
08:57Come here.
08:58Ma!
08:59Manang, you're such a pain in the ass.
09:01What?
09:03Are you going to defend this country?
09:05Don't act like you don't know.
09:07It would have been better if I just left you there.
09:10Because you're really...
09:12Whatever, Ma.
09:13It's none of your business.
09:17Ma, you didn't give birth to me.
09:19I gave birth to myself.
09:21Even if it's like I'm killing myself.
09:24You don't know how much I suffered
09:26to be given the flesh of your children.
09:29But what?
09:31You won't even give me a little bit of gratitude?
09:35You're such a pain in the ass.
09:38Don't worry.
09:39I won't be like you.
09:41To me?
09:42You're really not like me.
09:44Because you'll imitate your stupid father.
09:48You'll do everything he did wrong.
09:51And you'll all leave me.
09:56Ma.
10:02Don't think about what your mother said.
10:05I know.
10:07I know you won't be able to do this to us, your children.
10:10Right?
10:11You won't leave us.
10:14Now, you identify yourself as bisexual.
10:18Yes.
10:19So, you can be a woman or a man.
10:21Yes, I'm literal in the bisexual category.
10:23Literal?
10:24I'm literal in the bisexual category.
10:26Yes.
10:27Because a lot of people say they're bisexual,
10:29but they are gays.
10:31So, it's different.
10:33Oh, is that so?
10:34Yes.
10:35Ah.
10:36So, it's different.
10:37Yes.
10:38So, it's different.
10:39Yes.
10:40So, it's different.
10:41Yes.
10:42Ah.
10:43Because a lot of gays, when you call them,
10:46they always say,
10:47I'm bi.
10:49They use the word bi.
10:51But for me,
10:52my category is that I'm bisexual.
10:55Ah.
11:13You're back to being a woman again, huh?
11:17Why are you still awake?
11:21Answer my question.
11:23You're back to being a woman again, right?
11:26We're both guys, Sania.
11:29We're both guys.
11:30He chucked me on the street because I was old-fashioned.
11:34Do you still think I'm listening to you?
11:36If it's about you,
11:38then go and do it,
11:39Do you really think you can trust me with your boyfriend's text?
11:45She's a woman.
11:47You're a woman.
11:49Don't you see the foundation on my face?
11:51Huh?
11:52See?
11:53See?
11:54Gay.
11:55Gay.
11:56Gay.
11:57Gay.
11:58See?
11:59Do you think you can trust me?
12:00Gay!
12:01Do you want to ram me?
12:02Do you want me to die so you can trust me?
12:03Gay!
12:10I'm sorry, but I already told you, didn't I?
12:14You know that I'm bisexual.
12:19I'm not complete to you.
12:20I can't make you happy.
12:25Because it's right.
12:27It's better if we separate, right?
12:31Because your mom is right.
12:35Your mom is your daughter.
12:36Your mom and I are both crazy.
12:40What are you saying?
12:41Chelsea and I will leave.
12:44You will still support your daughter, but you will never see her again.
12:49Chelsea!
12:51Chelsea, please leave us!
12:55Chelsea!
13:07I'll just share why I became a bad karma.
13:10Because of course, I left our family.
13:13I abandoned my parents.
13:15So, it's been more than two decades.
13:18Then, a lot of people gave me hope.
13:21A lot of people left me.
13:23So, the return of the Lord to me,
13:25it's like the Lord just put me aside.
13:27Oh, this is what I'm going to give you to your child.
13:30So, my child is 16 years old.
13:31She already gave birth.
13:32So, all throughout,
13:34I sent her tuition, allowance every week.
13:39That's when?
13:40That's when I found out that she already joined a callboy.
13:44Ma'am, please call Chelsea.
13:47I have some gifts for her.
13:48And please heat this up so that we can eat together.
13:51That's it, Wilbert.
13:52Because your daughter left.
13:55Huh? Where did she go?
13:57She went to her ex-boyfriend.
13:58Then, we used it.
14:03What?
14:04I couldn't stop her.
14:06Then, I called her and she came to me.
14:27Did God punish you?
14:29I don't think so, Wilbert.
14:30Wilbert!
14:32Ma'am, I'm a good person, right?
14:38Am I doing the right thing?
14:39Because I let my family go before.
14:42I have a big house.
14:44I have a lot of money.
14:47But I'm alone.
14:50I'm all alone.
15:00Chelsea.
15:07Chelsea.
15:23So, when I came back to my parents, my mom told me that
15:28your father is sick.
15:30So, they knew that I was stable.
15:32Then, they asked me if I could take care of my father
15:39because the choices of the Chinese conservative family
15:43is to bring him to the home of the elderly.
15:46So, I said, I'll just take care of my father
15:50even if I don't feel any fatherhood to him.
15:58So, I took care of my father.
16:03I took care of my father.
16:28Okay.
16:33Thank you, Wilbert.
16:35Your brothers can't take care of him.
16:40They'll bring him to the home for the aged.
16:44It's good that you talked to your brothers.
16:55Papa seems to have a lot of things.
16:56What do you mean?
16:59He's different from me.
17:02I wish I could live here, son.
17:05I'm old now, son.
17:12I'm just a son.
17:19Do you remember what you used to feed me?
17:23What did you feed your naughty son?
17:26What did you feed your naughty son?
17:30My brothers' belongings.
17:34Their clothes,
17:36their things,
17:39even their briefs.
17:43You forced them to fit in with me
17:47so that you'll run out of breath
17:51if you do something for me.
17:57I looked down on myself because of you.
18:01Not only did you look down on me,
18:02you even beat me up.
18:07And now, you're calling me a son.
18:19This house is too small for the two of you.
18:23Papa is the only one who can live here.
18:26I don't want to live here anymore.
18:43Bring the pain that you've been through
18:47to ease the anger in Wilber's heart for his mother.
18:57He was only able to take care of himself
19:00when his father fell ill
19:03and had complications in his kidney.
19:06Papa, you asked me to buy this for Papa.
19:09Yes, please put it in the bathroom, Papa.
19:12Yes, Ma'am.
19:14Son,
19:16what is this?
19:18I haven't used the things you bought for me yet.
19:22Papa, these are jackets.
19:25They're jackets because you're getting cold, right?
19:27So that you won't get cold.
19:30Your mother
19:32is definitely getting cold,
19:35especially at night.
19:39Papa, you have to finish this, okay?
19:41So that when you get better, we can leave.
19:43We'll travel to America.
19:46Papa,
19:47we'll leave.
19:49We'll travel to America,
19:51Japan,
19:53wherever you want.
20:05Look at me, son.
20:10I'm still a child.
20:15I'm not just
20:18letting the cables and lights go.
20:22But
20:24I still left you in the dark.
20:27But,
20:28my son,
20:29you're so good.
20:33Your house is so bright.
20:39But
20:42your heart is full of anger.
20:48Son,
20:50your life is dark.
20:57Papa.
21:03Son,
21:07I'm not worthy for this light,
21:13for all of this.
21:18It's my fault to you.
21:31It's my fault
21:33that you're with your mother.
21:35Why
21:37is she so angry?
21:45Because
21:46she needs
21:48your mother
21:55to be a mother and father for you.
22:03Son,
22:08forgive me, Papa.
22:10I
22:14left you behind.
22:19You're the one
22:21who took care of your mother
22:25for me.
22:34Son,
22:36until now,
22:40you're still the one who's jealous of me
22:45that I know
22:47that I shouldn't have you
22:50and that I'm worthless.
22:58It's okay, son.
23:02Don't worry.
23:04Papa.
23:08I'm almost there.
23:13I won't be long in this world.
23:17It's okay, son.
23:21You'll get better.
23:24Forgive me, son.
23:27It's okay.
23:30You'll get better.
23:34It's okay.
23:38It's okay.
23:48It's okay.
24:04It's okay.
24:10It's okay, son.
24:11You'll get better.
24:17But because of his age,
24:20Wilbert's father became weaker and weaker.
24:27I'll give up.
24:34When I'm alive, I want to have a family.
24:45We've only been together for two years.
24:55We still have a lot to do.
25:00We still have a lot of time.
25:04Papa.
25:06Papa.
25:08Papa, don't do this.
25:11Papa.
25:14Papa.
25:16Don't do this.
25:24Papa.
25:25Don't do this.
25:30If the club isn't ready,
25:32I already released the check yesterday for the additional laser light and microphone.
25:39This isn't just a party.
25:41My advocates and the LGBTQ community are all there.
25:44We can't go crazy.
25:48Okay, I'll go there right away.
25:50Later.
26:02Papa.
26:03Papa.
26:04Papa.
26:05Papa.
26:06Papa.
26:32You haven't slept well since your father beat you up.
26:36You're still sweating.
26:40You're not resting.
26:42You might get sick.
26:49You can rest here at work.
26:53After this, I'll go home.
26:56I'm not asking you to leave.
27:06I'm not asking you to leave.
27:22All of us need to rest.
27:27Even the masses.
27:30We need to rest.
27:33If you can rest for 30 minutes or half an hour per mass,
27:41it gets thinner.
27:44It's easier to get fat.
27:49Do you remember why?
27:56Fat.
27:58Fat.
28:01It's not the same.
28:05It's not even equal.
28:07It's ugly.
28:10I'm sure that if you rest for 30 minutes per mass, you'll get fat.
28:16It's a waste of marina.
28:20It's a waste of money that you spend on your studies because you don't learn.
28:27It's a waste of money that you spend on your studies because you don't learn.
28:33Don't worry.
28:34When I get rich, I'll make all of our lights.
28:41Will our house be bright?
28:44Yes.
28:45Do you want me to buy you a chandelier?
28:50So it'll be brighter.
28:52And I'll buy you a ventilator so it'll be fresher.
29:02I...
29:04I didn't do that to you, son.
29:09Even when I was angry,
29:13I didn't let you rest.
29:16That's why I understand that you have a hard heart.
29:22It's the same for me.
29:23Forgive me, son.
29:27Forgive me.
29:30I was hurt, that's why I hurt you.
29:36But it's wrong.
29:38Because I'm your mother, I'm your daughter.
29:41I should protect you from all the pain.
29:45That's why forgive me, son.
29:52Forgive me.
30:03I'm sorry, Mom.
30:07I tried to take you out of my life, but...
30:13It's hard when you don't have a mother.
30:18It's hard.
30:19I've been thinking about you for a long time,
30:21but I hope we won't be able to be together again, Mom.
30:26I hope we'll get together again.
30:36I'm sorry, Mom.
30:40After giving Wilbert a second chance to be a son to his mother,
30:47he also had a second chance to be a father,
30:51to raise another girl and give birth to her.
30:56But what he didn't expect...
31:00Ben, what do you mean by that?
31:03We're back, Wilbert.
31:07You're back?
31:09We're going to have a child, we're going to have a family.
31:11Didn't you think about that?
31:12I'm the mother, so the child is mine.
31:16I also have the right because I'm his father.
31:18Okay, do you want the child?
31:21One million.
31:36Bel, Bel, maybe we can talk about this.
31:39Let's talk about this.
31:41Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben.
31:51How did you get the child?
31:53During that time, I already blocked him, Aunt Mel.
31:56I said, I don't want the child anymore, the child is yours.
31:59So, unfortunately, Aunt, when he was born,
32:05the child was drinking amniotic fluid.
32:07Oh, yes.
32:09So, he didn't have the budget to save.
32:12So, what he did was he contacted my friend to reach out to me
32:17because the span of the child's life is only one week.
32:20Then, his antibiotic injection was also late.
32:26He couldn't absorb anything, even his feet.
32:29Then, they didn't have enough money to pay for the antibiotics.
32:34Oh, the medicine. What happened now?
32:37I said, if you want, I'll take the child, but this is mine.
32:42Because, of course, I will bring the child back to life, I will take care of him.
32:45Is this my karma, Mom?
32:47I've been giving you a hard time for a long time.
32:50That's my fault.
32:52That's my karma.
32:56It's because I fooled Sania.
32:59I didn't do a good thing to our child.
33:04It won't stop.
33:07It's hard to be happy.
33:10Son, you can't change what's happening.
33:18What you have is now.
33:23And now, whatever your problem is, you will fix it.
33:28You're doing the right thing.
33:34Do what your father and I couldn't do to you.
33:42Love yourself.
33:45Take care of yourself.
33:49Fight.
33:50Fight.
33:56It's hard to do, but don't give up on your child.
34:03That's good karma.
34:05That's right.
34:06That's right.
34:16But at the time, Wilbert seemed to have fixed everything.
34:20He put everything in the balance of his life during the pandemic.
34:29I was intubated.
34:31Oh, you were intubated?
34:32There was only a 10% chance that I would survive.
34:36Because I could see people dying one after another in the other CCU.
34:41So I said, Lord, out of 14 of us, only 11 died.
34:46There were only 3 of us left. I was the first to leave.
34:58Mom, have you eaten?
34:59You might get sick.
35:02How can I eat?
35:04I'm scared.
35:06I haven't made up with your sister yet.
35:10Okay, take care.
35:30Mom.
35:32Son, you're here.
35:35How are you?
35:38I'm okay, Mom.
35:40God wants us to be together, your grandchildren.
35:44So we can take care of each other longer.
35:59For you
36:04Forever
36:09Forever
36:13Forever
36:15Forever
36:17What is the biggest struggle or lesson that you learned
36:26that you want to share with our viewers?
36:32I want to share with our viewers that we need to learn
36:36that if we have an opportunity in our family, we need to embrace it.
36:41Because at the end of the day, it's still family.
36:44That's the most important thing.
36:46It's also nice to feel.
36:48And there's also something in our lives, when you have something to prove,
36:52sometimes our parents are really proud of us.
36:55Because, of course, I have been independent since I was 14 years old.
37:02All the struggles, all the survival, I went through it.
37:06We need to be strong.
37:08Because if you're fragile, you're really going to give.
37:12Because a lot of people give in depression.
37:15Sometimes they feel like they haven't achieved one goal.
37:19There's nothing left.
37:20There's nothing left.
37:22I'm proud, Auntie Mel, because I didn't finish school,
37:26but I was able to discard myself in life.
37:29I was able to fight for my life.
37:34Thank you so much.
37:36Love you.
37:38Thank you for the love.
37:40We don't celebrate our so-called destiny in life on purpose.
37:47Even though we are the ones who decide where we want to go,
37:53we are often met with a strong challenge that we need to face together
38:01and push ourselves so that we do not sink.
38:07Like Wilbert, we must accept our shortcomings and learn to forgive.
38:17Especially if our parents were the ones who were lacking in our past.
38:23And if we were given a new chance or a second life,
38:29let's use it to correct all our mistakes
38:35and fill our hearts with love again.
38:40Now, tomorrow, and forever.
38:47Now, tomorrow, and forever.
38:54Now, tomorrow, and forever.
39:00Now, tomorrow, and forever.
39:07Now, tomorrow, and forever.
39:12Now, tomorrow, and forever.
39:18Now, tomorrow, and forever.
39:24Now, tomorrow, and forever.