Aired (October 27, 2024): The comedy concert queen Ai-Ai delas Alas shares how she discovered and grew up with her two mothers, one biological and one adoptive, at a young age.
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00:00Aileen, why do you have two mothers?
00:06Because, when I was still a child, I was with my mother-in-law, Gloria.
00:12Gloria?
00:13Gloria.
00:14Yes, Gloria.
00:15But Gloria.
00:16Yes, Gloria.
00:17When she gave birth to me, my mother said,
00:20maybe my mother is sad because she is an old woman,
00:23maybe she wants to have children but she doesn't want to have a husband.
00:26She said, my father is older than my mother-in-law,
00:30so my father and my mother-in-law are siblings.
00:32She said, brother, if my mother-in-law is a woman,
00:36I will be the only woman.
00:38It's like a joke, right?
00:40My father is an old woman.
00:41Yes.
00:42And my mother-in-law is Gloria.
00:43My mother-in-law, Gloria, is hesitant because, of course, she is a mother.
00:47Did you have a chance to do conversations with them about who you are?
00:52Why did you accept me?
00:54I just asked who my mother is.
00:56But I didn't ask why she gave birth to me.
00:59To your mother-in-law?
01:00Yes.
01:01Why did you ask?
01:02What triggered you asking the question?
01:06Because my mother-in-law works at the Bureau of Lands.
01:11You know, sometimes, the maritas, since she doesn't have a husband,
01:15they ask me, because she always brings me to the Bureau of Lands,
01:19because I don't have a mother, I don't have a caretaker.
01:22So, they will say,
01:23Hey, Aileen, why is she your mother?
01:27Look, she doesn't have a husband, how did you become a mother?
01:30So, again and again.
01:32I asked her,
01:34Why don't you have a husband and you have a child?
01:37She said, because of this, I brought you to the Bureau of Lands.
01:41I don't remember, but that's the reason.
01:44But that's how you became a mother.
01:45Matter of factly, she told you.
01:47Yes, that's how she is.
01:49What effect did that have on you?
01:50Too much.
01:51Because I didn't understand, I was only 7 years old.
01:53Yes.
01:54I was like, oh, okay.
01:56Then, my mother asked me,
01:58maybe she said, Ate, Aileen asked you,
02:02maybe you want to bring her, because she is asking you,
02:05who is your mother?
02:07That's why I thought, maybe that's why my mother came to me.
02:11Then, I didn't know how to call her.
02:13You didn't know what to call your mother?
02:15Yes, that's right.
02:17I didn't know what to call her.
02:20I didn't call her mother, nothing.
02:23But when you saw her at 7 years old,
02:25there was blood on her face.
02:28Yes.
02:29Even though I didn't know her,
02:31but I liked her.
02:34But that was the first time you saw Nanay Gloria,
02:37your biological mother.
02:38Yes.
02:39So, what do you remember about Nanay Gloria?
02:41She was so kind.
02:42Gloria was so kind and submissive.
02:44I think she really didn't want to give me away.
02:47So, every time she saw me in person,
02:50and when I was doing artisan on TV,
02:52my siblings told me that she was always crying.
02:54In your heart and mind,
02:56you compare the two.
02:58Yes, so much.
03:00So much.
03:01Because they are really 360.
03:03Gloria is so submissive,
03:06and she is so funny,
03:08she is so kind,
03:10and a loving mother.
03:12Husta is strict,
03:14but she is the one who teaches us.
03:16And my mother has a love language.
03:20She is not gentle,
03:22but her love language is money.
03:25She always gives me money for shopping,
03:27so that I can be happy.
03:29And she always brings me to the office,
03:32so that I can be with her.
03:41Hey!