ni Mercy Lejarde @Showbiz Talkies | February 15, 2026
Photo: FB Robin Padilla
“Thank you, Doc,” ang sinabi ng TV host-actress na si Mariel Rodriguez Padilla sa ini-repost niyang post ng mahusay na doctor na si Doc Richard Mata sa kanyang social media tungkol sa sinabi ni Sen. Robin Padilla na mahina ang mga kabataan dahil may depresyon.
Saad ni Doc Richard, “Senator Robin Padilla has endured hardships that most people would never survive. He spent years in prison without privilege, without special treatment. Many would have given up. Many would have let bitterness consume them. But he didn’t.
“Instead of allowing his past to destroy him, he chose discipline. He chose faith. He chose transformation.
“He rebuilt himself. He embraced his beliefs. He stepped back into society determined to prove that a person can fall hard and still rise stronger.
“So when he speaks about the youth being weak, perhaps it shouldn’t be taken as an insult. Perhaps it is a challenge.
“A challenge from someone who has experienced rock bottom. A challenge from someone who believes that strength is forged in struggle. A challenge that says when life knocks you down, don’t stay down, stand up.
“That message is not about condemnation. It’s about resilience. And resilience is something every generation must learn for itself.”
Korek ka d’yan, Doc Richard Mata!
Sa guesting ni Ai Ai delas Alas recently sa Fast Talk with Boy Abunda (FTWBA), napag-usapan ang movie noon ng Comedy Queen na Ang Tanging Ina (ATI), lalo na ang anak niya noon sa movie na si Heart Evangelista.
Tanong ng King of Talk, “Kumusta si Heart Evangelista during Ang Tanging Ina?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Baby-baby pa si Heart nu’n, wala pa s’yang asawa. I think sila pa noon ni John Prats. Parang ganu’n.”
Dagdag na tanong ni Boy, “Kumusta si Heart katrabaho?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Sweet and tahimik lang din and sosyal. Sosyal s’ya talaga, inglesera.”
Hirit na tanong ni Boy, “Nasasabayan mo ‘yun?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Yeah of course, I can. Hahaha!”
Tanong ni Boy, “May Valentine’s date ka?”
Sey ni Ai Ai na tipong nagulat sa tanong, “Ikaw.”
Dagdag na tanong ni Boy, “Maliban sa akin?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Wala.”
Tanong uli ni Boy, “Kayo ba ni Gerald (Sibayan) ay nagkasalubong na? Nagkaroon na ba kayo ng pagkakataong makapag-usap?”
Sagot ni Ai Ai, “‘Di pa. No, wala.”
Dagdag na tanong ni Boy, “Bakit?”
Ani Ai Ai, “I think siguro God’s will muna na ‘di kami. Pero alam mo, nakakatawa, kahit ‘yung second ex-husband ko, ‘di ko pa rin nakikita hanggang ngayon. Walang kasalubong, wala. Although taga-Pilipinas ‘yun or minsan sa Amerika kasi US citizen din ‘yun. Wala. Weird, ‘no?”
Tanong ni Boy, “Napatawad mo na?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Napatawad ko na sila. Ayoko ng ano’ng tawag dito. I forgive them not because it didn’t hurt but because I deserve rest.”
Dagdag pa ni Ai Ai, “The end of us is the beginning of me.”
Tanong ni Boy, “Why did you sell the ring?”
Sey ni Ai Ai, “Wala lang, para pagkakitaan ko. Char! Hindi, para hindi ko na lang din makita. And kasi, ‘yun ‘yung parang requirement din na ano ‘yung puwede mong maibenta na may kahulugan. So ‘yung sa akin, ibinenta ko kasi ayoko na. Pero sabi ko nga, kumbaga, my pain will turn into something.”
Komento ni Boy, “Your pain will turn into cash.”
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Sey ni Ai Ai, “Oo, kasi ‘yung cash, ‘yung iba ru’n, ibinigay ko sa mga cancer patients.”
Tanong ni Boy, “Handa na ba ang iyong puso na umibig pang muli?”
Sagot niya na may kasamang pag-iling, “No.”
Well, hindi naman masamang sumubok ng bagong pag-ibig, ‘di ba, mga madlang people?
