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Claiming he was treated more like a visitor than the father of the bride, Dennis Padilla further strains his family relations following the wedding of daughter Claudia Barretto
MANILA, Philippines – Actor Dennis Padilla faced backlash from Filipino social media users for the posts he made online following his daughter Claudia Barretto’s wedding.
Padilla attended Claudia’s wedding to her longtime partner, Basti Lorenzo, on April 8.
In a now-deleted post, Padilla took to Instagram on the late evening of April 8 to post a handwritten note which read: “Grabe kayo!! Nabudol ‘nyo ko! Father of the bride naging visitor! Galing ‘nyo! (Wow! You tricked me! The father of the bride became a visitor! Great!)”
“Finish,” he captioned the post with a broken heart.
Padilla confirmed in a reply to a commenter that he was referring to Claudia’s wedding. He then claimed he was not part of the wedding program, adding they had refused to send him invites.
He also left a comment on his other daughter Julia’s post, saying, “Kapal ‘nyo (You’re all shameless),” but later deleted it.
Social media users rushed to Claudia’s defense and left comments of their own under Padilla’s latest post. Some commenters were quick to point out that he should be thankful he was even invited to the wedding “despite being a toxic deadbeat father.” They also criticized the actor for making Claudia’s wedding about himself.
“‘Yung dapat na masayang araw niya [dahil] minsan lang naman ikasal pero trauma ang binigay mo sa kanya,” one user said, referring to Claudia. “Now, don’t ever expect na [ma-iinvite] ka pa sa sumunod na kasal ng dalawa mo pang anak. Napak toxic mo, napaka mapanira mo. Ama ka, dapat ikaw nagpro-protekta sa mga anak mo from pain, from humiliation pero ikaw ang promotor, sa social media, kung ako anak mo matagal na kitang binaon sa limot, napakawalang kwenta mong ama!“
(It’s the day that she’s supposed to be happy since a wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, but you traumatized her instead. Now, don’t ever expect to be invited to your two other children’s weddings. You’re so toxic, you’re so destructive. You’re a father, you should be the one to protect your child from pain, from humiliation, but you’re doing otherwise on social media. If I were your child I would have forgotten you long ago, you’re a worthless father!)
Another commenter also told Padilla not to expect his children to be perfect when he himself failed to be a perfect father to them.
“Lalo ‘nyo [lang] nilalayo ang loob ng anak ‘nyo kasi pinapahiya ‘nyo pa sila in public. ‘Di na tayo nagtanda,” the commenter said.
(You’re pushing your kids further away from you because you embarrass them in public. You never learned.)
Another commenter said things seemed to have been better lately for Padilla, who long had a strained relationship with his children, but publicly expressed his anger again.
“Ok na sana kaso nagalit kayo ulit. Magtatago na naman mga anak mo po,” the comment said.
(Things had been okay, but you got angry again. Your kids will hide from you again.)
Other commenters, however, sympathized with Padilla.
“Okay [lang] sana [kahit ‘di] ka pinahatid sa altar pero [‘yung hindi] ka ma-acknowledge as father of the bride at visitor [lang]? [Sobrang] nakakadurog ng puso sana [‘di] ka na [lang] pinapunta doon,” a commenter wrote.
(It would have been okay if you weren’t asked to bring her to the altar, but the fact that you were acknowledged not as a father of the bride but as a mere visitor? That’s heart-wrenching. It would’ve been better if you weren’t asked to come at all.)
Another commenter, meanwhile, advised Padilla to distance himself from his celebrity kids for the time being, adding that when his children become parents themselves and go through what the actor did, they will remember that they have a father like him.
Padilla has three kids with his ex-wife Marjorie Barretto: Claudia, Julia, and Leon — who all have yet to comment on the matter. Dennis and Marjorie split up in 2007. – Rappler.com
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