Isabel Rivas: “Nang ipinanganak ako, ako ‘yung pampalubag-loob”
Actress Isabel Rivas, the aunt of Miss Universe Philippines 2nd runner-up Michele Gumabao, opened up about being adopted.
In a recent interview, she opened up about how she ended being adopted by her relative when she was two days old at the time.
“Nang ipinanganak ako, ako ‘yung pampalubag-loob dahil anak siya nang anak. Ayaw na siyang tulungan ng mga kapatid niya. Ang sabi ng kapatid niya, ‘Ito na lang ang tulong na gagawin ko sa ‘yo. Kapag babae ‘yang nasa tiyan mo, ibigay mo sa akin, palalakihin ko.’ So, walang choice ang biological mother ko,” she said.
Isabel Rivas is the sister of Dennis Roldan, the father of Michele and Marco Gumabao. They also have two other siblings from their biological mother, one of them passed away while the other is in the US.
According to her, she had known from the very beginning who her biological mom.
Isabel Rivas also shared that has already forgiven her mother before she died in 2009.
“I used to talk about my adoption like it’s the wound na nagpatibay sa akin. Pero bago siya namatay noong 2009, lumuhod siya sa akin, humingi siya ng tawad sa akin. Hindi raw niya akalain na ganoon ang magiging epekto ng mga nangyari sa akin,” she said.
“There was a time na nagrebelde ako, teenager years ko. Pero nung mabuntis naman ako, hindi niya ako pinabayaan. Doon pa lang, na-restore na ang relationship namin, pero hindi fully,” she added.
At the end of her interview, she said that she’s thankful to her Chinese aunts who were very “Godly.”
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