“I won’t talk about it muna, thank you.”
Ito ang magalang na pagtanggi ni Bela Padilla na pag-usapan ang estado ng kanyang pagkakaibigan sa mga kapwa aktres na sina Kim Chiu at Angelica Panganiban.
Sa media conference ng pelikulang Life After You nitong Miyerkules ng hapon, Agosto 19, 2026, maikli ang naging sagot ni Bela nang tanungin kung magkaibigan pa rin sila.
Iginalang naman ng entertainment writers ang pakiusap ni Bela na huwag sagutin ang tanong tungkol sa matagal nang usap-usapang may naging problema sa kanilang pagkakaibigan.
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Ang Life After You ay ang upcoming Viva Films production na pinagbibidahan nina Bela at Maricel Soriano mula sa direksiyon ni Marla Ancheta.
Mapapanood ito sa mga sinehan simula Setyembre 9, 2026.
Bela opens up about difficult period before Life After You
Sa halip na pag-usapan ang isyu tungkol kina Kim at Angelica, nagkuwento si Bela tungkol sa kanyang pinagdaanan bago niya gawin ang Life After You.
Aminado siyang mabigat ang kanyang pakiramdam nang simulan niya ang proyekto kasama si Maricel.
Pero ang beteranang aktres daw ang tumulong sa kanyang ipaalala kung bakit siya nasa industriyang ito.
Lahad ni Bela: “When I entered this project, I was feeling a bit sad or parang heavy.
"She made me remember why I love this job so much. She made me realize also na, yun nga, it’s not always parang, I guess, sunshine and rainbows in our profession.
“Kasi parang my whole life, I treated this job and this profession that way. And then, yun nga, it got challenging for a bit.
"And then Inay [Maricel] made me realize why I came here in the beginning. Why acting is so important to us and why we love it so much.
"And why being a storyteller is so important, especially in times like this, our country is going through such difficult times.
"It’s so nice that we get to tell stories that give hope and make people feel good.
“So she brought that back to me so I am very thankful indeed,”
Ipinaliwanag ni Bela na sunud-sunod ang kanyang pinagdadaanan noong mga panahong iyon.
Kabilang dito ang mga problema sa trabaho, paglipat ng bahay, at health concerns.
“Siguro ano lang, stuff at work. Mabigat lang, mabigat yung…
"Tapos, ayun, naglilipat ako ng bahay. Parang nagsunud-sunod. I was doing a lot of things. Yun lang naman, nothing specific.
"Parang I was going through a tough time and also health concerns.
“May mga health concerns ako nung umpisa ng project, na hiyang-hiya ako kina Direk kasi parang pabalik-balik ako ng ospital.
“I had to update them constantly, I had to choose projects.
"And I didn’t want let this one go kasi ngayon ko lang makakatrabaho nga si Inay sa ganitong capacity.
"So, I felt like it was important for me to stay here, and parang mabigat yung feeling.
"I didn’t want to enter a project feeling that way kasi parang disservice sa mga katrabaho ko," tuluy-tuloy na paliwanag ni Bela.
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BELA SAYS Life After You production helped HER through tough time
Malaki rin daw ang naging suporta ng buong production ng Life After You habang pinagdaraanan ni Bela ang mahirap na yugto ng kanyang buhay.
Naging palaisipan sa entertainment press ang mga karanasang ibinahagi niya, lalo na’t napag-usapan din ang mga nabasa at narinig tungkol sa kanya.
Saad niya: “The whole production was so helpful. I was in and out of the hospital. It was starting to affect my health.
"I was so stressed out. I couldn’t sleep. I lost weight, dropped to 48 kilos.
“It was affecting me physically. But everyone was kind.
"It was mostly work stuff. I was reading a lot of things and hearing a lot of things I could easily refuted.
“But at the time, I was still part of the project. I did not want to do anything. I lost my fight.
"Parang, I felt this was so unfair I did not want to say anything.”
Aminado si Bela na sanay siyang magsalita para sa ibang tao, lalo na para sa mga hindi kayang ipaglaban ang kanilang sarili.
Ngunit nang siya naman ang naging mahina, umasa raw siyang may tutulong din sa kanya.
“I am vocal for other people, for people who don’t have a voice. I speak up for people who can’t speak up for themselves.
“Siguro dahil I always look out for others, nang ako ang mahina, naghintay ako, someone would help me in that moment, and a lot of people did.
“It might not be how I do it. They don’t have the same platform as I do and may not be as vocal as I am, but I got support that I needed.
"I gave more than 1000 percent in the project. I felt everyone there also knew that.
“I was so surprised so many things came out. Especially since I was still working on it, I was still on set, I still showed up for two more weeks.”
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Bela ADMITS SHE questioned who she could trust
Dahil sa mga lumabas na isyu, aminado si Bela na nagsimula siyang magtanong kung sinu-sino ang maaari niyang pagkatiwalaan.
Mas naging mahirap daw ito dahil patuloy pa rin siyang nagtatrabaho sa Life After You nang lumabas ang mga usapin.
Pagbabahagi ng aktres: “I started feeling bad. I was thinking, 'Who could I trust here?'
"I was still talking to everybody. People were talking to me.
"There were names mentioned and they are still my friends. Up to this day, [they’re] still my friends.
"lt was very confusing. I started questioning everything, who to trust, what I can say, can’t.
“I did not treat it differently from other projects, everything is easily refutable, even as simple as being late.
“I came on set even before production. I was late once dahil kinagat ako ng aso and they knew that.
“It was so unnerving you can make up so many things. You read about yourself in such a different light.
“I started questioning myself. 'Did I do something wrong?'
"I reached out to people mentioned, 'Did I do this? Did I make you feel this way?'
“They said they don’t know where it is coming from.
"When you guys ask me stuff, I try to be as open. I’m an open book, I don’t hide skeletons in my closet.”
Sa kabila ng lahat, itinuring ni Bela na “cathartic” ang Life After You dahil marami raw siyang natutunan tungkol sa kanyang sarili at sa mga taong nakatrabaho niya.
“It helped me learn a lot about myself and people I worked with. Kasi, I’m not gonna lie, napaso talaga ako.
“I felt scared to be on set again. It really affected me a lot.
"I had to see so many doctors. It was affecting me in a physical level. I felt I could not defend myself.
“When something died down, something would pop up. 'Where is it coming from?'
"Even things about my family came up. They are private people. They shy away from this.
“I felt bad my family got dragged onto it. I am not going to lie, I felt attacked.
"I can’t do anything about it. Ano pinanggalingan? I don’t know. I can only guess. I don’t know.”
Hindi man siya nagbanggit ng partikular na pangalan ng tao o programa, naging palaisipan sa marami ang pag-alis ni Bela sa kalagitnaan ng teleseryeng Blood vs Duty, bagamat mahalaga ang papel niya rito.
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Kasunod nito ang pagbabahagi ni Angelica Panganiban sa Instagram ng mga larawan nila ni Kim Chiu, kaya maraming netizens ang nagtanong kung bakit wala si Bela.
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