Jake clarified that he was never ashamed to tell people around him that he is the father of Ellie.
TV personality Jake Ejercito finally revealed the real score in the circling rumors about his fatherhood to actress Andi Eigenmann’s daughter, Ellie.
According to former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada’s son, he never kept his being a father to Ellie when asked by people close to them.
Jake specially mentioned his four year old daughter in his acceptance speech in Star Awards for Music and Television on Sunday, October 23, where he called her his “inspiration and princess”.
He added that Ellie does not deserve to be kept secret, however, Jake explained that he chose to keep silence in the previous years to protect his child.
“I mean, hindi naman deserve ni Ellie na, you know, na itago”, said Jake. “Never ko naman siyang ikinahiya, e”, he clarified.
(Ellie does not deserve to be hidden. I was never ashamed of her.)
Meanwhile, Jake refused to comment on the revelation of the actress and half sister of Andi, Max Eigenmann, who first confessed over a radio program that he is the real father of Ellie and not actor Albie Casino, who was first dragged in Andi’s pregnancy.
Jake emphasized that he has no plans to talk with Albie. During Andi’s pregnancy, Albie was forced to claim the child but refused and there was one instance when he was boxed in a disco bar because of the same issue.
According to the former president’s son, he was not the one who put Albie in the situation and therefore, there is nothing he must ask an apology for.
On the part of Andi Eigenmann, she earlier reiterated that there is nothing she should explain the public for because no one knows the struggles she had been through.