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Kris Aquino on Phillip Salvador: He has no active role in Joshua’s life
Kris Aquino with sons Joshua and Bimby (Photo from Aquino’s official Instagram account)
MANILA – When asked about why she doesn’t include Phillip Salvador in her social media posts with their son Joshua, Kris Aquino explained that she does so because Salvador doesn’t play an active role as a father to Joshua.
“To clarify, we don’t communicate and he has no active role in Kuya Josh’s life,” she said.
“Together with my siblings, and with much gratitude to my mom, we all took on the responsibility of raising Kuya, and I have always been open about his having special needs,” she added.
Aquino also frankly stated that she has solely financially provided for Joshua as well.
She made clear, however, that she does not want to raise this matter to Salvador nor is she asking any support from him.
“I have been solely financially responsible for Kuya’s upbringing for most of his life. Let me emphasize, I’m not calling anybody out. God truly blessed me with the financial capacity to care for my panganay (eldest),” she said.
“This is my [Instagram] account and this chronicles my life and my family… Why will I mention someone who isn’t part of our lives?,” she added. “Parenting requires effort. And it’s a choice on how involved you’ll choose to be.”
Aquino then hoped that the issue will no longer be raised. After all, they were ‘peaceful and that’s what’s important.’
The queries about Salvador were raised when Aquino posted a short video of Joshua in Instagram last week. Several of her followers then asked for Salvador’s involvement in raising Joshua.
