Andi Eigenmann wants an end to daughter’s paternity issue

Actress Andi Eigenmann (Instagram photo)

MANILA – Kapamilya actress Andi Eigenmann breaks her silence on daughter’s paternity issue, asking the public to respect their family’s privacy.

“Recent events have put my daughter Ellie into the limelight with the media, netizens, and strangers questioning who her father is. I made a conscious choice not to talk about the paternity of my daughter in order to protect the privacy of Ellie,” Eigenmann says in a statement.

“Although she was born into a showbiz family, as a mother, I would like to shield her from the intrigues and gossip that are part of the industry. Growing up, Ellie knew who her father was and he has been there for her, and that’s all that matters,” she continues.

Eigenmann’s daughter has been back in the limelight when her half-sister Max Eigenmann confirmed in the radio program “Good Times With Mo” that Jake Ejercito was indeed Ellie’s biological father.

“He (Ejercito) is the father of my niece… They did a (DNA) test… He’s the dad,” Max told disc jockey Mo Twister. “They’re co-parenting.”

It can be recalled that it was in 2011 when Eigenmann got pregnant. Rumors then started whom between the 26-year-old actress’s former boyfriends Ejercito and actor Albie Casiño was the father of her child.