{"id":148719,"date":"2018-01-25T04:35:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148719"},"modified":"2018-01-25T04:35:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:35:21","slug":"bela-padilla-reveals-why-she-broke-up-with-neil-arce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/25\/bela-padilla-reveals-why-she-broke-up-with-neil-arce\/","title":{"rendered":"Bela Padilla reveals why she broke up with Neil Arce"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_148767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148767\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bela-Padilla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148767\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bela-Padilla.jpg\" alt=\"Actress Bela Padilla on Thursday revealed the reason why she broke up with her long-time boyfriend. (Photo: Bela Padilla\/Facebook)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bela-Padilla.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bela-Padilla-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Bela Padilla on Thursday revealed the reason why she broke up with her long-time boyfriend. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialBelaPadilla\/photos\/a.981933065239602.1073741828.981369835295925\/1303764159723156\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialBelaPadilla\/\">Bela Padilla\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actress Bela Padilla on Thursday revealed the reason why she broke up with her long-time boyfriend, businessman, and film producer Neil Arce.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in <em>\u201cMagandang Buhay,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Bela admitted that choosing her career over her former flame was the reason why they had go their separate ways.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old actress confirmed earlier this month that she has broken up with the film producer; however, Bela stressed that she and Neil continue to be good friends and that there is no bad blood between them.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Parang pinili ko talaga ay<\/em> work, <em>wala akong ibang pina-<\/em>prioritize. <em>Naikuwento ko naman yata dati dito na may <\/em>cancer <em>ang<\/em> daddy <em>ko, so kailangan kong mag-<\/em>prepare <em>kaya ako trabaho nang trabaho. Kailangan kong mag-ipon.<\/em> In case <em>may mangyari, gusto ko lang<\/em> ready <em>ako <\/em>(I chose my career, I don&#8217;t have anything else to prioritize. I might have shared here before that my dad has cancer and I have to prepare that\u2019s why I work hard. I need to save. Just in case something happens, I\u2019m prepared)<em>,&#8221;<\/em> Bela said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So for a time, <em>wala na akong<\/em> pinrioritize k<em>ung hindi trabaho na kahit &#8216;yung araw na walang trabaho na sobrang<\/em> rare &#8212; everyday <em>naman may <\/em>work &#8212; <em>kapag may isang araw na walang trabaho, mag-iisip ako kung ano ang pwede kong gawin para pagbutihin pa ang trabaho ko.<\/em> So <em>nawalan ako ng oras doon sa <\/em>ex <em>ko<\/em>, I guess. <em>Tapos noong kinailangan kong mamili, ang pinili ko ay <\/em>work<em> talaga <\/em>(I didn&#8217;t prioritize anything except work that even on days when there&#8217;s no work which is very rare &#8212; there&#8217;s work everyday &#8212; when there&#8217;s a day without work, I will think of what I can do to improve my career. So I was not able to give my ex time, I guess. And when I had to choose, I really chose my career)<em>,&#8221; <\/em>she added.<\/p>\n<p>The actress said that Neil understands her busy schedule, but Bela pitied her ex-boyfriend as she can\u2019t give him enough time and attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAko na &#8216;yung sumama na ang loob ko para sa kanya. Parang hindi naman ito &#8216;yung<\/em> deserve <em>mo, sobrang bait din naman niya talaga <\/em>(I was the one who felt bad for him. It seems that this isn&#8217;t what he deserves. He is a kind-hearted man)<em>,&#8221;<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bela said that it was her decision to be single, saying she was left with no choice since she accepted a lot of job offers that led her juggling a hundred balls in the air at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ako kasi &#8216;yung tao na kapag may napagdesisyunan ako eh doon ako mag-fo-<\/em>focus. So <em>kailangan ko ng taong maiintindihan &#8216;yon, kayang sabayan <\/em>(I\u2019m the type of person who will focus on what I have come up with. So I need a person who will understand it and can cope up with it)<em>,&#8221;<\/em> the actress explained.<\/p>\n<p>Bela, meanwhile, just flashed a smile when the hosts linked the actress to her former leading man Zanjoe Marudo. Bela said that she and Zanjoe are still talking with each other even after they co-starred in a television series <em>\u201cDear Heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Bela Padilla on Thursday revealed the reason why she broke up with her long-time boyfriend, businessman, and film producer &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":148767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[22391,23222],"class_list":["post-148719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-bela-padilla","tag-neil-arce","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}