MANILA, Philippines—TV host-actress Mariel Rodriguez had not yet moved on from her miscarriage, her husband actor Robin Padilla has said.
In an interview with PEP.ph, Padilla said having a child was Rodriguez’s dream. “It gave her a different kind of joy,” he said in the interview.
“I’ve been there. With my first wife we also had that (miscarriage),” Padilla said, adding he easily moved on but understood why Rodriguez was having a hard time doing so. Padilla had been married to other partners before Rodriguez.
Padilla said Rodriguez refused to have the fetus removed from her womb despite being told by doctors that there was no longer a heartbeat.
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He said she was hoping a miracle could still happen.
“She said as long as she didn’t bleed normally, she wasn’t going to have [the dead fetus] removed. I told her it might be dangerous. But the doctor said her body would eventually eliminate it on its own,” Padilla said.
“I hope it doesn’t happen again. Of course we were shocked. We planned this for a long time,” he said.
“Siyempre sasakyan lang natin … Ang pangit naman nun kung ako ang babaril sa trip niya (Of course I’ll give her what she wants … I can’t be the one discouraging her at this point).”
On Monday, Betchay Vidanes, the manager of Robin Padilla, confirmed to INQUIRER that Rodriguez had lost her eight-week-old baby.
Prior to the confirmation, Rodriguez on Sunday and Monday shared photos on her Instagram page with the hashtag “#byecutiepie,” prompting netizens to speculate that she had suffered a miscarriage.