Jake slams Andi for dragging his family into custody battle

Jake Ejercito via Instagram

And the Jake-Andi online word war continues.

Ex-lovers Jake Ejercito and Andi Eigenmann can’t seem to throw in the towel as their social media fight online gets worse.

Ejercito cried foul over Eigenmann’s alleged statements that drag his family into their child custody battle. The actor declared that he will never let himself be used as a “publicity pawn.”

He accused Eigenmann of “overgeneralizing to the point of dragging my family into the issue.” He told Eigenmann to just “focus her tirades” on him, as he will not allow his family to be “incessantly used in someone’s apparent pursuit to play victim.”

Image: Screen grab from Jake Ejercito’s Facebook post

Ejercito even stressed that he has reached out to her “numerous times and in countless of ways” but nothing was ever solved. He added that this is simply just about his “rights as a father” and begged her to just “stop making this about you.”

Andi fires back

Immediately after Ejercito’s statement, the 26-year-old actress-mom took to Twitter to answer his accusations, further explaining how the petition has hurt her. The consolidated quotes below are the tweets Eigenmann posted last April 22, numbering around 20, and are now already unavailable:

“First of all, Mr. Jake Ejercito, it was only you and not the rest of your family members that I was pertaining to. Second of all, I reached out to you, countless of times but your ego was just way more important to you than your child. If someone from your side did reach out, it has always been your sister. Just her. And NEVER you. Masyado ka kasing mataas (You are too proud).”

“I don’t care about your family to have to talk about them, I care about your true intentions for trying to take my child away from me.”

“And as for ‘playing victim,’ I was a victim. A victim of abuse by you, Jake. That caused me so much pain that I’ve already gone past. Stop accusing me of playing victim each time I voice out how I feel. I’m not a victim. I’m just no coward like you.”

“Your response has just proved me right. You really only do care when it’s your image at risk. Jake, I have an awesome life with the man I love and my beautiful daughter. I don’t need to play victim. I don’t need to make this about me. If ever it seems I’m making this about me, maybe I am. Cause I’m the one who’s been working non-stop to provide for my child and what you do is accuse me of neglect.”

“This isn’t about who is right and who is wrong. I am aware of my faults. Always have been. I’ve come to realize that it doesn’t matter what good I do for my child. Everything will always just be wrong.”

Further, Eigenmann explained that while she may have said hurtful things in the past, she only did so because she was also in pain. She assured the actor that she’s different now as she makes  “decisions solely for the well-being of [her] child,” even stating that he remains “very much a part” of what she wants for her daughter.”

“What’s confusing is why you have to bring me down and insist that I’m unfit just for you to ask for that joint custody, that I very much want as well,” Eigenmann tweeted. “Burning down other people’s light to make yours shine brighter is such a stupid thing to do. I just thought you were better than that.”

Jake Ejercito and Andi Eigenmann are currently under a bitter custody battle over their 5-year-old daughter, Ellie. The two have ended their relationship in 2014 and have remained estranged because of conflicts involving their child. JB

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