Dennis Padilla and Julia Barretto. Image: Instagram/@dennisastig
Dennis Padilla has once again extended himself to his daughter Julia Barretto by making a video and handwritten greeting for the actress’ 26th birthday.
The handwritten birthday card includes a photo of them together and heart cutouts, as seen on the actor’s Instagram page on Wednesday, March. 8. Padilla’s greetings were posted two days before Barretto’s birthday on March 10.
“Dearest Juy, happy 26th birthday! Praying for more blessings! Hoping to see you soon! I love you!” the message read.
In his video greeting, Padilla was holding an old photo of him carrying Barretto when she was just a baby.
“Ang bilis, 26 years old ka na at ngayon ko lang na-realize na itong picture mo…,” he said before the video was abruptly cut. (It was so fast. You are already 26 years old and I just came to realize that this picture of yours…)
Some netizens were emotional over Padilla’s post and expressed their hope for the father and daughter’s reconciliation.
Image: Instagram/@dennisastig
Image: Instagram/@dennisastig
Image: Instagram/@dennisastig
Barretto, meanwhile, is currently in Paris with her boyfriend, actor Gerald Anderson. The couple earlier flew to France where they also celebrated Anderson’s 34th birthday.
Image: Instagram/@juliabarretto
Image: Instagram/@juliabarretto
It can be recalled that in June last year, Padilla took to his social media pages to say that his children with ex-wife Marjorie Barretto—Julia, Claudia, Leon—“forgot” to greet him on Father’s Day. Leon then responded to this, asking Padilla to stop the “public shaming” of his children.
Months later, Julia confessed in an interview with broadcaster Karen Davila that she was needing more fatherly love and protection, which she was “not getting right now” from Padilla.
Padilla refuted his daughter’s statements and noted that she only knew “half the truth” about their family. He also stressed that he was not after his children’s money, and that he only reached out for them to spend time with him. /ra