Ruby Rodriguez says she left career in PH for her family | Photo: Instagram, @rodriguezruby
Former “Eat Bulaga” host Ruby Rodriguez said that it had always been her plan to leave her job in the Philippines and pursue a life abroad with her family.
Sitting down on So Jannelle TV, the actress-host revealed that it wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision to leave the longest-running Philippine noontime show.
“It was planned so it takes years to uproot yourself. You just don’t do that on a whim. You know I’m not single. I can do that if I was single but if you’re carrying baggage, you have your family, you can’t do that in a snap,” she said.
Rodriguez, who left the Philippines for good in 2021, revealed that she and her family were supposed to migrate a year before, but that it got derailed by the lockdown implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The “Okay Ka, Fairy Ko” actress shared that the main reason they left the country was to give proper education and medication to his son, who has intellectual disabilities and autoimmune disease.
Rodriguez admitted that no one knew about her plans, not even the variety show’s management, but only her EB co-host Pauleen Luna, who also knew that she was applying for a job at the Philippine consulate, where she works now.
“I was quiet about it because you don’t know what will happen. If it pushes through then they will know. If it doesn’t push through, no harm done. Image intact,” she remarked.
“They didn’t know, the only person who knew what I was doing, who’s in the business, was Pauleen Luna because she’s my best friend. I know she’ll keep quiet about it,” added the former host.
The 58-year-old actress is currently residing in Los Angeles, California, and every now and then gets reunited with her fellow celebrities from the Philippines.
Recently, she bonded with EB co-hosts Maine Mendoza, Alden Richards and Jose Manalo, as she shared photos with them on her Instagram.