Actress Janella Salvador has said she is not in a hurry to marry Markus Paterson, her boyfriend and father of her child.
Salvador confirmed this in an interview with ABS-CBN after she and Markus introduced their son Jude to the public recently.
“Wala pa, hindi pa kami nagmamadali about that. For now, ‘yung focus namin is to raise Jude muna,” she said.
Janella also thanked Markus for being a helpful father and partner.
All throughout her pregnancy, Markus was assisting her, report said.
“He would be my arms and legs, lalo na during my last few stages of pregnancy. Hindi ako makatayo, hirap na hirap na ako maglakad. Wala siyang reklamo. He would do everything for me. I couldn’t ask for more,” she said. "Emotionally, he was there to support me when I would have meltdowns. It’s really not easy.”
Asked why she hid her pregnancy, Janella explained: “I wasn’t hiding it for selfish reasons.”
Janella said that she wanted to keep her pregnancy private because she wanted to cherish the moment of being a first-time mom.
"Iyong wala munang ingay, ‘yung may sarili muna akong moment to enjoy it," she said.
Janella said she received criticisms for keeping her pregnancy private.
“I was getting comments na, ‘Kinahihiya mo ba? Hindi ka ba proud?’ I don’t think any mom would want to hide her baby.”
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