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Rita Daniela has called it quits with her son’s father

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Stephanie Rose Manhit

<p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“Yes, naghiwalay na po kami ng tatay ni Uno,” confirmed actress Rita Daniela in her recent interview with Boy Abunda. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita revealed her pregnancy to the public back in June 2022. While unplanned, Rita has always considered her baby as a blessing. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“You came just in time. You are God&#x27;s greatest gift to me,” Rita wrote to her baby then. “You give me hope to make more dreams come true.”</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“I shall do anything and everything that&#x27;s best for you. Always,” she promised. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220, 161, 13)"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/9/19/fresh-scoops/rita-daniela-is-having-a-baby-boy-202492" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/9/19/fresh-scoops/rita-daniela-is-having-a-baby-boy-202492" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Rita Daniela is having a baby boy</u></strong></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita gave birth on December 22, 2022, just in time for Christmas. She named her first-born Juan “Uno” Andres.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“Hi, my son,” she welcomed her unico hijo. “You’re the greatest Christmas gift that God has given me. You’re such a blessing to us. Your Tatay and I are so joyful to have you. Can’t believe I’m celebrating Christmas this way.. with you.”</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220, 161, 13)"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/12/24/rita-daniela-welcomes-first-child-ahead-of-christmas-day-1822" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/12/24/rita-daniela-welcomes-first-child-ahead-of-christmas-day-1822" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Rita Daniela welcomes first child ahead of Christmas Day</u></strong></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita never disclosed the identity of her child’s father, aside from revealing that she had been in a relationship for quite some time with someone who wasn’t in the entertainment industry. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“It&#x27;s my decision not to share anything about us or about him to anybody because he&#x27;s not a showbiz personality,” she said then. “He&#x27;s a private person and our relationship has always been private.&quot;</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">They had been in a relationship for over four years before they decided to call it quits. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“We really tried our best just like everybody else but it didn&#x27;t work out,” she said. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita shared that they did try to save their relationship, but it came to a point where they felt it best to part ways instead. Nevertheless, they parted on amicable terms and have chosen to remain friends for the sake of their son. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“Pero ang maganda diyan, Tito Boy, we&#x27;re good friends e, very very good friends,” she clarified. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">As she has once promised her son, she would do everything with his best interests in mind, and that included still maintaining a good relationship with her son’s father. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Uno is now almost six months old. Rita shared that she and her son’s father have mutually decided to co-parent Uno and stay a family, despite the unconventional set-up. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“We&#x27;re doing our best to co-parent Uno,” she said. “I&#x27;m actually proud of ourselves kasi hangga’t maaga inaayos na namin siya para hanggang lumaki na si Uno, peaceful po kami and we can still be a family na wala na pong issue sa both sides.”</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">While she is happy being Uno’s mom, Rita admitted that settling down is still a dream of hers. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“It&#x27;s still one of my dreams na maglakad na naka-wedding gown,” she shared. “Of course, part pa rin &#x27;yun ng aking pangarap.”</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Nevertheless, Rita is in no rush and is perfectly happy being the best mom that she can be to Uno. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“But now, not yet,” she clarified. “Kasi right now my focus is to be a better person and to be the best mom to Uno.”</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-14" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsNwSNsB3EM/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=558&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A14%2C%22os%22%3A912329.2999999999%2C%22ls%22%3A399413.4%2C%22le%22%3A399416.4%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="764" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-14" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:658px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">It was in the same interview that Rita was asked if she felt any jealousy towards fellow actress Julie Anne San Jose, whose career is steadily on the rise.  </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“Wala po,” she answered straight away. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita shared that she had a healthy competition with Julie Anne, with zero envy towards the other’s successes. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">&quot;Naniniwala po ako na we all have our seasons at ito ang season ni Julie,” Rita explained. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">For Rita, right now she is called to focus on being Uno’s mom. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“Ang season ko ngayon is to be a full-time mom... to be the best mom to Uno,” she said.</p>

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Rita Daniela has called it quits with her son’s father

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Published June 17, 2023 09:48 AM PHT

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