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Jane de Leon remembers father on his death anniversary

Jane de Leon's father died of lung cancer in August 2016. 

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Paulea Jence Benoza

<p>Jane de Leon took to social media to honor her father, Rouel de Leon, on the eighth anniversary of his death.</p><p>On Tuesday, August 29, the <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/darna" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Mars Ravelo’s Darna</em></strong></a><strong><em></em><u></u></strong> star shared a throwback snap of herself with her father when she was still a toddler.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwe_dWLP2sQ/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A761991.1999999881%2C%22ls%22%3A160619.89999997616%2C%22le%22%3A161204.19999998808%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="783" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;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="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>“It’s your 8th Year Death Anniversary Papa Rouel. I miss you terribly lalo na po yung mga bonding moments natin. Wish you’re still here with us specially now that God gave us opportunities and blessings that we want to share with you sana because you deserve it. But alam ko po that God allowed things to happen for a reason. Basta Papa just remember, na mahal na mahal po kita,” she wrote in the caption.</p><p>Jane’s father died of lung cancer in August 2016.</p><p>In an interview with Ogie Diaz for his vlog, the 24-year-old actress opened up about losing her dad at a young age.</p><p>“Actually po si Papa, he already passed away. And ‘yun nga po ‘yung nakakalungkot kasi hindi nung namatay si dad, hindi ko man lang siya nalibre sa mga restaurants… Hindi man lang niya po naabutan kung nasaan po ako ngayon,” she said.</p><p>“Kahit ‘yung donut nga lang… favorite niya po kasi ‘yun. So kung nabubuhay po si Papa ngayon, kahit isang buong branch pa po ata ng donut ibibigay ko sa kanya,” she also said. Adding, “Gusto kong ipa-experience po sa kanya lahat ng sarap ng buhay na meron kami ngayon ni Mama.”</p><p>Interestingly, Jane said that his father wasn’t exactly supportive of her decision to join show business.</p><p>“Actually si Papa, ayaw niyang mag-artista ako. Number one basher ko po ‘yun. … Kasi palabas [daw po] lagi ‘yung pera. Parang, ‘Wala man lang bayad ‘yang in-audition niyo.’ ‘Puro na lang palabas ‘yung pera, pamasahe na naman.’ Tapos dumating sa point na kailangan namin magtago ni Mama. Lalabas kami ng bahay, dapat hindi niya kami makikita kasi mag-o-audition ako,” she recalled.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/6/13/jane-de-leon-s-mother-gets-engaged-1110" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Jane de Leon’s mother gets engaged</strong></a></div><p>After her father passed away, Jane said she became the head of their family.</p><p>“Simula nung nawala si Papa, parang ako na po ‘yung pumalit na head of the family. Ngayon sobrang naramdaman ko na po kung bakit ganun siya, kasi parang nagiging ganun na rin po ako. Hindi naman sa nagiging matigas, pero parang kailangan kong maging strong for my family. Kailangan kong maging malakas para sa kanila,” she said.</p>

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Jane de Leon remembers father on his death anniversary

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Published August 30, 2023 08:37 PM PHT

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