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‘Nabuhay ang anak ko dahil kay Liza,’ Ogie Diaz says in tribute to actress

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/entertainment/01/06/20210106-liza-ogie-meerah-fb.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Ogie Diaz, Liza Soberano’s talent manager for a decade, expressed gratitude to the actress for helping save his daughter’s life in 2017. <em>Facebook: Ogie Diaz</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Talent manager Ogie Diaz credits his ward, actress Liza Soberano, as instrumental in saving his daughter’s life after the latter was born premature four years ago.</p><p>Diaz shared that detail of his personal life on January 4, as he paid tribute to Soberano on the occasion of her 23rd birthday.</p><p>“Pag nakikita ko ang mukha ng anak kong si Meerah Khel, hindi pwedeng hindi ko maalala si Liza Soberano. Noon pa, kahit kanino, ipinagmamalaki kong nabuhay ang anak kong premature (25 weeks) — dahil kay Liza,” he wrote on Facebook.</p><p>Diaz and his wife Georgette welcomed Meerah, their fifth daughter, on February 9, 2017. Due to her condition, Meerah was confined in the neonatal intensive care unit.</p><p>Confinement in the NICU cost nearly P30,000 a day, Diaz recalled.</p><p>“Apat na buwang nakatira sa ospital ang anak ko at lagi, ang kailangan — pera. Gano’n nga yata talaga &#x27;pag naoospital ka, &#x27;di pwedeng wala kang pera or else sa case ni Meerah, baka wala na ang anak ko or bulag na siya or me problema sa kanyang immune system,” he said.</p><p>“Basta. Ang bait talaga ni Lord. Never Niya akong zinero balance sa banko. Pag paubos na, may dumarating. O kung wala pang dumarating, handa na akong ibenta isa-isa ang mga naipundar kong properties, mabuhay lang ang anak ko.</p><p>“Pero hindi nga nangyari &#x27;yon. Kasi, sa tuwing magbabayad ako sa ospital linggo-linggo ng daan-daang libo, nagkakataon namang may endorsements na pumapasok kay Liza. At doon ako sa komisyon humuhugot lagi ng pambayad ng ospital,” Diaz wrote.</p><p>At the time, Soberano had been Diaz’s talent for six years since 2011, when he first scouted her at the age of 13. Soberano got her big break in showbiz in 2014, when she was cast opposite her now-boyfriend Enrique Gil in the hit drama “Forevermore.”</p><p>In 2017, Meerah’s birth year, Soberano’s career had been steadily soaring with consecutive endorsement deals, aside from her TV and film projects under ABS-CBN.</p><p>In his Facebook post, Diaz revealed that Soberano’s contract with him will expire in 2022.</p><p>“Sa totoo lang, matatapos na ang management contract ni Liza sa akin next year. I-aalok ko pa rin ang sarili ko kay Liza, dahil gano&#x27;n naman talaga sa talent management,” Diaz said.</p><p>“Pero kung sakaling (knock on wood) hindi na mag-renew si Liza? Wa echos ‘to, ha? Sobra pa rin ang pasasalamat na bibigkasin ko kay Liza, dahil marami siyang ‘kabayanihang’ ginawa para sa akin at sa aking pamilya. Lalo na kay Meerah.</p><p>“Pasasalamat. Dahil ‘yun ang tama. At ‘yun ang laman ng puso ko.”</p><p>Addressing his ward and greeting her on her birthday, Diaz wrote, “Hangad ko ang kaligayahan ng puso mo kay Enrique Gil, kalusugan mo at alam mo &#x27;yan — babawi tayo ngayong 2021.”</p><p>“At lagi mong tatandaan, anak, nandito lang ako bilang pangalawang tatay mo. Love you, ‘nak!”</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/ogie.diaz.5/posts/3879379398780738" data-width="auto"> </div><div><strong>Related videos:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q5qtXT3dgRw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xpze-kQuZkE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iaevQ5A-tzo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>“Sa totoo lang, matatapos na ang management contract ni Liza sa akin next year.”</p>

“Sa totoo lang, matatapos na ang management contract ni Liza sa akin next year.”