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‘Nahahati ka’: Sarah G once said no man ever good enough for her parents

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/02/26/2020226-sarah.jpg"/><figcaption>In a rare interview delving into her relationship with her parents, Sarah Geronimo admitted feeling conflicted between her obedience to them and her yearning to become independent. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Sarah Geronimo once admitted being conflicted between the fierce protectiveness of her parents and her yearning to become independent, particularly when it comes to falling in love.</p><p>In a rare tell-all that delved into her relationship with her parents, Divine and Delfin Geronimo, the pop star also revealed that they never once approved of any man she had a potential romance with.</p><p>The interview with Boy Abunda was televised in November 2013, just a month after she and now-husband Matteo Guidicelli secretly became a couple.</p><p>Geronimo, then age 25, was asked for her thoughts on parents, in general, having a say in their child’s love life. At that point, Geronimo’s known romantic ties with Rayver Cruz and Gerald Anderson were rumored to have ended because of her parents’ disapproval.</p><p>“Para sa akin, at 25, importante lang talaga na you have to make your own decisions, lalo na sa pag-ibig... Ngayon, hindi ka na madidiktahan kung sino ang gugustuhin mo, kung kanino ka mai-in love, kung sino ang mamahalin mo,” she said.</p><p>“Ang importante na lang, sana mapatunayan mo na tama ang desisyon mo, na tama ‘yung taong minahal mo. At sana ganoon din ‘yung taong magmamahal — papatunayan ang sarili niya,” Geronimo said.</p><p>Asked directly whether her parents approved of any of her past romantic interests, Geronimo responded: “Hanggang ngayon naman po wala, e. Hanggang ngayon, e.”</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/02/25/20200225-sarah-mommydivine-matteo.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Sarah Geronimo with her mother, Divine, and her now-husband, Matteo Guidicelli. <em>ABS-CBN.com/Metro.Style</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Geronimo’s interview came amid speculation that Guidicelli was pursuing her romantically, but she did not once mention the actor.</p><p>Even as Abunda asked whether she was in love at that point, Geronimo opted not to give a direct answer.</p><p>“Hindi ko po kayo masasagot nang diretso. Pero nagdadasal ako at hoping ako na tama ‘yung ginagawa ko. Kung magkakamali man ako... Aray. Diyos ko, huwag naman po sana,” she said, laughing.</p><p>“Ang pagmamahal, kapag masyadong sumobra, nao-overwhelm tayo, e. Pinagdarasal ko na maging buo pa rin ako hanggang dumating ‘yung panahon na makita ko na, na makasama ko na ‘yung mapapangasawa ko,” Geronimo added.</p><p>In the years following that interview, Geronimo and Guidicelli would confirm being a couple, and would hint, through candid statements, that the singer’s parents <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/21/20/timeline-over-the-years-matteo-and-sarah-kept-asking-for-acceptance-from-pop-stars-parents">remained unaccepting</a> of their relationship.</p><p>It was this precise situation that forced Geronimo and Guidicelli to hold their wedding in secret last February 20, according to their close friend and long-time relationship counselor Letty Fuentes.</p><p>Even then, Geronimo’s mother, Divine, managed to track their whereabouts and supposedly <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/25/20/traydor-kayo-sarahs-mom-arrived-at-wedding-enraged-ready-for-a-fight-says-guest">turned violent</a> upon arriving at the wedding reception.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/02/26/matteo.jpg"/><figcaption>Newlyweds Matteo Guidicelli and Sarah Geronimo pose together on February 20, their wedding day, before the arrival of the singer’s mother. Instagram: @matteog</figcaption></figure></div><p>Following reports of the now-controversial scuffle, many fans of Geronimo lamented what they described as Divine’s unhealthy possessiveness of her daughter, and intrusion into her personal life.</p><p>In her 2013 interview, Geronimo addressed head on the public perception of her parents as the supposed “kontrabida,” who would cause her failed relationships.</p><p>“Noong umpisa po, napakasakit, kasi alam mo naman kung ano ang totoo. May phase pa na nahahati ka. Nahahati ka sa sinasabi ng ibang tao sa sarili mong pamilya,” she said.</p><p>“Pero dumating ako sa pagkakataon na buong-buo ako, buong-buo ‘yung paniniwala ko sa pagmamahal ng pamilya ko sa akin, ng mga magulang ko, na the best lang ang gusto nila para sa akin,” Geronimo said.</p><p>However, as her relationship with Guidicelli had to grapple with her parents’ non-acceptance in the following years, Geronimo would become, in Fuentes’ words, “confused” yet again — resulting in numerous postponements of their wedding over the years, and at one point, a “cool off.”</p><p>Ultimately, it now appears, Geronimo seized the independence she only once yearned, with no better indication than her wedding with Guidicelli, sans her parents’ elusive blessing.</p><p>While Geronimo, as of press time, remains tight-lipped on her rift with her parents, Guidicelli expressed confidence that, in time, “with God’s grace and love, everything will heal and fall into place.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hkdss0gWGC4?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>“Ngayon, hindi ka na madidiktahan kung sino ang gugustuhin mo, kung kanino ka mai-in love, kung sino ang mamahalin mo. Ang importante na lang, sana mapatunayan mo na tama ang desisyon mo, na tama ‘yung taong minahal mo. At sana ganoon din ‘yung taong magmamahal — papatunayan ang sarili niya.” </p>

“Ngayon, hindi ka na madidiktahan kung sino ang gugustuhin mo, kung kanino ka mai-in love, kung sino ang mamahalin mo. Ang importante na lang, sana mapatunayan mo na tama ang desisyon mo, na tama ‘yung taong minahal mo. At sana ganoon din ‘yung taong magmamahal — papatunayan ang sarili niya.”