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<div id="fb-root"> </div><script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/ABSCBNnetwork/videos/vb.196309417055528/1402363496450108/?type=3"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/ABSCBNnetwork/videos/1402363496450108/"><p>Bela Padilla is LIVE now on #KapamilyaChat! Log on to angprobinsyano.abs-cbn.com/chat</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ABSCBNnetwork/">ABS-CBN</a> on Wednesday, 6 April 2016</blockquote></div></div><p>MANILA - Bela Padilla knew she was going to be written off &quot;Ang Probinsyano.&quot; She knew that her character Carmen would be shot dead as she tried to escape those who kidnapped her.</p><p>Still, tears rolled down her face as she watched the ill-fated mother and husband to Joaquin (Arjo Atayde) <a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/06/16/watch-carmen-dies-in-ang-probinsyano"><strong>drop to the ground</strong></a> on Wednesday&#x27;s episode of the hit primetime series starring Coco Martin.</p><p>&quot;Nakakalungkot na makita iyong death niya from my point of view,&quot; the 24-year-old Padilla admitted in an interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; MJ Felipe shortly after her final episode aired.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre [kasi] I fell in love with my character and the people she was relating to in the show. So naging emotional lang ako dahil ngayon lang nagsi-sink in sa akin na hindi na ako magta-taping,&quot; she added.</p><p>Padilla had been part of &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; since it first aired back in September. She was the love interest of a police officer named Ador (Martin), Cardo&#x27;s (also Martin) twin brother, who died after earning the ire of a criminal syndicate.</p><p>Since then, she had been integral in a number of key moments in the show like when she was abducted by a leader of a prostitution ring. It led to Cardo dressing up as the alluring Paloma in order to rescue Carmen.</p><p>The finale of that story line earned &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; its highest ever share of the national television viewing audience. It got 46.7 percent, according to data from <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/02/16/ang-probinsyano-sets-new-all-time-high-rating"><strong>Kantar Media</strong></a>.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BBDWZKBlonK/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Bela (@belapadilla)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-01-27T18:21:02+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 27, 2016 at 10:21am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Asked about what she will miss most about filming the series, Padilla replied: &quot;I think everything --the people, definitely.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The crew, the production, the cast, each and everyone --I learned something from each and everyone. I&#x27;m going to miss seeing their faces every single day,&quot; she added.</p><p>Padilla then downplayed suggestions that Carmen&#x27;s death was a decision made abruptly, revealing that she was only supposed to be part of the show during the first eight weeks.</p><p>&quot;Matagal ko nang alam that I was going to leave the show. Pero all the same, it&#x27;s very sad kasi siyempre napamahal na ako sa mga taong nakatrabaho ko at sa character ko,&quot; she explained.</p><p>Padilla did admit to having damaged her left iris while filming &quot;Ang Probinsyano,&quot; forcing her to miss a few taping days, and that she is currently undergoing treatment for acute anterior uveitis.</p><p>If left untreated, acute anterior uveitis may lead to permanent blindness, said Padilla. &quot;But that&#x27;s totally not related to why I left the show,&quot; she quickly clarified.</p>

'Nakakalungkot na makita iyong death niya from my point of view,' says Bela Padilla.

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Published April 07, 2016 01:13 AM PHT

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