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Ellen Adarna describes John Lloyd Cruz as a ‘present father’ to son Elias

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/06/30/20190630-ellen-johnlloyd-elias.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Former couple Ellen Adarna and John Lloyd Cruz celebrate their son Elias’ 1st birthday in June 2019.<em> Instagram: @mikaelamartinez</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Newly engaged actress Ellen Adarna only has good words for her former partner John Lloyd Cruz, whom she described as a “present father” to their son, Elias.</p><p>Adarna spoke of Cruz as she answered questions from followers through Instagram Stories.</p><p>One of the anonymous questions touched on whether Elias, 2, still gets “spend time with his dad.”</p><p>“Yes, he does,” Adarna said, explaining that Cruz would pick up Elias and bring the child back to her.</p><p>“Si John Lloyd, present father. He wants to be present. [Elias] needs his father as much as he needs me,” she added.</p><p>Adarna previously said she has a “co-parenting setup” with Cruz.</p><p>Adarna, 33, and Cruz, 37, became a couple in 2017 then parted ways in 2019. They became first-time parents when Elias was born in June 2018.</p><p>Elias appears to have developed a close relationship with Adarna’s current partner, actor Derek Ramsay, to whom she got engaged in March.</p><p>In the same Q&amp;A session on Instagram, Adarna revealed that Ramsay had “asked permission from my mom and my family,” through video call, before he proposed to her.</p><p>Adarna and Ramsay, who have been an official couple for two months, are planning to get married before the end of the year.</p><div><strong>Related videos:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1650539" width="100%"></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 allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1651899" width="100%"></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>Newly engaged actress Ellen Adarna only has good words for her former partner John Lloyd Cruz, whom she described as a “present father” to their son, Elias.</p>

Newly engaged actress Ellen Adarna only has good words for her former partner John Lloyd Cruz, whom she described as a “present father” to their son, Elias.