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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmddoUfnvR3/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" 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:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);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/BmddoUfnvR3/?utm_source=ig_embed" 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 post shared by Julia (@juliabarretto)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-14T13:06:07+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 14, 2018 at 6:06am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Julia Barretto had a ready answer when asked to pick between her celebrity aunts Gretchen and Claudine, who remain estranged after a long history of word wars and legal feuds.<br/> <br/>Barretto, 21, spoke on the topic during a recent press conference for her upcoming primetime teleserye, “Ngayon at Kailanman,” which will debut August 20 on ABS-CBN.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/15/20180815-barretto1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Claudine and Julia Barretto share a touching moment during the latter’s debut in 2015. ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>The Star Magic artist was initially asked for her reaction to being called a “young Claudine Barretto,” as she follows a similar career path as a movie and TV star like her aunt in her heydays.</p><p>“It’s very flattering to receive such a compliment,” she began. “At the same time, I grew up being in the shadows of my titas, my mom, my dad. Pero someday, I only hope na I would be able to make a name for myself, and that I will be recognized for my work, and not for my last name.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427296" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></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>Barretto is the eldest child of Marjorie Barretto and comedian Dennis Padilla. Like her sisters Claudine and Gretchen, Marjorie was active in showbiz for a time.</p><p>In recent years, the siblings made headlines for their feud, which resulted in Gretchen being publicly disowned by her parents, who backed Claudine. </p><p>Marjorie, on the other hand, sided with Gretchen, but has since mended ties with Claudine.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/15/20180815-barretto.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Julia and Gretchen Barretto give a joint interview to ABS-CBN News in 2014</figcaption></figure></div><p>“I love them both, equally,” Julia said of her aunts Gretchen and Claudine, after being asked to choose between them. “They took care of me growing up also. I cannot choose.”<br/> </p>

<p>Julia Barretto had a ready answer when asked to pick between her celebrity aunts Gretchen and Claudine, who remain estranged after a long history of word wars and legal feuds.</p>

Julia Barretto had a ready answer when asked to pick between her celebrity aunts Gretchen and Claudine, who remain estranged after a long history of word wars and legal feuds.