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Iza Calzado during her interview on journalist Karmina Constantino's YouTube channel 'KC After Hours.' Screenshot from YouTube

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Iza Calzado opens up about why she once feared motherhood

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1774761980746iza calzado.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Iza Calzado during her interview on journalist Karmina Constantino&#x27;s YouTube channel &#x27;KC After Hours.&#x27; Screenshot from YouTube</div><div>Content warning: This article contains discussions of suicide and depression. </div>In a candid moment, actress Iza Calzado opened up about how her mother&#x27;s passing once made her afraid of motherhood.During her interview with broadcast journalist Karmina Constantino for the latter&#x27;s YouTube channel, Calzado was asked, &quot;Do you also sometimes fear that or question yourself if you have the same affliction that took your mom away from you?&quot;.A mental health advocate who lost her mother to suicide, Calzado paused briefly, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. Despite the deeply personal question, she clarified that she took no offense, noting that Constantino&#x27;s channel — which posted the interview on Saturday — was the &quot;right platform&quot; for such a discussion.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6DoCTrEuyA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></div>&quot;This is exactly why I was so fearful of becoming a mother,&quot; admitted Calzado, who is now a mother to her three-year-old daughter, Deia Amihan.&quot;You think it doesn&#x27;t haunt me, what I witnessed, what I endured. The fear that I might do the same thing. The fear that, God forbid, I might suddenly, you know — that was one of my fears, that I have a child, I give birth, something flips, something snaps,&quot; Calzado said.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/10/11/19/im-no-longer-ashamed-iza-calzado-opens-up-about-losing-mother-to-depression">READ: Iza Calzado opens up about losing mother to depression </a></div>&quot;But I try to come from a place of love because that is God&#x27;s biggest lesson for me,&quot; she added.Calzado said her motherhood journey &quot;is teaching me so much about what my mother possibly went through.&quot;&quot;And she want through a lot, KC,&quot; she told Constantino. &quot;I think that&#x27;s one of the reasons why I also push for women empowerment.&quot;&quot;My mother and I, we&#x27;ve both been in situations I don&#x27;t want my daughter to be in,&quot; said Calzado, who was also open about her postpartum experiences shortly after her daughter&#x27;s birth.While she has her fears about her daughter, Calzado also acknowledges: &quot;I also understand that I cannot control everything.&quot;&quot;I can merely shape her and instill in her values and develop that strength and resilience that somehow I have been able to develop. And hopefully, she has it because ultimately I&#x27;m not in control, I can only do so much,&quot; she said.&quot;The fear is there, every so often, pero hindi ko siya tinatambayan,&quot; she added.During her interview, Calzado also spoke about taking a step back after years of &quot;overworking&quot; herself in show business, her <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/1/11/iza-calzado-returns-to-asap-stage-after-almost-10-years-an-incredible-way-to-start-the-year-1837">comeback on the &quot;ASAP&quot; stage</a> in January, being part of She Talks Asia and AKTOR, and her <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/2/22/iza-calzado-husband-ben-wintle-debut-podcast-channel-between-us-1539">new podcast </a>with husband Ben Wintle.

In a candid moment, actress Iza Calzado opened up about how her mother's passing once made her afraid of motherhood.

In a candid moment, actress Iza Calzado opened up about how her mother's passing once made her afraid of motherhood.