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Bea Borres on being a single mom: ‘I will love myself and I will make sure my daughter sees that’

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Peter Andrew Acierto

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<p>Actress and internet personality Bea Borres shared the challenges she has as a single parent. In an interview with veteran broadcaster Karen Davila, the celebrity mom revealed that the father of her child has been supporting them financially, but admitted how hurt she felt when they couldn’t work on the relationship. </p><div><iframe width="815" height="458" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tBswoMibpSw" title="BEA BORRES, NEW MOM AT HOME! “I Never Imagined This” | Karen Davila Ep250" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Bea gave birth to her daughter, Victoria Hope, who had to stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for 44 days. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/11/17/bea-borres-skips-baby-shower-to-prioritize-baby-s-health-please-pray-for-my-baby-1508"><strong>READ: Bea Borres skips baby shower to prioritize baby’s health: ‘Please pray for my baby’</strong></a></div><p>“I expected too much, like sobra talaga akong nag-expect sa kanya–– dapat ganito ka, dapat ganyan ka. I would list down the notes of what I wanted from him, parang nag-demand ako at nag-expect ako kasi nabuntis ako. Alagaan mo ako, nanay ako ng anak mo,” she shared.</p><p>Bea maintained that she is already over him as a partner but asserted that she wasn’t over what he did to her.</p><p>“I’m not over with what he did, but I’m over him. Siguro sa stages of grief, I’m already nasa depression stage kasi hindi ko na siya tinext eh… Like tinetext ko talaga siya, nagkalat ako minura ko talaga siya, I’m not gonna lie. Sinasabi ko talaga na I can’t believe this happened to me, ginawa mo &#x27;to sa akin, I’m calling him all these mean words,” she recalled.</p><p>The celebrity mom then admitted how sad she is for her daughter because she wasn’t able to give her a complete family, but believed it was the best decision in the long run. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/8/18/look-bea-borres-holds-intimate-gender-reveal-party-for-first-baby-0933"><strong>LOOK: Bea Borres holds intimate gender reveal party for first baby</strong></a></div><p> “I’m really sad about na hindi ko mabibigyan ng complete family yung anak ko. Na hindi man lang nabigyan ng chance, but at the same time, I’ve been talking to my single mom friends, mas okay na daw to kaysa makita mo yung parents na nag-aaway,” she confessed.</p><p>While she is a single mom, Bea asserted that she will devote all her love and attention to her daughter, as she wants to show her what “the standards of love” should be.</p><p>“I will love myself and I will make sure my daughter sees that I love myself so much so that she can also love herself and she can look up to me and she will have standards of what love is supposed to be,” she ended. </p>