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Call Me Mother

MJ Felipe

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<p>Comedy superstar Vice Ganda and co-star Shuvee Etrata exchanged heartfelt messages during the media day of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry &quot;Call Me Mother.&quot; </p><p>The two, together with the rest of the cast, were asked, &quot;Aside from their biological mother, who is that one person that they consider as a &#x27;mother&#x27;&quot;? </p><p>Vice Ganda named the late director Wenn Deramas and ABS-CBN&#x27;s COO Cory Vidanes as her mothers. </p><p>Meanwhile, Iyah Mina and Esnyr both chose Vice as their &#x27;mothers&#x27; for paving the way for members of the LGBTQIA+ to have a spotlight in the biz. Veteran actress Chanda Romero, who plays a social worker in the movie, chose National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Ricky Lee as her &#x27;mother,&#x27; while Carmi Martin shared that the late director Lino Brocka took her into his wings like his own child, back in the &#x27;80s.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR12sljCYEU/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A448164.30000019073%2C%22ls%22%3A447778.60000038147%2C%22le%22%3A447973.80000019073%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1005" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Shuvee Etrata chose Vice Ganda as well, as her &#x27;mother.&#x27; For context, It&#x27;s been publicly known that months back, Shuvee received some heated reactions from netizens on her past videos that resurfaced. One of those was a video involving Vice Ganda. </p><p>When Etrata started sharing why she chose Vice, the room suddenly had their ears all on what she had to say. </p><p>Vice replied, &quot;Ako love ko &#x27;yang si Shuvee. Kaya sabi ko huwag tayong malulunod sa ingay; dapat tayong dalawa ang nagkakaintindihan. At nagkakaintindihan kaming dalawa ni Shuvee.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m happy na I was given this chance to breathe the same air as Meme (Vice),&quot; Etrata said.</p><p>&quot;Binago niya ang buhay ko, sa pag-aartista ko po, simula sa &#x27;PBB&#x27; hindi po namin alam ang pinaggagawa namin sa buhay. Ngayong na-realize ko na ang mundong ito ay madali as long as you let them -- let them teach you, let them guide you, learn how to be accountable, learn from your mistakes and always look up to the person you value the most,&quot; she added. </p><p>This wonderful exchanged of kind words between Etrata and Vice put the issue between the two, to rest. </p><p>&quot;Call Me Mother&quot; premieres on December 25, nationwide. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMW5DMht96E?&amp;pp=0gcJCSMKAYcqIYzvautoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kcYJNW4RjUU?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oe4qzJcIIEs?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-s_nHFkVGE?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

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Vice Ganda, Shuvee Etrata exchange heartfelt messages during presscon

MJ Felipe,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 05, 2025 11:31 AM PHT

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