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WATCH: Celia Rodriguez’s trending ‘gigil’ scenes as Pilar Guerrero in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo”

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Mary Ann Bardinas

Veteran actress Celia Rodriguez gets to prove anew why she is considered one of the greatest kontrabidas in Philippines showbiz through her impeccable portrayal of the condescending and domineering Doña Pilar Guerrero, the matriarch of the affluent and powerful Guerrero political clan in “<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/studios/tv/batangquiapo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</a>.” In one of her initial scenes, which might pass as a secret rendezvous with Don Julio (Tommy Abuel) during the party organized by the Montenegros to introduce their legitimate heir, their conversation and actions apparently suggested that they had a romantic affair in the past. While Don Julio was so ecstatic to catch a sight of her and strike a conversation with her, Doña Pilar was obviously not delighted to see and speak with him.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FABSCBNnetwork%2Fvideos%2F758119206825437%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=476&amp;t=0" width="476" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Even though she has a strong and intimidating personality, it seems that Doña Pilar doesn’t have a say when it comes to their family matters, just like what we’d witnessed during one of their intense altercations. As she tried to defend her daughter, Olivia (Chanda Romero), from the rage and disdain of his husband and the family patriarch, Don Gustavo (Dante Rivero), Doña Pilar got reprimanded by her husband for meddling and for being indulgent towards Olivia. Well, it was later on revealed that women have no room in their highly patriarchal family.Thus, Doña Pilar has been so protective and empathetic towards Olivia, which she’s able to show by assuring her that she is loved and supported by her. She may not directly tell her that she got her back, but Doña Pilar’s comforting presence is already enough for Olivia to pursue what she’s been wanting to do—even though that will mean having to go against the men in their family. Doña Pilar may likely side with her daughter, yet this doesn’t mean that she loves and supports his son, Roberto (Albert Martinez) any less as she does everything she can to make sure that his welfare is being taken care of as well.While she’s affectionate and protective towards her daughter, it seems that Doña Pilar cannot extend this to her daughter in-law, Jackie (Angel Aquino), as they often argue with each other. She may be old but Doña Pilar proved that she can still keep pace with Jackie when it comes to tarayan as she physically and verbally attacked her. In one of their spats, she told her, “Tandaan mo ito, Jackie, kung hindi dahil sa akin, you will never be a part of this family. Kaya you behave kung ayaw mong ibalik kita sa putik na pinanggalingan mo. Intiendes?”As they suffer from lack of funds, Pilar pinned the blame on Gustavo since he bequeathed a chunk of their family’s real estate properties to his mistress, Matilde (Charo Santos). This has caused her to ask for the help of the Montenegros during their campaigns over the past years in exchange for giving herself to Don Julio.Apart from Matilde, it was eventually revealed that Gustavo also had an illicit affair with Jackie (Angel Aquino) before, which spawned Miguelito (Jake Cuenca). After all these years, it seems that Gustavo has actually not moved on yet from her, as he often chooses to side with her and defend her whenever she and Pilar fight. Besides, she even caught him having a quite intimate moment with Jackie, which he strongly denied.Gustavo then had a taste of his own medicine when Pilar finally confessed after so many decades that Olivia was actually her child with Julio. According to her, it happened after she was compelled to give herself up to Julio in exchange for his support to Gustavo. And the couple didn’t care if they fought in front of the other members of their family or over food during one of their breakfasts. One of them was that instance when Pilar reminded him that it was she who made most of the efforts and sacrifices in order to put him and their family in power, as well as to give everything that they’d been relishing. This happened so many times, with Gustavo telling her that she didn’t build him up and that she only used him for her own ambitions.Their squabble got more intense and worse when Gustavo learned that Tindeng is still alive and that they even have a child together, who is Marites. As they quarreled over it, Gustavo blurted out that he indeed still loves Tindeng more than her and he actually never loved her in the decades that they’ve been together. Hearing those words indeed hurt Pilar, which finally made her decide to leave Gustavo, much to the latter’s glee and relief. Before she left, Pilar told him that he would be the one to leave when the time comes that she will come back, which Gustavo will definitely not allow to happen.Apart from their almost incessant clashes and discussions, we’re also able to figure out that Gustavo has never loved Pilar, as he attempted to murder her by cutting off her life support when she was left alone unconscious in her hospital room.Are you looking forward as us to see more of Celia Rodriguez and to know her character Doña Pilar better? Well, you better not miss an episode of “<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/studios/tv/batangquiapo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</a>,” weeknights at 8PM, on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live (KOL), A2Z, TV5 and <a href="https://app.iwanttfc.com/dFR6MWHAcVb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iWant</a>.

Let us revisit these ‘gigil’ scenes of Celia Rodriguez as Pilar Guerrero in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” that showed her facets as a dramatic actress and a kontrabida.

Let us revisit these ‘gigil’ scenes of Celia Rodriguez as Pilar Guerrero in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” that showed her facets as a dramatic actress and a kontrabida .