Rosanna Roces and the libel suit
Feisty Rosanna Roces raises the white flag
By ANTONETTE R. VALDEZ
After a much-publicized word war with Dr. Vicki Belo that led to the courts last year, actress Rosanna Roces has aired her desire to patch things up with her former friend and business partner on ABS-CBN’s “The Buzz” last Sunday.
In an interview with Manila Bulletin last Monday, Osang said,”libel is a very long and painful process at naaabala yung time ko sa apo ko kasi tuwing may hearing aalis ako ng bahay. Actually, sa mga hearing wala naman nangyayaring irapan sa amin ni Vicki. Kung wala nga lang press dun, baka matagal na kaming bati. Yung abogado nga niya kabiruan ko na.”
Rosanna added that there were many instances when she planned on dropping by Vicki’s clinic just to give her a surprise visit but unfortunately, she has not mustered the courage to do it yet.
“S’yempre normal lang yung feeling na maiilang ka pa ng konti pero gusto ko na talaga siya makausap at maayos na ang gulo na ito.”
Although this humble move from Rosanna is praised by some people, others look at it as her way of saving herself from falling into the pit because reports have it that she’s losing the case and running out of money to fund her lawyer whom she pays on an hourly basis.
“Paano nila masasabi na natatalo ako? Kung sa pera lang kaya ko lumaban ng sabayan. Maaaring hindi na ako artista ngayon pero may farm ako at may negosyo ako kaya hindi problema sa akin ang pera. Nagpapasalamat lang talaga ako sa apo ko kasi nang dahil sa kanya gumanda ang buhay ko. Nawala ang galit ko sa lahat. Pati nga kay Tito (Molina, her ex-husband) nawala na ang galit ko,” she stressed.
Rosanna candidly said that it took six months after her separation with her husband Tito to realize that her bed was too big for her but there was not a day after the separation that she missed him or the idea of marriage.
“I’m happier now than before dahil kay Budoy (this is how she fondly calls her five-month-old grandson Jose Gabriel). Lahat ng oras ko nasa kanya lang. Kumbaga sa school, back subject ko ang apo ko kasi hindi ko na-witness ang lahat ng ‘first’ ng mga anak ko gaya ng first na pagdapa nila, first step, first word nila. Kay Gab, hands-on talaga ako. Si Grace, nilalaro niya ang anak niya pero sa akin natutulog ‘yan at sabay kami maligo niyan,” admitted Rosanna.
Since this conversation touched on her daughter Grace, Rosanna volunteered that her teenage daughter plans to go back to her studies but not in a regular school. “Gusto niya homestudy lang kasi nahihiya daw siya pumasok sa school at sa sasabihin daw ng mga tao. Sinabihan ko nga siya na hindi lang siya ang nasa ganitong situation pero ayaw niya talaga. Ok na din sa akin yun kasi ayoko naman malayo sa akin mga anak ko, ngayon ko lang sila nakakasama ng ganito eh. Ito talaga ang hinahanap kong buhay kahit noon pa,” she ended. [source]