Liza Soberano (MNS Photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) — Tears flowed when Liza Soberano left San Francisco to return to the Philippines recently as she had to leave behind her siblings and her American mother Jacqulyn Elizabeth Hanley, whom she had not seen for more than seven years.
According to Enrique Gil, Soberano and her mother shared an emotional moment at the San Francisco International Airport when they were about to leave.
The actor also shared what Soberano’s mother told him right before they went inside the airport.
“Nagkausap kami nung umalis na kami, nauna na si [Liza]. Umiiyak [‘yung mommy niya] tapos niyakap ako. Sabi niya, ‘Take care of her ha?’ Sabi ko, ‘I will tita.’ Sabi ko, come back here sa Manila, pumunta sila dito sa Philippines to visit next year. Ita-try daw nila. Kung hindi, kami ang bibili ng ticket para sa kanila,” he said.
Nontheless, Soberano said she and her mother were able to make up for lost time.
Enrique Gil (MNS Photo)
“Masaya po [ako na nakasama ko ‘yung mommy ko]. Marami kaming time para mag-bonding. Sumama siya sa premiere tapos nag-Great America kami and nag-shopping pa kami,” she said.
Soberano and Gil were in San Francisco for the North America premiere of their film, “Just the Way You Are.”
Asked how her mother found the movie, Soberano said: “Naiyak siya. Umiiyak siya sa tuwa. She said she was happy and proud of me.”
Soberano was born in California. She was raised by her maternal grandparents when her parents separated, before moving to Manila at the age of 10 to live with her father. (MNS)