Jeric Raval admitted he only had a slip of the tongue when he confirmed to the public that his daughter AJ Raval and her boyfriend Aljur Abrenica already have two children.
The veteran action star’s confirmation came last August during the press conference of the film ‘Mamay: A Journey to Greatness,’ which he was part of.
This was then brought up during his interview on ‘Fast Talk with Boy Abunda’ on Tuesday, Sept. 30, after show host Abunda asked if the couple got mad at Jeric for the revelation he did.
‘Hindi naman. Actually, nadulas lang ako noon eh,’ Jeric answered, laughing. (No. Actually, I revealed it accidentally.)
Jeric recalled how he blurted out the information while having a casual conversation with someone at the event, and was asked again about it during the press conference proper.
Jeric added that AJ reached out to him after his interview circulated on social media, but that she told her, ‘Nasabi ko na e. Anyway, lalabas din ‘yan.’ (I have already said it. It would eventually come out anyway.)
However, the actor clarified that the pregnancy rumors that hounded AJ a few years back were indeed not true.
”Yung totoo [ay] ‘yung panahon na hindi naman na nababalita, [pero] nasabi ko,’ he continued. ‘Daldal ko kasi e.’
(There were no talks about it when she actually had a child, but I initiated it again with my statement. I blame my talkativeness.)
Jeric also noted that the couple’s firstborn is a girl and the second one is a boy-a correction to the previous detail he got wrong about his grandchildren.
When asked about AJ and Abrenica, Jeric said the couple are happy and have been doing well. Jeric further disclosed that he advised AJ to return to show business while she is still young.
‘Medyo napaso [siya] do’n sa mga bashing kasi puro below the belt e,’ he said of AJ. ‘Hindi pa namin napag-uusapan ulit ngayon pero dati talagang ayaw na niya [bumalik].’
(She was quite affected by the bashing because most of them were below the belt. We haven’t talked about it again but before, she said she really does not want to return to show business.)
AJ and Abrenica, who went public with their romance in 2023, have yet to publicly speak about the matter as of this writing. /edv