Issa Pressman recalled texting Nadine Lustre to seemingly ask for the latter’s ‘blessing’ before she and boyfriend James Reid came out about their relationship.
Pressman recently sat down with Karen Davila for her first tell-all interview, in which she recalled that she texted Lustre, Reid’s former girlfriend and onscreen partner, out of respect for their past relationship.
‘Before we went out in public, I messaged Nadine. Of course, out of respect for them, I told her, ‘We started dating. I really want to see where this is gonna go.’ She was so kind [as to say,] ‘Good morning. To be honest, that’s been a lifetime ago, but I appreciate you telling me. I wish you guys the best of luck,” she recalled.
‘From then, everything’s clear, everything’s good, let’s go out in public, and so we did. We went to a Harry Styles concert because it was so casual, nothing to hide. Suddenly, all the bashing came again,’ she said.
Pressman, who was alleged to be the third party in Reid and Lustre’s breakup, noted that Reid had been single for two years and had also dated another woman before her after his breakup with Lustre.
Reid and Lustre broke up in 2020. Three years later, Reid and Pressman confirmed their romance to the public.
Pressman, who openly discussed her battle with cyberbullying, depression and self-harm, said that she attempted multiple times to end her relationship with Reid given the bashing she had been receiving from netizens.
‘I gave up so many times. I tried to leave so many times. He never ever gave up. Kasi ayoko na, walang gana in life. But he never really left, no matter how ugly it got. It made us so much stronger. Like, the more they pulled us apart, the closer we got,’ she said in tears.