Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
MANILA – The best friend of actress Gretchen Barretto came to her defense amid an ongoing feud involving the actress, her siblings and their mother Inday.
In an interview with “The Buzz” aired on Sunday, former actress Tanya Montenegro countered most the claims of Gretchen’s sister Gia, who collaborated with their mother’s earlier statement.
“Hindi sila rich, hindi rin sila poor. Middle. Beautiful houses? Those houses were rented. Contrary to the [statement] na they had chauffeur, no because it was always Jay-Jay, their brother, who would take them to school in their yellow car,” Montenegro said.
When they were in grade school, Montegro shared that Gretchen would normally go to school with only enough food for recess or lunch but it was very seldom that she had enough for both.
Montenegro said there was also a time when Gretchen was not able to take their exams because of her unpaid tuition.
“I begged my mom ‘Baka you can come and talk to Father Rodriguez and ask if he can just allow Gretchen to take the exams kasi they are sending her out of the room,’” she said.
As for Gia’s statement that each of them had nannies, Montenegro said: “As far as I recall from the stories of Gretchen sa akin, they never had a maid. They had one that was living with them and they call her Naning.
Naning is her mom's sister. Iyon ang nag-alaga sa kanila.”
Gia earlier said that Gretchen’s claims -- as revealed in their brother Joaquin’s statement -- of financial support for their family have no basis since their father always managed to provide.
“For the record, we may not have been so rich but we were never poor. 1. We live in big beautiful houses. 2. Slept in carpeted, air-conditioned rooms. 3. Food galore. 4. Put in an exclusive school. 5. Members of exclusive country clubs. 6. We each have our own yayas, yours even a midwife. 7. Driven by chauffeurs," Gia said.
Meanwhile, Montenegro said Gretchen loves all her nieces and nephews, as much as Claudine does.
“Si Gretchen, sobra niyang mahal lahat ng pamangkin niya. Actually ang tawag ng mga pamangkin niya sa kanya, Mama Gretchen. Even kay Claudine, mama din. Very close sila sa mga bata eh,” she said.
According to Montenegro, what Gretchen went through when she was still young was a no joke.
“She grew up na emotionally deprived of love from the parents. Because if you noticed Gretchen, when she sees a friend, she's very huggy. Si ‘I love you’ iyan eh. When I asked her before why, sabi niya 'Wala lang because I never got this from my parents. I never felt love. I was never hugged,'” she shared.
Asked if she thinks Gretchen was abused as a child, Montenegro said: “Ako ang masasabi ko sa mga nakita ko, there was one time, I will never forget this, I saw her in school siguro mga grade 6. She had a big bruise here (near her jaw). Sabi ko what happened? Tapos she started crying. Hindi ko na pinilit na magkwento kung bakit. I saw that bruise.”
The feud among the Barrettos started when the family matriarch released a statement last Wednesday, announcing that she is disowning Gretchen.
Mrs. Barretto defended her daughter Claudine against the allegations of Gretchen, who had supposedly criticized her younger sister for "bashing" their niece Julia on Instagram.
Following this, Joaquin and Gia also addressed the issue. Gia sided with her mother and youngest sister, while Joaquin sided with Gretchen, saying Claudine's "condition" should be addressed.
Gretchen and Claudine have yet to speak on the issue.
wow ha. baka naman gusto na din magcomment ng nanay ng pinsan ng kapitbahay ng kapatid ng kaibigan ng lolo ng driver nila.. ung totoo?!! sino pa gusto sumawsaw?
ReplyDeleteTania, pautang naman. I'm sure paldo paldo ng pera nakuha mo kay la greta.
DeleteBestfriend? Hello! Ilang beses na ba kayo nag away ni greta bcoz of ur utang, ha tania? Ano to? Bayad utang? Naku dapat ilagay mo yan sa kasulatan kasi Baka di ibawas ni greta sa utang mo Ito, tapos idemanda ka ng stafa just like ur little big sis.
DeleteIn fairness parang barretoish ang face ng best friend ni G. Parang long lost sister haha
ReplyDeletehindi ba a few years back ay nag-away si nadia montenegro at greta, at halos isumpa ni nadia si greta dahil napaka-itim daw ng budhi. may sinabi pa nga si nadia na grade school pa lang sila ay inggetera na si gretchen. oddly enough, kulang na lang sabihan niyang "evil" si gretchen na siya namang description ni inday sa anak niya. then here comes nadia's sister basta-basta na lang lumabas telling stories na taliwas sa mga sinabi dati ni nadia.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there was this issue before. Baka may utang itong si Tanya kay Greta at quits na lang if magsasalita si Tanya on Greta's favor. Money talks.
Deletedear tanya, ayusin mo din si nadia. wag na makisawsaw sa gulo ng ibang pamilya.
ReplyDeletetrue!!!!!
DeleteTama n ito please wala namang mananalo sa away n to eh.
ReplyDeletemagkano ang ibinayad sa iyo tanya...the way you talk, pinalalabas mo na sinungaling ang kapatid mong si nadia noong kasagsagan ng away nila ni gretchen. at kung best friend ka ni gretchen dapat inayos mo noon ang away nila ng kapatid mo!
ReplyDeletetama! ilabas ang interview ni nadia! ano ba mga tinawag nya kay greta datj? maitim ang budhi? malaki siguro ang bayad dito! takot kay greta
DeletekOREK!! Filinggera ka Tanya! obvious na scripted statements mo
Deleteshut up we need gretta and claudine face off not you.hehe
ReplyDeletemalulungkot mga readers
It figures. G was deprived of affection and attention ng parents kaya nagkaganyan siya. Medyo nakakaawa talaga siya. She may have all the material things in the world, pero totoong pagmamahal at kalinga ng isang magulang wala. Isa rin sa pinagtataka ko eh bakit nasisingle out siya sa gulong ito? Diba madami ring sinabi si marjorie against claudine? Bakit si greta ang pinag iinitan ni inday? Siya lang yata ang ina na kayang magtakwil ng anak. Kasi yung ibang ina kahit nakapatay na ang anak di pa rin magawang pabayaan eh.
ReplyDeleteis that u la greta? or tanya uli?
DeleteAdik si Claudine at nabaliw na.
DeleteMarjorie did not call Claudine names. Si GReta pasimuno nun. Read her instagram posts. Tsaka hindi sinasagot sagot at inaaway ni Marj parents nila. Si GReta iniinsulto yung tatay at nanay niya sa harap ng kung sino-sino. Ang kasalanan ni Marjorie, nagpapasuhol kay Gretchen ng designer bags at alahas. lol
DeleteI guess napuno na ang nanay kay Greta. She is singleing out Greta because she sees her as the manipulative one. Di ba pinalayas nya si Marjorie noon sa bahay nya and kinupkop ni Claudine? Pero ngayon sila ni Marjorie ang close and fighting against Claudine. So she is the manipulating the situation.
DeleteClaudine never said anything bad about her sisters kahit may away sila.
Pero just the same, pare-pareho may attitude ang pamilya na ito. Hindi nga siguro napalaki ng maayos because look at them, lulong sa materyal na bagay at walang mga breeding.
Kahit anu pa man yan #TeamGreta parin ako:))
ReplyDeletePocholo Barretto @pocholobarretto 6h Who the h*ll is this TANYA?! Never met her Pocholo Barretto @pocholobarretto 6h Get your facts straight. No body ever called Claudine mama Claud... Mama pretty yes! So who is this person being interviewed now?? ayannnn pamangkin ni gretchen at claudine
ReplyDeletePagpasensyahan mo na Pocholo, malamang overnight lang kasi ang ginawang rehearsal for Tanya's interview, nangailangan kasi ng resbak yung tita Gretchen. Ang problema kumuha ng former actress daw, ngayon alam na natin kung bakit hindi nagtagal sa pag-arte si Tanya, simpleng script hindi naisaulo. Malamang may kaltas anf TF nito from Greta.
DeleteKorak! Yun unang statement nya, may yaya si greta. Ngyon wala na daw. At wala din maid! Mali script!!!
DeleteWow, talagang lumabas ka pa ng lungga mo just to defend your "best friend" kuno, pero nung Nadia-Annabelle brouhaha, 'di ka man lang nagparamdam. Grabe kaya yung kay Nadia damay yung mga pamangkin mo, pero tahimik ka lang pero sa friend nagpa-interview. Walang maiabot si Nadia sa 'yo no? Hay, for Tania, money is thicker than blood.
ReplyDeleteBullseye!!
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DeleteSo you can read between the lines...mas pinili magsalita sa so-called friend than fight for her own flesh and blood. Durog na durog si Nadia kay Anabelle pero she didn't really stand up for her family that time. Tapos gulo ng ibang pamilya biglang nagsalita na hindi naman sya involve? Ang tanong magkano?
Eto na ang matinding pasabog. Shock ang mga tao sa pagsalita nito. Sino itech my gosh. Sana Barretto na lang ang nagsasalita. Kelangan ba ng varieties ng sawsawan? Patis, suka or toyo? Take your pick. Jusko. Di ito dapat pinag uusapan in public. Lakas ng loob ng babae na to.
ReplyDeleteSino ba ang housemate ni Gretchen, si Tanya or si Gia? Baka nasa payola din yang Tanya na yan. Odd naman, halos ipabarang na ni Annabelle si Nadia Waley comment si ate Tanya. Now, bigla best friend. Si Ana Abiera kaya best friend (erstwhile) ni Gretchen.
ReplyDeleteTama! Siya ang bestfriend nina Gretchen at NAdia. Naalala kung nagbatuhan ng mineral water sina Gretchen, andun si Ana Abiera.
DeleteLol at ipabarang
DeleteBayaran. TH to defend Gretchen by using stories na mahirap ng patunayan dahil napakatagal ng nangyari. Too obvious na very eager to defend Gretchen to be in her good graces.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, does it really matter kung sino ang nagsasabi ng totoo? Ilang araw na lang election na at matatabunan na ang balitang ito. Kaya kung sino mang mag-re-rebuttal magbigay na ng statement. Nag-aantayan pa yata kung sino makaka-checkmate.
ReplyDeleteMagkakabati rin ang mga yan. Marami na akong nakitang family feud na mas grabe pa dyan, nagbabarilan pa nga pero naayos din in the end. At kung nagkataon nagbati yan, saan lulugar si Tanya? Pag-ayusin nya hwag gatungan.
Aww, Greta - so this is your best friend?! You should fire your PR person if this is the best he or she can do.
ReplyDeletekaloka... una nanay nagsalita tas kuya tas ate tas dating manager tas ngayon best friend baka naman sa susunod katulong na nila o kapitbahay ang mgsalita!!!
ReplyDeletedear tania,
ReplyDeletewhere were you when your OWN sister nadia was mud slinging against this so-called best friend of yours?
curiously yours,
anti-greta but not pro-claudine
Sawsawera sawsawero anong comment nyo! Sa pula o sa puti! Masyadong paki alamera si back up friend ni la greta nako pag nag ka ayos yan baka hindi k n mkatingin sa mga baretto. Aly <3
ReplyDeleteHay sa paglabas nitong Tania na 'to, mas naging credible ang mga pahayag nina Gia at Inday, lalo na yung part ng pagiging manipulative ni Gretchen.
ReplyDeleteYessssss so manipulative!
DeleteI remember sa isang taping, mga late '80's pa 'to. I'm still young pa lol. Naikwento ni Tanya, na si Greta and Nadia ang mag classmate sa elementary. Bakit ngayon parang sila na ang magclassmate? Medyo magulo?
ReplyDeletetanya only knew greta's side, pero alam din ba niya yung talagang nangyayari sa loob ng bahay nila?
ReplyDeletethere are always two sides of the story.
Korek, at yung mga nangyayari sa loob ng bahay has more weight than what she sees outside...
DeleteMedyo bothered lang ako. i also have a daughter. the way Gretchen mother inday insulted her was way too much if you just want to discipline your child. I can't imagine that doing to my own daughter. napaisip lng ako... is Gretchen adopted? or is her mommy inday just her step mom??? 2nd to the last part of mother inday's letter "I have always loved you as one of my own, and always will...". also, Marjorie said something bad to claudine as well, so bkit kay Gretchen lng sya sobrang galit??? and if you will read the letter of Mother Inday again... the way she constructed her words against gretchen (for the world to know), parang kaaway ang tingin nya, and indi daughter. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I understand Gretchen yells at her siblings and their partners, insults her father infront of relatives, family friends and just about anyone who cares to listen. Screams at her mother to go away. Belittles her parents in the presence of her own brothers and sisters. And then the final straw was when she taunted her youngest sister who is obviously undergoing a tumultuous phase in her life in a very public media platform and made fun of her mental condition. Teh, kahit nanay, minsan kapag sumobra na yung anak, aawas din yung salop. Si Annabel Rama nga kung ano=anong pangalan na tinawag kay Ruffa publicly. Hindi nga lang tinakwil, but grabe naman kasing sama ng loob ang binibigay ni Gretchen sa magulang niya.
DeleteI agree with jaymie coz im a mother too. sana pinatigil nlng nya si Gretchen frm saying things against claudine.not that sumali siya at sinabihan ng di mgaganda words anak nya for the world to know.as a matriarch dpat she does not takes side it only adds fuel to the fire!bilang nanay sya dpat ang pumagitna at magsawata sa mga anak nya it only means na my pgkukulang sya bilang isang ina
DeleteHow'd u know all these??? are u family friend? or relative? claudine ikaw ba yan? Mommy inday???
DeleteOkay! Next sawsawera please. Mahaba haba pa ang linya ng magbibigay ng statement!
ReplyDeleteTanya pwede ayusin mo muna buhay mo at ng kapatid mo na marami ding kaaway at Take Note never mo dinefend ang sister mo kasehodang niyurakan na nI anabelle rama ang pagkatao wa ka say. hmmm Magkano tanya?
ReplyDeleteIsa kang payola! Walang naniniwala syo!
ReplyDelete"Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are"
ReplyDeleteTikim ang bibig Tanya while nagworld war 3 ang kapatid niya at si Anabelle pero ngayon todo depensa sa friend niya.
Hmmm.... fishy.. fishy...
It's because of money money money ...
DeleteContradicting statements. Just a while ago nabasa ko sa pep ang statement ni Tanya about papalit palit ng yaya so gretchen bcoz of selos, now she's saying walang yaya? Better take a screenshot of the article before they take it down or edit it.
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DeleteYan din nga ang isang mali sa script ni tanya. Kya pina ulet ni greta ang sinabi nya! Hahaha
ang malicious ng kwento ni tanya. ano ba yang bruise na nakita nya? walang kinalaman. halatang gumagawa ng ibang anggulo na battered child si gretchen. all the more akong naniniwala sa nanay nya. i've heard a lot of horrible gretchen stories.
ReplyDeleteAt sino nanaman ang nakikialam na never been actress na ito? Biglang lumutang para makisawsaw sa away pamilya.
ReplyDeletedamage control ba ito tito boy? pati sina robbie tan at mother lily magsasalita na ba next????
ReplyDeletebased from comment of boy abunda..sabi nya wala daw syang pinapanigan pero meron piece of advice kay lagreta na sounding kumakampi sya...well nawalan na ng credible ang the buzz...i'm team mommy indaygiaclau...and based sa compilations ng mga interiview noon it was claudine who help her pamangkin go to school sila pocholo and his brother..based from my analysis kaya si marj kampi kay lagreta kasi cno ba ang nsa ABS ngaun di ba si lagreta..so para sa career ng anak nya join sya kay lagreta...
Deletethe problem with lies is you back them up with more lies. just a few days ago, this friend mentioned how gretchen quickly changed yayas when they were still in school together. now, no maids? get your stories straight, girl. or better yet, try telling the truth for a change.
ReplyDeletecorrect! aNd I watched the buzz yesterday. seemed like they were protecting La Greta. sabi pa nagsimula daw lahat nang magsalita si Mrs Inday. hayyyy.. dito nalang ako sa FP tatambay. Nauuna kana sa balita mas reliable pa. At nahahasa pa ang skills mo sa research.. heheheh
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ReplyDeleteI was mumbbling 'All crap' at the The Buzz yesterday.What they did is just discredit Nanay Inday and Gia's statement. Very diappointed too for Boy about his professionalism as journalist.Is that what he called comprehensive and detailed analysis of the Baretto's saga? They just produced crap.
Only in the twitterlandia you can only (at least) find the truth behind all the lies on the tv. Buti na lang talaga may FP.Balanse at open platform for us to comments and be heard.
super Agree! I watched it and I was very disappointed. They got all good friendds of La Greta to clean her name. Pinalabas nila na si greta ang underdog. Better na dito nalang sa FP magbasa.
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DeleteJust because Tito Boy is the manager of La Greta. It is but natural na he takes her side and clean up her image (meron pa ba?) But yeah, it's too disappointing of Boy A. I know how much he cares for his family esp his mother tapos ito mother ang nagsalita, parang balewale lang sa kanya?
We are very family oriented at kapag nagsalita na ang ina, iba na ang ibig sabihin nooon.
pamilya barreto nagwawala dito..bakit ba? find ur own solace,wala naman kseng friend si claudine eh,thrilla in NAIA nga ..si gretchen daming friends and supporters...si claudine pamilya barreto lang kse ang pamilyang ito ang nakaubos sa pera ni claudine..am i right peeps
Deleteuy laki siguro pasweldo ni greta.. kahit linggo trabaho ka e.. wala day off day?
ReplyDeleteTanya?Ilang shows ang na-promise sa iyo ng ABS to speak for Gretchen?Kung makapagsalita ka kahapon parang ikaw nagpalaki kay Gretchen.
ReplyDeleteFor Boy..naturingan ka pa manding nagmamahal sa NANAY pero di mo manlang inisip yung sitwasyon ni Mrs.Inday Baretto and you still keep silent about your alaga's wickedness.Ikaw ang nagsabi na kahit anong mangyari, NANAY pa rin ang dapat mahalin at galangin. I remember an incident of a Hayden's case.Her mother stand for him and YOU defended hayden/s mother kasi ang sabi mo you ang mga NANAY dapat ginagalang at pinaniniwalaan.
But this time BOY you just sucks. Pera pera pa rin ang prinsipyo mo at you dont really have balls to speak for truth.
true to that! boy and his show suck big time!
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DeleteYeah, Boy A. and Backroom Management fail big time!
Sana makarating itong message sa kanya. He is disappointing! So bias with his alaga...knowing that she is no angel.
Barretto family ba ito???? hahaha...masamang ina kse si Inday!
DeleteTrue napanood ko din ang the buzz, it was sooo disappointing! Wala nga sila nainterview on claudine side and yet they were saying they are not biased! Tse! Kakasuka yan pagkatao ni gretchen! Sana talaga mabasa ni Tito Boy to! Badtrip ang the buzz! And like theyjust naratedthe statements of both party. Superhype pa sila na mabusisi daw kuno.. Hahahaha! After the buzz I was like "Huh?! Thats it?" Anong mabusisi don?
DeleteObvious talaga na biased ang ABS CBN news...
ReplyDelete"The feud among the Barrettos started when the family matriarch released a statement last Wednesday, announcing that she is disowning Gretchen"
Actually, si Gretchen ang unang nag ingay sa Instagram! Accusing Claudine of bashing Julia! Wala naman siyang proof... Yung Mommy Inday reaction lang sa paninira ni Gretchen, telling her to stop spreading lies & destroying the lives of the others.
Afterwards Jayjay (who works for Gretchen), Mother Lily, Tanya, Robbie Tan (Seiko films) comes to defend Gretchen and to discredit Inday.
Ayaw nga nilang i-point out yung IG incident kasi malaking butas 'yon, puro diversionary tactics ang ginagawa ngayon, napaka-typical na damage control move. Sa The Buzz nga kahapon, meron pang sinabi na according to a source, mayroon daw hininging pabor si Gia kay Gretchen na hindi napagbigyan. Gagawin pang tanga ang mga tao. Desperado na yata si Gretchen, mas concerned sa image kesa sa pamilya.
Deleteobviously, it was a damage control.
Deleteikaw ba yan claudie? Inday o Gia? hala defend urself mga masasamang ugali na pipol kau!!!
DeleteBoy Abunda: Tanya! Ikaw na!
ReplyDeleteTanya: Hinde Tito Boy, tayo na ! Hahaha!
kelangan nilang magdamage control kasi madaming mauungkat na maling accusations nila kay claudine..baka kaya nasira career ni claudine dahil din kay la greta kasi ayaw nya noon na maungusan sya ng kapatid nya...hmmmm well i hate da buzz they call themselves patas oh common...
ReplyDeletethose who claimed that lily monteverde's and robbie tan's statements proved gretchen's narrative to be the truthful one have surely failed to understand them. both of them "felt" that she was doing it for her family but there is no unassailable proof validating the same. close relations of the family and the media can both attest to gretchen's early scandalous dalliance with countless men and rebellion/falling out with her family.
Deletekung ako sa ABS CBN...gagawan ko to nang reality TV drma show e...parang lahat sila gustongmaging artista! Mr. Boy Abunda....nasaan nga naman ang NANAY prinsipyo mo?..tsk! tsk!
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ReplyDeleteIt only supports Inday Barretto's claim na manipulative nga ang anak nya. See the instant machinery damage control of those people around Greta?
Kaya nga sinabi ng ina na dapat na sya magsalita kahit masakit para maturuan ng lesson si Greta at itigil na ang pagmama-nipulate nya sa family nila.
Greta is known to have thrown her weight around since naging mistress ni TBC. Pansin nyo wala na among her batch ang friend nya ngayon (well the Montenegro sisters are on&off depende if may away or bati sila)? Her new set of friends are the ones na ginagastusan nya. If she is not generous to them, do you think they will stick around knowing how prima donna Gretchen is?
ReplyDeleteKahit si Kuya Germs na malaki rin ang contribution sa career nya noon, hindi na nya naalala. He recently had a tribute and those artists he was with were present..Greta was a no-show. Andun ang mga taga GMA-Supershow dati (except for few na nasa abroad na). May article dati si German Morena pertaining to Gretchen na nakalimot at nasilaw sa mundo nya ngayon.
Isa pang natatandaan ni Tania ay ang “pagpapalit-palit ng yaya” ni Gretchen. Sabi niya, “There were times nga she would complain, makikita mo iba na naman yung yaya niya. “‘Ba’t iba na naman yaya mo? Where’s the yaya that came, parang, two days ago?’ “Wala, pinaalis na naman daw ng mommy niya. Kasi, yung gano’n, baka pinagseselosan…”
ReplyDeleteAy nagcomment na kung magbestfriend daw yung si tania at si greta bakit wala man lang daw sa ig itong si tania... Bigla mega comment si tania sa ig ni greta!!! Tas ang reply ni greta sa comment niang 'good mornibg girl' ay heart heart lng.. Panindigan nio ngayon yang friendship nio oi
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