It’s no secret that actress Jackie Forster and former basketball player Benjie Paras had an acrimonious split. Their sons, Andre and Kobe, were later raised by their dad.
Over the years, the family has acknowledged that there is tension between them. The boys have sided with their father. The elder Paras has since remarried and the boys are known to be close to their stepmother.
Kobe Paras, the son of Jackie Forster and Benjie Paras, has just committed to play collegiate basketball at the popular University of California at Los Angeles, and his estranged mother just posted on Instagram that she thinks she also deserves to be credited for the success that her son is enjoying right now.
“Most importantly look at that face. He looks nothing like his father. The audience in the US are not as narrow minded as those judgemental ones in the Philippines so those people will not deny me as his mother.
“I am a US citizen that was denied my rights as a mother in the Philippines. I hope his father realizes this will all come to haunt them soon enough. So stop being immature. I’m proud of my son. One day he will come to realize how much I loved them. All that I sacrificed all the pain just so they had their ‘peace.’
“Benjie won’t understand this. Even if he opened a Websters Dictionary neither his wife.. they know nothing about unconditional love. Everything has been conditional.
“And F.Y.I. I named him Kobe and I see that was an excellent decision. God is watching.”
Forster also added in her caption:
“Anyhow to let those who don’t already know: I played tennis, i love to box, i trained brazilian jiu-jitsu for 2 yrs, i train muay thai, i practice yoga and enjoy plyometrics/crosstraining.
“I used to surf, I hike and bicycle to name a few things. I taught my kids how to throw and catch an american football, i had them trained in skateboarding when they were with me with Stoked Manila (though against their fathers controlling desires) and i enrolled them for wrestling and boxing at Red Corner a few weeks before i realized i would never see them again and almost every weekend we we go bowling with their friends kids and siblings of my BFFs.
“All this I did on my own as a mother they saw the same athleticism i had in them whenever i had the money to take them in while we were.separated. People who dont know me can keep insisting i was irresponsible but when i had Andre and Kobe i did my best with what i had and i was a responsible as i can be. I have so many people around me that can witness to my character. just waiting to see what my kids are claiming so they can testify in my defense.
“Anyhow just wanted people to know i know about Kobe’s latest achievements i might be one of the first to know because i have so many people around them informing me. If you see Kobe or Andre favor naman dyan.. please tell them i love them with all my heart. Nothing will ever change that.
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