ni Julie Bonifacio @Winner | Mat. 3, 2025
Photo: Jake Zyrus - Instagram
Pasabog ang mga rebelasyon ni Jake Zyrus (dating si Charice Pempengco) sa inilabas niyang libro na may simpleng pamagat na I Am Jake.
Nag-viral sa X (dating Twitter) ang ilan sa mga eksplosibong pahayag ni Jake sa naging buhay niya noon bilang si Charice.
Sexually and financially abused si Charice, ayon kay Jake.
Ikina-shookt (gulat) ng mga netizens ang pag-amin ni Jake na biktima ng sexual abuse si Charice when she was only 6 years old.
Narito ang pahayag ni Jake sa kanyang libro, “I was six years old when an uncle began sexually abused me. The first time it happened, I was playing in the living room while he drew. He looked up from the sketches he was making and called me over. ‘Come here. I’ll draw you.’
“Even at that age, my instincts told me something bad was going to happen. But I had no choice but to follow him. As he drew me, my mind quickly shifted to denial.
“My uncle then asked me to come with him to his room. We were going to sleep, he told me. Even if I had said no, I was so small and helpless. All he had to do was pick me up.
“Of course, we didn’t sleep. He lay behind me, spooned me, and started touching me all over. My uncle, supposedly my second father, asked me to touch his genitals. I refused to move and didn’t talk. I just lay there stiffly, waiting for the nightmare to be over. I think that disappointed him. He gave up, and I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that was it; that he would never touch me again.
“I was wrong.”
Nagkamali raw si Jake dahil paulit-ulit pa ring nangyari ang pang-aabuso kay Charice.
Tungkol naman sa pinansiyal, ini-reveal ni Jake kung paano naging deprived si Charice sa perang pinaghirapan niya.
Nalaman lang daw niya kung magkano ang perang kinikita niya nu’ng makausap niya ang kanyang accountant for the first time nu’ng nasa tamang edad na si Charice.
“Imagine how I felt as an adult who should be able to handle my own money when I met my accountant for the first time and learned that when I went on tour, I could earn up to $600,000.
“When I sang at private events, I could get up to $300,000. Endorsements in the States earned me up to $1,000,000. At one point, my net worth was $16,000,000.
“I am not worth $16,000,000 anymore, but I assure you, I am richer than Charice. She only knew how much she was worth, but she never actually got to touch or enjoy her earnings.
“Sure, I saw houses being built and cars being bought using my money, but I was always told they weren’t mine.
“If I needed to use one of our cars, I had to ask permission from my mother. Sometimes, she would refuse my request. It’s only now that I finally know what it’s like to have a house under my name and a car I can use anytime I wish,” paglalahad pa ni Jake.
Marami ang nakisimpatya at mas naunawaan si Jake ngayon especially sa socmed (social media). ‘Yung iba, hindi napigilang ikumpara si Jake kina Sarah Geronimo at Carlos Yulo.
“Parang Sarah G. (Geronimo) lang. ‘Di nila deserve ‘to kasi blood, sweat and tears talaga effort nila para sumikat ever since. Hays.”
“Hello, ganyan din naman si @momshiedivine.”
“For sure, now people understands how Carlos Yulo feels because it is exactly the same.”
“Kaliga rin pala ng nanay nina SG and CY.”
May mga nag-post din ng comments showing their empathy for Jake.
Ani ng isa, “Financially and emotionally tortured by his own mother. Sexually abused by his uncle. Bullied by media and traumatized by the society. I am sorry Jake Zyrus, the world failed you.”
So there.
(Motherland).