ELLEN Adarna opened up about her current relationship with John Lloyd Cruz, and how it has helped them in co-parenting their son Elias.
In an interview with Preview for its January cover, Adarna said things are so much better now for her and Cruz, although they are no longer a couple.
“I can say I’m 100% okay. I feel my environment changed. Like his approach to me, my relationship [with him has] changed without asking him to change. So I was just really the problem [laughs]. How I viewed it, my thinking pattern, was the problem,” she said.
Acknowledging Elias’ close relationship with his father, Adarna said: “My son needs him as much as he needs me. I see their relationship and I see how happy my son is when he is around.”
This prompted her to also work on herself.
“Because when I had my issues with JL, [I thought], okay, if I don’t allow my son to see his father, how will I tell him [it’s] because I had animosity towards [his] father? Damay pa ‘yung bata sa mga issues ko,” she said.
Not only does their current dynamic benefit their son, but it has also made it easy for Adarna to make a showbiz comeback after more than two years of staying away from the limelight.
Adarna stepped away from showbiz in late 2017, when she started her relationship with Cruz. (ABS-CBN)
