It was early this year when Carla Abellana hinted at the possibility of settling down with then boyfriend, actor Geoff Eigenmann. Now they’ve separated. Abellana opened her heart to tabloid!.
Is it really true? You and Geoff have gone separate ways?
Yes. Sadly, it is true. We have called it quits and just before anybody says anything to complicate matters, I would just like to confirm that no third party was involved. The main reason is we felt our differences have become so great it has created a huge gap between the two of us.
What differences, if we may ask?
We just couldn’t agree on a lot of things anymore. Suddenly, we discovered that we had personal values that were at odds with each other. We tried to adjust and accommodate, but the more we did, the more we found ourselves hating each other. It was not healthy anymore, [so] we decided to go our separate ways as friends.
You’re close to his family and he is close to yours. How are they taking it?
I’m going to miss them a lot. We remain friends and I think they still consider me part of the family, but I need the space and time to heal and move on. Hopefully, I will get the chance to see them again when wounds have healed. But as of now, I am trying to move on with the help and support of my family and friends. Thankfully, I also have quite a bit of work that keeps my mind off of the heartache.
What are you busy with?
I have a movie that will be shown soon, the title is So It’s You, which also stars Tom Rodriguez and JC De Vera. I have also just wrapped up shooting for Somebody to Love with Iza Calzado, Isabelle Daza, Jason Abalos and Matteo Guidicelli. That’s coming out in June.
Soon, I will also start taping for a new soap in GMA. We have yet to receive the script so I have new details, but I’ve already received the scheduled for the story conference. I am looking forward to that and because that is a daily series, I will just be working myself off.
What did you take away from your relationship with Geoff?
That it’s still important to hold on to your values, because that is what shapes you as a person. I do not mean in any way that my values are better than Geoff’s. No. I do not mean that. We just have different sets of values that are not compatible with one another. I think what happened was we compromised on these values, just to be able to accommodate each other. In the beginning it somehow was not a problem, but as we went along it just surfaced — we couldn’t suppress it because these values are who we are as people.
