Patrick nagpa-rehab lang??? pinatatakpan lang...

Sa halip na si Mrs. Bing Garcia or any of her immediate family members ay si Arnold Vegafria ang nagsalita ukol sa whereabouts ni Patrick, the actor’s manager.

Kapuna-puna, kundi man in question, ang pahayag ni Arnold that ever since Patrick flew to the US to study (?) ay wala silang communication ng alaga. Through Patrick’s mom lang daw nakikibalita si Arnold tungkol sa umano’y tinatapos nitong thesis sa in-enrol-an nitong eskuwela, that such back-to-school plan had already been in place even before Jennylyn Mercado got pregrant.

Scheduled to return home next week, minadali raw ni Patrick ang ilang school requirements. Ayon kay Arnold, excited na rin daw kasi si Patrick na makita ang anak nila ni Jen, and at the same time ironing out their differences.

‘‘Malay mo, pagnakita ni Patrick ang anak nila, lumambot ang puso niya at magkabalikan sila?’’ said Arnold in a Startalk interview. Since the beginning naman daw kasi, Patrick has acknowledged himself as the child’s real father.

To me, Arnold’s presumptive assertion was a self-contradiction in itself. Bakit naman hindi lalambot ang puso ng kanyang alaga if Patrick initially thought it was his child that Jen gave birth to? Bakit kailangan pang magkaroon ng sort of bargaining agreement, as if nakasalalay sa inosenteng sanggol ang posibilidad na magkakabalikan sila?

Sorry, Mr. Vegafria, not only is your line of defense weak, it’s also baloney!

Sobra na naman yatang pagtatakip ’yan kay Patrick, to the point of misleading the public na tumitiyempo lang ang aktor para makipagkasundo kay Jean. Patrick’s family included. Kesyo ang idinadahilan ng kampo ni Patrick ay ipinagkakait ni Jen ang kanyang anak.

Granting na matagal pa man kasado ang pagpunta ni Patrick sa Amerika para mag-aral bago pa man nagbuntis si Jen, why schedule his departure at a time when his physical presence was badly needed: Nanganak si Jen, namatayan ng ama, where was Patrick all along? And for Arnold to say na sa pamamagitan lang ng ina ni Patrick niya nalalaman ang whereabouts ng kanyang alaga makes for a real-life fantaserye of all time.

Arnold, however, cannot get away with hounding questions tungkol sa tunay na dahilan ng pagkawala sa bansa ni Patrick. Tabloid items screen pointing to Patrick na kung hindi man tumakas sa maraming pagkakautang dito is at an undisclosed rehab center.

Of course, the public is giving Patrick the benefit more than the doubt.