Maymay opens up about family crisis

For the first time in a long while, Kapamilya star Maymay Entrata revealed a side of herself that fans rarely see. After two years, she found the courage to publicly share her mother and grandmother's health crisis.

- ROBERT REQUINTINA

"Andito ako sa point na hanggat may oras ako na makapiling ko yung dalawang nanay ko, gagawin ko—palipad-lipad man ako sa Cagayan de Oro o Japan, paulit-ulit gagawin ko po. Sobrang mahal na mahal ko po sila. Yun yung dahilan kung bakit on and off ako sa showbiz nitong mga nakaraang taon po sa buhay ko. (I'm at the point where as long as I have time to be with my two mothers, I will do it—whether I'm flying to Cagayan de Oro or Japan, I will do it over and over again. I love them so much. That's the reason why I've been on and off showbiz these past few years of my life)," said an emotional Maymay during the Star Magic "Spotlight" press conference at Coffee Project in Quezon City on April 11.

Maymay added: "Yung nanay ko po may cancer. And then yung lola ko po, complicated na yung health problem niya. Nag-da-dialysis na rin po siya. (My mother has cancer. And then my grandmother's health problem is complicated. She's also on dialysis)."