Ellen Adarna and Derek Ramsay open up about their marriage and family dynamics in an interview with broadcaster Karen Davila.
In the interview, the couple shared their perspective on how they claimed each other as “the one” despite being together for just three months.
“I can’t really answer that because it just felt like, ‘Yeah, this is the one. No questions, no doubts.,” Ellen recalled.
The actress expressed she never had similar sentiments with her exes, including John Lloyd Cruz, the father of her first son Elias.
Before her relationship with her husband, Ellen shared she was in a “dark place,” suffering due to postpartum depression and mourning of her dad’s passing. It affected her mental health.
“I remember she told me she wanted to become a good mom to Elias, and that’s one of the reasons why I fell in love with her.” the actor recalled the moment his wife helped herself up her feet.
But it’s not always rainbows and butterflies as the couple also shared they almost called off the wedding because of a rift regarding their vows.
“We fought, and it just got bigger and bigger and bigger to the point na hindi na itutuloy ‘yung wedding,” Derek recalled the incident where his now-wife and their friends were forcing him to drink while writing his vows.
The interview also talked about their family dynamics.
It was revealed that the actor was the bridge for his wife and her ex-partner to have a healthy co-parenting for their son, Elias.
His proactiveness was due to his rocky experience with his ex-wife, Mary Christine Jolly, and his son, Austin.
Initially, Ellen and John Lloyd’s co-parenting didn’t take off but they eventually got over it.
In October 2024, the couple gave birth to their daughter, Lily.
Ellen and Derek found out about their pregnancy when they were in Antartica. It was the former who suspected it at first
Though confirmed and both are open about it, they just did not choose to post on social media.
For Ellen, she had been more cautious since her previous miscarriage while her husband became more protective.
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