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| ATTY. KLINTON TORRALBA ON 'BAWAL JUDGMENTAL' WITH PAOLO & JOSE |
THE ‘BAWAL JUDGMENTAL’ segment of the country’s longest running noontime show, “Eat Bulaga”, continues to attract more viewers because of its timely and relevant topics, like a recent episode where a young lawyer came out of his closet and the one where the guests were the country's promising young mayors.
Host Paolo Ballesteros himself can’t help but cry when Atty. Klinton Torralba, one of the ten bar topnotchers in 2017, opened up and revealed his real sexual orientation.
Yayo Aguila was the celebrity player and she wasn’t even able to guess that Klinton graduated from college with cum laude honors.
Klinton later said he graduated from UST and he took the chance to be honest about himself.
“Ang paalam ko sa parents ko, I will go to work,” he said. “I’m a part of the LGBT community but in our family, we never had the chance to talk about it because, as a traditional Filipino family, especially I’m from the province, it is not really a matter that we want to talk about.
"I guess, they were not ready and I was not ready. But until a few nights ago, when this opportunity was given to me, sabi ko, 'Parang puwede. Why not confirm it on a national TV?'”
So what’s his message for his parents?
“I promise I won’t cry. But Mama and Papa, everything that I did has always been for you, the both of you, especially for our family.
"And I’m sure, you noticed that I’m behaving differently, because there’s a burden in my heart and I cannot express myself, and there are a lot of responsibilities on top of that.
“I just want to unburden myself and my family of this dilemma, so here I am and I know for a fact that you’ll accept me. I will never stop making you proud.
"Sure ako na bilang abogado, alam ninyong palaging ipinaglalaban ko ang ibang tao. Pero sa pagkakataong ito, sana hayaan nyo naman na ipaglaban ko ang sarili ko.”
