Jake Ejercito calls out basher who accused him of being 'silent' during past paternity issue with Andi Eigenmann
Jake Ejercito called out a social media user who accused him of being “silent” during his paternity issue involving Andi Eigenmann and Albie Casiño in the past.
The social media user commented on a viral Facebook post by Civil Service Exam Masterclass about a certain Jake, which the actor reposted on his page. It's a sample grammar question that reads, "Jake is (at, in, on) home today."
Instead of simply answering the item, the Internet user tagged Jake in the comments and said: “Jake WAS silent during the times when Albie Casiño was being assaulted for allegedly impregnating Andi Eigenman.”
Jake saw the comment and called the basher a “clout chaser.”
“Ivan IS a clout chaser who comments without knowing the facts and the whole story. He can’t even spell names right,” he wrote.
The A Very Good Girl actor also shared a screenshot of his interaction with the said user in a now-expired Facebook Story. “Baka kailangan mong mag visita iglesia,” he wrote, tagging the FB user.
Andi got pregnant in 2011 with her firstborn, Ellie, and identified Albie as the father. It was only in 2016 when it was cleared that Jake is Ellie's biological father through a DNA test, as revealed by Andi’s half-sister Max during her guesting in Good Times with Mo podcast.
“No, he is. They did a [DNA] test. Yeah, he's the dad," Max told host Mo Twister. “They’re co-parenting. That’s why he always posts photos of my niece,” she added.
Prior to the confirmation, Albie consistently denied his involvement in her pregnancy.
In a 2023 interview, the Can’t Buy Me Love star that he and Andi never talked about the matter. "I guess at this point of my life, hindi ko na iniisip 'yun eh. Hindi ko na binibigyan ng energy 'yun," he added.
He also said he wouldn't want to work with Andi again, but he would be civil in case they cross paths in the future. "We're humans, right? Hindi naman sa pagiging plastic pero ganto lang (makes peace sign). Eeksena pa ba ko do'n? Hindi na."
He also said in the same interview he has no ill feelings with Jake, revealing that he was the first to approach him when they finally met. "Ako ang lumapit sa kanya. 'I'm sure you know who I am. Wala akong problema sa'yo. I hope you have no problem with me personally,'" Albie told him.
"We shook hands, toast, cheers, gano'n lang," he said, adding that they did not talk about the past issue. "There's no need to talk about it. Parang with me, making that, coming to him, that's like my way of saying na we're done on that part. Closed chapter na 'yun between me and him," he continued.
