Dennis Padilla Partner Clarifies Claims About Child Support

This is what the partner of Dennis Padilla said about his claims about “sustento”.

Actor-comedian Dennis Padilla sends support for children with non-showbiz Filipino-Australian ex-partner but the latter has this clarification.

VIVA artist Dennis Padilla and non-showbiz Filipino-Australian Linda Gorton have separated a long time ago already. They have this 22-year age gap but this was not the reason for their split. Their relationship did not just work out the reason why they separated.

In a previous article, they accordingly have this good co-parenting setup. The children are with their mother in Australia and as per the comedian, the child support is a “madugo ang labanan” because the money is converted to Australian dollars.

Dennis talked about child support and according to him, he provides just enough for the children. He said, “Child support tayo, Australian dollars din. Awa ng Diyos, I am able to support and I am able to send their monthly child support.” 

The actor said this in an interview a long time ago and about the child support claim, Gorton has this clarification.

In a post, according to Gorton, they don’t have a co-parenting setup. They separated in July 2020 and she added that they never had a formal conversation about the separation. Despite this, he was still able to connect with the children.

In the first slide of her post, she pointed out that the support from Padilla was inconsistent. She wrote, “First of all, consistency in child support wasn’t always the case. Through the years there were many lapses in between. And many times I had to, and still have to persistently ask for it kasi kung papabayaan ko, matagal at kulang kulang ang padala.”

She added:

“I don’t know what “madugo” meant in his statement when this is what was more or less the normal expenses for the kids even back then when we were still living together.”

Moreover, the “sustento” is becoming lesser because of the high cost of living in Australia but she is working there and that is how she is able to fill in the gaps of the support they receive from the actor-comedian.

The other point she clarified was the good co-parenting setup he claimed. According to her, they don’t have this.

As for the reason for their separation, it was never about the money. She stayed with him for 12 years with or without money because she wanted a complete family but no one can have everything they want in life. Just like Dennis, she also learned a lot of things in life like self-worth, patience, understanding, and to only speak the truth.

Meanwhile, apart from his children with Gorton, he also has children with former actress Marjorie Barretto. His children with her are Julia Barretto, Claudia, and Leon.

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