00:00When Direk Ricky and you separated, how was the process?
00:04For you, what was your advice? Did you run to your mom?
00:09Also, I want to hear your point of view, Rikki.
00:11Yes, I did.
00:13It was hard because Direk Ricky and I did not...
00:17Because when we got separated, we weren't friends.
00:20So, it was hard.
00:22I mean, hard for me, especially harder for the kids
00:25because we had to separate.
00:27So, it was Rikki May's birthday.
00:28Today, up to tomorrow, with the dad.
00:31It was only recently that it became okay
00:33in the sense that we were able to spend birthdays together.
00:40Civil.
00:41We were able to work together.
00:43I mean, I got to know Direk Ricky's other girlfriend.
00:47She became my friend too.
00:48So, it's a journey.
00:50It's a long journey.
00:52But I'm just so happy that we're there already.
00:55Is it okay to know how you got to the decision of separating?
01:02I don't know.
01:03You never asked?
01:04No, no, no.
01:05We were living in the same house, but we were not together anymore.
01:11But this one paved the way.
01:15I mean, because there was a fight and she said something
01:18and she just said,
01:19Mom and Dad, we can't do this anymore.
01:21So, that's the only time we separated physically.
01:25You're good at that.
01:26But you know, it's true.
01:27Because I think, when you're a couple,
01:29going through something, whatever it is,
01:31you think that, okay, we're not okay,
01:33but we're together in the same house.
01:35So, at least, we're able to take care of the kids.
01:37But you don't realize the pressure you put on your children.
01:41If that's what they did.
01:43Yes.
01:44So, I felt that they also felt that,
01:46okay, Mom and Dad are not together,
01:48but we don't see them look at each other like, nothing.
01:51Or it's like they're not fighting.
01:53So, it's better.
01:54It's better.
01:55Healthier.
01:56Yes, I think.
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