Jillian Ward Pities Co-Child Star Mona Louise Rey

WE CAN’T HELP but admire tot star Mona Louise Rey. She was diagnosed to have diabetes two years ago and now, at nine, she already knows how to inject herself with insulin on her arm. “Sanay na po ako,” she says. “Kung minsan, ang mama ko ang nagi-inject sa’kin sa buttocks, kasi pag nagkamali po ako, baka tigok na ko.”

So she can’t eat everything? “Puede naman po. Pero pakonti-konti lang. Hindi puedeng sobra.”

After playing the young Marian Rivera in “Carmela”, she now teams up with rival Jillian Ward in “My BFF”. How is it? “Masaya po, hindi naman po kami talaga magkalaban. Magkaibigan po kami kahit iniintriga. Sa ‘My BFF’, talagang BFF kami, best friends forever, pero multo siya at ako lang ang nakakakita sa kanya. Tutulungan niya kami ng parents kong sina Janno Gibbs at Manilyn Reynes kapag may problems kami sa family.”

Jillian says she pities Mona everytime she sees her injecting herself with insulin. "Naaawa po talaga ako kasi ang bata pa niya. Sana gumaling na siya."

“My BFF” is directed Dick Lindayag and will be shown soon before “24 Oras” at 6 PM.