Jomari Yllana On Why He Won't Reconcile With Aiko Melendez As Of Now

JOMARI YLLANA is glad to play Barbie Forteza’s dad in “The Half Sisters”. “Very promising ang batang yan,” he says. “I can feel sisikat siya, parang Judy Ann Santos. Sa story, rereypin ko si Jean Garcia, ang nanay niya. At magbubuntis ito ng sabay sa kanya at kay Thea Tolentino, na anak naman ni Ryan Eigenmann. Mapepreso ko, pero paglabas ko, papaniwalain ako nina Thea at Ryan na si Thea ang anak ko at hindi si Barbie.”

He’s now 37 and his own son with Aiko Melendez, Andre, is 15 years old. “There are offers na mag-showbiz but Aiko and I felt it’s better kung mag-focus muna siya sa studies niya.”

He was last seen on GMA-7 in “Kakambal ni Eliana” last year. What has he been doing? “Nagpapayat ako. Also, I built my own car and after 12 years, I joined a car race in Batangas last weekend. Suwerte, nanalo naman akong first runner up.”

We saw his fotos on social media and we notice that ex-wife Aiko Melendez and her son, Andre, plus Aiko’s daughter with Martin Jickaine, Marthena, were there. “Ako’ng nag-request na magpunta sila roon. Pati yung dalawang bata. Pampabuenas.”

Looks like Aiko is very supportive to him? “Oo naman. Hindi naman mawawala ’yon. Bilang kami naman ang tunay na nakakakilala sa isa’t isa, di ba?”

Someone asked if “may balikang magaganap”. “Kung mangyayari yun, pag-aaralan muna naming mabuti. Kasi sumablay na kami noon. Ang pinakanasaktan, yung bata. So kung maglalaru-laro lang uli kami, malaki ang chance na sumablay uli kami. Kung sasablay kami uli, sino ang pinakamasasaktan? Hindi naman kami. Mga bata na naman. So okay na yung ganito lang kami. Pa-ste-steady. Busy rin naman kami pareho. May ‘Half Sisters’ ako at may movie naman siya, ‘Asintado’. Ang importante, hindi nawawala yung suporta namin sa isa’t isa, lalo na sa anak namin.”