Nikko Natividad Breaks Down Over Video Scandal — His 10-Year-Old Son's Text Will Gut You
Actor and content creator Nikko Natividad sat down for a raw, emotional interview on Ogie Diaz's YouTube channel, where he admitted full responsibility for a viral video scandal that has shaken his family to its core. With tears streaming down his face, Natividad said there was no excuse — not alcohol, not marital fights, not misunderstandings. "I was tempted by the devil. I was tempted, and I gave in," he admitted.
The actor revealed that the video was recorded around 2022 and that he had lived in fear ever since, knowing it would eventually surface. "I told myself I was finished. The time would come when this would come out. I was only trying to delay it because I didn't want to be separated from my family," he said. Despite hoping it would stay buried, Natividad knew deep down the day of reckoning was coming.
The most heartbreaking part of the interview was when Natividad recalled his 10-year-old son's reaction. The boy, sensing the chaos at home — things being thrown, arguments erupting — sent his father a text message: "Dad, Mommy didn't do anything wrong to you. Why did you do that?" The child also said he used to defend his father during fights with his mother but could no longer do so. Then came the message that broke Natividad completely: "Dad, I love you. I know God will forgive you."
Natividad also revealed that he urged his wife, Cielo Mae Eusebio, to leave him. "Leave me, please. Be angry at me, please. But keep going. Don't give up because you did nothing wrong. You're innocent," he told her. But Eusebio chose a different path — she released a statement on Facebook saying she acknowledged the pain but has decided to stay and work through things with her husband. "I'm not pretending like nothing happened. I feel the pain every single day," she wrote.
Ang daming reaksyon online — may mga pumupuri sa tapang ni Eusebio, may mga nagtatanong din kung tama ba ang decision niyang mag-stay. Either way, the Natividad family is going through one of the most public and painful chapters of their lives, and the 10-year-old son's messages are a reminder na kahit bata pa, naiintindihan na nila ang gravity ng mga nangyayari sa loob ng bahay.
Source: The Manila Times
