AS the latest guest of Toni Gonzaga last Friday (April 26), actress Julia Barretto opened up about how the world is healing after being asked about the viral video of her hugging fellow actress Bea Alonzo. 

In the vlog, Gonzaga asked Julia toward the end of their interview, “The world is healing dahil may mga hugging photos. Is the world really healing when that happened?” 

The actress replied to Gonzaga’s question with, “The world is healing. For me, yes.” 

Upon answering the question, Julia clarified how she was speaking for herself as she never wants to speak for anybody else. 

“It’s a moment that, of course, bina-value ko. That’s why as much as possible, siyempre ang daming nag-a-ask sa akin, and I don’t want to go into details so much kasi ayoko naman that other people would feel like it was some ingenuine moment,” the actress explained. 

Julia didn’t exactly name Alonzo in her answer. However, she recalled that it happened in March—the same month where she and Alonzo were spotted hugging and talking to each other at the birthday party of former Star Magic head Johnny Manahan. 

2019 controversy 

Barretto was only 22 years old when she got dragged into a controversy after being named as the alleged third party of Alonzo and Gerald Anderson’s relationship. 

In Gonzaga’s vlog, Barretto discussed her past relationship with her then boyfriend Joshua Garcia. 

The actress later shared how she learned so much from their relationship being public. She told Gonzaga how she learned not to overshare, and not to be possessive over a person or a partner. 

Barretto and Anderson confirmed their relationship in 2021. 

Taking accountability 

While Barretto was “palaban” in 2019, she also admitted how she didn’t know how to handle the issues that were being thrown at her. However, she remained strong and expounded on taking accountability for the 2019 issues. 

“Personally, I’m sure may naging role ako in somebody else’s pain and other people’s pain in the same way that they also contributed to my pain,” she said. “But I think you know na okay ka na when you already acknowledge na ‘I have a role in this. Baka may shortcoming din naman talaga ako. Baka I really did something that hurt somebody,” she added. 

Barretto also talked about how taking responsibility was part of her healing journey.

“I took accountability. Hindi naman pwedeng, everybody just hurt me. I’m sure there’s some people I hurt along the way,” she said.