Angelica Panganiban shares reaction when she saw Amila’s blonde hair, blue eyes: ‘Ano 'yan?’

Angelica Panganiban shared her amusing reaction when she saw her daughter Amila’s blonde hair and blue eyes after giving birth to her.

During Monday’s episode of “Fast Talk With Boy Abunda,” the actress said she was surprised when she saw her daughter’s foreign features. 

“Ano ‘yan? Sabi ko talaga, ano ‘yan?” Angelica recalled. 

According to her, because she underwent an emergency cesarean section and was bedridden, she could not see Amila’s face every time she breastfed her.

“So pag ini-open ‘yung mata, para talaga akong kawawa sa ospital kasi nagsisigawan silang lahat like ‘yung mga lola and si Gregg. Tapos ako, anong nangyayari, ganoon lang ako. Tapos pinakita sa akin 'yung mata sabi ko talaga ano 'yan? Bakit blue? Saan galing?” she shared, referring to Amila’s blue eyes. 

After some realization, she and her husband, Gregg Homan, figured out that Amila had gotten her blue eyes from her grandparents. 

“'Yung mata talagang sabi ko, ano yan? Saan galing 'yan? Takang-taka ako, but eventually of course na one plus one na namin na 'ah sa lolo, sa mga lolo.'" 

When it came to Amila’s blonde hair, Angelica joked that she might have gotten it from their chocolate Labrador, which she grew fond of during her pregnancy.

“Kasi 'yung aso namin, 'yung blonde niya, naalala ko talaga ‘to. Pinaglilihian ko 'yung isang chocolate Labrador naming dog kasi kapag sinasama 'yon ni Gregg sa work pumapalag talaga. Hindi, hindi dito lang 'yan. Lagi kong hinihimas 'yan ng paa ko, ng kamay ko,” Angelica said. 

“Nasa tabi ko lang talaga. Tapos sabi ko, gusto ko ganito 'yung hair Lord ah kasi para ko na ring pinaglilihian 'yung buhok ng aso namin. Kaya 'yung sa pagiging blonde ni Amila medyo may pinaglihian pa ako diyan eh,” she added. 

Angelica and Gregg welcomed Amila in 2022.

The couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary in December 2024. They got married for the second time at a beach wedding in Siargao in April.

—Jade Veronique Yap/CDC, GMA Integrated News