It seems that veteran entertainment columnist Ricky Lo (and a few other high-profile people) can keep a secret.
On Philippine Star today, May 17, he reveals that he and veteran talent manager Lolit Solis have known about Hayden Kho and Vicki Belo’s baby, Scarlet Snow, since last year.
“In July last year, Lolit Solis and I got an invitation from Vicki to an ‘important event’ which, we would know later, was Snow’s baptism at the Santuario de San Antonio, a few blocks from Vicki’s house in Dasmariñas Village, Makati City. Among the godparents were Manny V. Pangilinan and Anne Curtis,” reports Lo in his Funfare column.
He then went on to reveal, “Now 14 months old, the baby is named Scarlet Snow, born in March last year in the US where she was conceived through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) to the tune of, according to Funfare sources, US$200,000 (roughly PHP8-million). Snow’s mother is a woman of Mexican-American descent, whom Hayden never met.”
Lo went on to cite a joint statement from the baby’s parents.
“We feel like our lives and relationship have more meaning now that Scarlet is here. The greatest challenge really is the inner work that it requires for both of us to be good and godly role models to her. That requires a lot of strength, discipline, self-confidence, and most importantly, prayer and faith because at the end of the day we know that really aren’t the ones in control of her life. It is Jesus Christ,” they said.
For his part, Kho later explained further in a tweet: “I’d like to clarify that Scarlet Snow’s surrogate mom was only a carrier and has ZERO genetic contribution to her. She is 100% our daughter.”
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