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Kris Aquino Reveals Son Josh’s Emotional Struggle After Losing Family Members and Witnessing Her Health Decline

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<p>“Queen of All Media” <strong>Kris Aquino </strong>has opened up about the emotional struggles her eldest son <strong>Josh</strong> has been facing, revealing why he has been absent from her recent social media posts.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNLoRP9TvPY/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A20479169.799999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="512" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>In an Instagram post on Monday, she addressed the question, “Where is <em>kuya</em>?”—referring to Josh, who was born with autism—and revealed the reason behind his absence.</p><p>“Since the deaths of his Lola Cory, Lola P, and Tito Noy, seeing me frail, weak, often attached to my IV drip—<em>kuya</em> is traumatized, visibly shaking, repeating ‘Mama get well, I love you,’” Kris wrote.</p><p>Josh was only 14 years old when his grandmother, former president of the Philippines, Corazon “Cory” Aquino, passed away at 76 on August 1, 2009, a year after the Aquino family announced that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer. </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGDYNYizu7k/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A20706362.799999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>More than a decade later, another loss hit the family. Josh’s uncle, the former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, died at 61 on June 24, 2021—just 20 days after Josh’s 26th birthday—due to renal disease secondary to diabetes.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoWW2qtgEjx/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A20853045.299999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>According to Kris, these personal losses have deeply affected her son, contributing to the trauma he feels when he sees her in a fragile state. </p><p>“For now, he’s living with my genuinely super-loving cousin,” she shared.</p><p>Kris also shared that her youngest son, Bimby, has been a constant source of support, writing, “Bimb, now 18, has sacrificed much to take care of me. He is heaven’s gift, my optimistic adult who reminds me I should ’never surrender.” </p><p>She also gave an update on her health, revealing that she will remain in preventive isolation in her family’s compound in Tarlac for the rest of the year to undergo a new treatment for her autoimmune diseases.</p><div><br/></div><p>Photos from <strong>@krisaquino</strong></p>

<p>“Queen of All Media” <b>Kris Aquino </b>has opened up about the emotional struggles her eldest son <b>Josh</b> has been facing, revealing why he has been absent from her recent social media posts.</p>

“Queen of All Media” Kris Aquino has opened up about the emotional struggles her eldest son Josh has been facing, revealing why he has been absent from her recent social media posts.

Kris Aquino Reveals Son Josh’s Emotional Struggle After Losing Family Members and Witnessing Her Health Decline

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Kris Aquino Reveals Son Josh’s Emotional Struggle After Losing Family Members and Witnessing Her Health Decline

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