Aired (November 26, 2024): Ibinahagi ni Kenneth, ang breadwinner na make-up artist, ang kanyang mga pinagdaanan para tulungan ang kanyang ina na buhayin ang kanilang pamilya na nagsimula noong siya’y bata pa dahil sa problemang kinakaharap nila dahil sa pera. #GMANetwork
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00:00Let's talk to Kenneth Atienza, the real breadwinner makeup artist.
00:06There, come here.
00:08He's the real breadwinner makeup artist.
00:11So, are you a freelance makeup artist or...
00:14Freelance.
00:14Freelance.
00:15When did you become a breadwinner?
00:19Since when I was a kid, I was trying to find a way to help.
00:24Because when I was a kid,
00:27I was already used to hardship, and I could see my mom was always stressed.
00:33My dad would always lose.
00:35Because my dad, when I was younger,
00:40he was always gambling, he was always drunk, and he was always alone, he didn't have a salary.
00:45My mom never had a salary.
00:50My dad would always hide it.
00:53Sometimes, we would lose and we wouldn't know where he used it.
00:57When I was a kid, it was so hard.
01:01I was trying to find a way to sell mangoes in school because there was nothing.
01:05Aside from the hardship,
01:07I was also one of the...
01:09My dad treated me differently.
01:13He made me my gender.
01:15He didn't accept me at that time.
01:17When I was a kid, until I was in college, I still experienced the pain.
01:24Almost every day,
01:26the time would come when our neighbors would ask me to go home because I was drunk.
01:33They would ask me to hide first.
01:36That's why I became a breadwinner.
01:38I forced myself to show my dad that I'm not just a gay.
01:41I'm a gay who can help, who can do something.
01:45And I would force myself to be a good gay.
01:50At that time, he thought that I was a bad example to my family.
01:55But...
01:57But with everything I did,
02:01I started to sell things.
02:07When I was in college, they couldn't support me.
02:13I went to a school in Cavite State University.
02:17I tried.
02:18I was looking for a scholarship.
02:22But my grades were low.
02:23My grades were low not because I was weak.
02:26I was always cutting because I didn't have money to pay for the test paper.
02:31I didn't have a single peso.
02:33So I was trying to find a way.
02:36So...
02:36Then...
02:37Okay.
02:40You can tell me everything I want to ask.
02:44No, I mean...
02:45You became a breadwinner because you felt that you needed to stand up for yourself
02:52because you couldn't provide for the family.
02:54Because your dad couldn't earn money.
02:57And you could see how hard it was for your mom.
03:00So you needed to talk.
03:02That's why you became a breadwinner.
03:04And most of all, you became a breadwinner
03:06to prove yourself to your family
03:10because of your gender identity.
03:14I'm gay.
03:15As a gay person,
03:17you feel that your family doesn't accept you
03:21especially your dad.
03:22Yes.
03:23And you feel that if you can provide for your family
03:26and you can be of service to your family,
03:29that's the way for them to accept you.
03:32Yes.
03:32There are many stories like that.
03:34There are many people like that
03:36who need to provide and become a breadwinner to earn money.
03:40They need to enter their home
03:46and do something for their family to accept them.
03:49Because if they don't,
03:51they don't like their family members in their home.
03:54You're not the only one who had that kind of story in your life.
03:58What did you provide for your family?
04:00I'm the one who helps out with bills.
04:05I was able to fix our small house.
04:11You had it cemented.
04:12Yes, I had it cemented.
04:13Before, we only had soil on our floor.
04:15We had to do it one by one.
04:18You had to build a roof.
04:19Yes, that's how it was.
04:21But was your dad okay with it?
04:23Yes, he was very okay with it.
04:24Why was your dad okay with it?
04:26I'm just kidding.
04:27When you were able to provide for the family,
04:29did your dad accept you?
04:31Did you feel it?
04:31He accepted me very much.
04:34He was a very supportive dad.
04:36We were very close.
04:39I heard that he would talk to his friends and family.
04:45I heard that he would often praise me.
04:47I didn't mean to, but I heard it.
04:50He would always praise me.
04:52He would say,
04:53if I didn't have a son like this,
04:55I wouldn't have this or that.
04:57That was the best part.
05:00Instead of getting mad at him,
05:02I told him,
05:03I showed him that he was wrong,
05:06that your son is gay.
05:09He wouldn't leave you.
05:12I would help you.
05:15It's nice to feel that, right?
05:16Eventually, you were accepted.
05:18You were given importance.
05:19You were seen.
05:20You were loved.
05:21That's nice.
05:22But you don't need it.
05:25You don't need to have proof
05:28to be accepted by a family.
05:30That's very toxic.
05:32Admit it.
05:35There are a lot of breadwinners.
05:37And there are a lot of people who were accepted
05:39when they were already breadwinners.
05:41When they were able to make cement.
05:43When they were able to build a big TV.
05:47When they were able to teach their siblings.
05:51They need to do that
05:53so that they can be accepted.
05:56There are a lot of people like you
06:00who feel sad about the reality around them.