Alden Richards breaks down over pressure to find love in 'Gandang Gabi Vice' guesting
Filipino actor Alden Richards opened up about the personal pressure to find a partner and start a family at age 34. He shared that he has shifted his focus toward self-love after realizing his previous search for a relationship was driven by external expectations.
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The story reflects broader cultural pressures regarding marriage and personal milestones in Filipino society.
<p><a href="https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/tracking/aldenrichards/" target="_blank">Alden Richards</a> got emotional as he opened up about the pressure he's felt to find love and realized that, after years of searching for it in another person, he needed to learn to love himself first.</p><p>On the pilot episode of "Gandang Gabi Vice" on Sunday night, the Kapuso Multimedia Star talked to <a href="https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/chikaminute/1002001/alden-richard-says-upcoming-ggv-guesting-is-one-of-the-best-interviews-i-ve-had/story/" target="_blank">Vice Ganda</a> about the pressure of being single at 34.</p><p>"I feel like my love life has been elusive for the past 15 years because I've been trying to find it," Alden said in Filipino.</p><p>The "Love, Siargao" actor admitted to having moments of pressure about being 34 and not yet having a family, especially because of the expectations that come with Filipino culture. </p><p>"We live in a culture of deadlines," he said.
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