Sexy Actress Vida Verde’s Gay Sis Marries Wife And Dies Soon After

SEXY ACTRESS VIDA Verde (“Nene,” “Katawang Putik,” “Raid Casa” etc.) had buried her gay sister a month ago in a cemetery in Tumauini, Isabela but the memories of her dead have been haunting her, reminding her of joys and sadness, gains and pains, hopes and despairs in the life of the dead.

​John Genally Clemente Mejia, one of Vida’s nine siblings of all girls, recently died of breast cancer in the Philippines. Surprisingly, it was only last year that John Genally was diagnosed with a Stage 3 deadly disease.

​”Hanggang nagtuluy-tuloy na (Until it progressed terminally),” recalled Vida, Catherine Clemente Mejia in real life.

​As expected, he was treated professionally with the illness in Alaska in the United States of America.

​”Pero gano’n nga yata ang buhay (But I think that’s life),” the actress submissively said.

BACK TO BIRTHLAND

​But according to Verde, John Genally wanted to die in her birthland.

​”Kaya nagpauwi siya rito sa Pilipinas (So he requested to be brought home),” she quipped.

John Genally was flown home by Vivian, the youngest in the brood whom he first stayed at when he migrated to Alaska and his wife Helen Recustodio, a Filipina from La Union.

​Helen and John Genally were living-in in Alaska for the last thirty years or so.

​”Nakilala ko si John sa (I met him at) McDonald’s sa (in) Anchorage,” recalled Helen during the funeral procession.

​”Niligawan niya ako at madali ko naman siyang nakagaan nang loob (He courted me and he was easy to get along with),” divulged Recustodio with a smile.

​”I was only sixteen years old at the time,” she added. “Ang dami naming mga pangarap (We had so much dreams).”

SIS WAS A ‘PLAYBOY’

​According to Vida, her LGBTQIA+ sis was a “playboy” during his younger days in the Philippines.

​”Ang gaganda pa ng mga nagjging girlfriend niya(Most of his girlfriends were pretty),” chuckled Verde.

​John Genally’s elder sis said that he was already tomboyish at three years old.

​”Ang tatay kasi namin, militar. Wala siyang anak na lalaki. May kapatid sana kaming lalaki pero namatay nang wala pang isang taon. No’ng una, ako ang ginagawa niyang lalaki pero nang magka-suso na ako, babae na ako (Our father was a military. He had no sons. We had a brother but I think he died when he was just months old. Before, I was the one being groomed to be a boy but when I was already in puberty, I was already a girl),” gushed Vida who in the latter part of her narration broke into guffaws.

​”Si John, pangatlo siya mula sa akin. Napapagitnaan namin si Beth. Si John, ang laging ginagawang lalaki ng tatay ko. At siya ‘yong nakikita ng tatay namin na lalaki. Si Beth, babaing-babae (John came third from me. Our sister Beth was in the middle. John was the one being groomed by our dad to be a boy. He also saw John as a boy. Beth was a real girl),” said Verde.

PERFECT COUPLE 

​She said that the first name John was legally attached to his Christian name Genally in Alaska and affirmed that they were a perfect couple in Alaska.

​”May mga hindi rin sila pagkakaunawaan lalo na nang maysakit na si John (Of course, there were also misunderstandings between them especially when he was already sick),” recollected the actress.

​”Halimbawa, bawal uminom ng alak si John dahil may sakit nga. Pagsasabihan siya ni Helen pero hindi naman niya susundin. ‘Yan, away na ‘yon (Like liquor wasn’t allowed because he was sick. He would be reprimanded by Helen but he wouldn’t follow her. Then, they would quarrel),” she added.

NORMAL FAMILY

​During their tenure as live-in partners, they wanted to raise a normal family so the couple adopted a son whom they named Matthew, Helen’s real-life nephew.

​Her other kin was Andrew whom the couple also adopted.

​Matthew went all the way from Alaska to bury his father while Andrew, according to Vida, wasn’t able to come to the funeral because of his military training.Helen’s mom was also around to share the grief with her daughter.

​”Mahal na mahal pareho nina Matthew at Andrew si John (He was dearly loved by them),” assured Cathy, Vida’s pet name.

​After all these years, though, Helen and John Genally got married in Alaska days before he passed on.

​What are Helen’s plans after the burial of her husband.

​”Wala pa (None yet),” she empathically replied.

​Meanwhile, Vida mostly spends her daily routine paying John Genally’s tomb a visit.

​”Mahal na mahal ko si John. Miss na miss kita, ading (I love him.so much. I miss you sorely, brother),” exclaimed Verde.