Leon Barretto steps up for sisters, asks dad Dennis Padilla

Leon Barretto steps up for sisters, asks dad Dennis Padilla: ‘Please stop resorting to public shaming’

Leon Barretto has broken his silence and stepped up for his sisters as he

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addressed his father Dennis Padilla over the actor’s “public shaming” of them.

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Leon began his open letter to his father by extending his apologies for not

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greeting Padilla on Father’s Day, as per Leon’s Instagram page today, June 26.

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“[Father’s Day] has always been an awkward day for us [because]

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we never seem to know where we stand with you every year,” he said.

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“I’ve always envied people who never even have to

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think twice about greeting their dads a ‘Happy Father’s Day.'”

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Leon disclosed how Padilla’s relationship with him and his siblings, Julia and Claudia,

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