Brazilian beauty queen Priscilla Meirelles revealed that she and actor John Estrada are now officially divorced.
In her guest appearance on ‘Fast Talk With Boy Abunda’ on February 13, Priscilla declared, “We’re no longer married.”
The former Miss Earth 2004 shared that she personally initiated the process to dissolve their marriage in Brazil in 2024.
“Which means bilang isang foreigner, may karapatan ako to divorce my husband,” she explained. “So last year, I went to Brazil and I started the process of divorcing him…”
Although the couple married in the Philippines in 2011, Priscilla said she registered their marriage in Brazil, making it valid in both countries.
“I got married in the Philippines but I registered my marriage in Brazil, which means that my marriage is both valid in the Philippines and in Brazil. Pero bilang isang foreigner, I am entitled, it’s my right to divorce. Because in my country, divorce is allowed.”
She initially considered filing for annulment in the Philippines but was unable to proceed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’m actually contemplating annulment before and I did start the process of annulment, but I did not file kasi nangyari ang pandemic. And during the time, I couldn’t file for divorce because my marriage was still not registered in Brazil. But some things changed with the law and I was able to register by myself, the marriage. And once it was registered, I have the right to divorce.”
Priscilla was candid about her reasons for ending the marriage.
“Because the marriage is no longer valid. I don’t see myself sharing a life with that person. I fought for fourteen years and it got to a point na hindi ko na kaya. I realized after a lot of things had happened that the best thing for me is to really move forward mag-isa.”
She admitted that Estrada did not take the decision lightly.
“He was not happy. Actually, the first sentence he said, ‘Pri, bakit ginawa mo yan?’”
Priscilla said she responded: “Because I don’t see myself sharing a life with you anymore. And I don’t think that there is any reason to stay married to you if I don’t see myself with you as my partner, as my companion. I don’t see a future with you.”
She further explained that their values and interests had diverged.
“Our interests are not aligned anymore, our values are not aligned anymore. The things that we look forward to were not aligned anymore. We’re just sharing a home so it doesn’t make sense to me to be stuck in a relationship where you don’t have much to share with that person and you don’t see your future with that person.”
Priscilla also rejected claims that she was a “martyr wife.”
“A lot of people call me a martyr wife, which I am not. It’s just I’m fighting for my family and karapatan ko yon. I was fighting for myself and my daughter. But it came to a point that there is not much that you can give because naubos ka na.”
When asked if there was a third party, she quipped, “Tito Boy, ang dami sila, e! Third, fourth, fifth, six… buong barangay yata!”
Priscilla and Estrada tied the knot on February 26, 2011, in La Union and have one daughter together.
