‘Parang shooting,’ Bong Go describes Barretto sisters feud at father's wake

Like a scene straight out of a movie.

This was how Senator Bong Go described the confrontation between sisters Gretchen and Marjorie Barretto at the wake of their father, Miguel, on Thursday.

With Go was President Rodrigo Duterte, a friend of the Barretto family, who went to the wake to pay their last respects.

"Dun ako nakakita ng parang totoong eksena parang shooting ng eksena sa totoong buhay, kung ano nakikita mo sa pelikula," Go told reporters in an interview in Novaliches, Quezon City Friday at the launch of a Malasakit Center, the senator's pet project which targets to provide social services to the public.

"Pumunta po [kami doon] para makiramay sa yumaong ama ng mga Barretto dahil kaibigan po ni Pangulo ang mga Barretto. Unfortunately, may away ang pamilya," he added.

Sen Bong Go who was with President Duterte during the wake of Gretchen Baretto’s father said, “.. dun ako nakakita ng parang totoong eksena parang shooting... sinubukan lang po ng pangulo na mamagitan sa kanila at maayos ang lahat..”

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According to Go, Duterte tried to mediate between the sisters to fix their relationship.

"Sinubukan lang po ng pangulo na mamagitan sa kanila at maayos ang lahat," he explained.

Gretchen and Marjorie reportedly have a long-standing feud over various issues.  Another Barretto sibling, Claudine, appears to take the side of older sister, Gretchen.

The Barretto patriarch died on Tuesday at the age of 82. —With Maki Pulido/LDF, GMA News