President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday confirmed that he and Senator Imee Marcos have not spoken to each other for three years, confirming the utterance of Senator Marcos that her relationship with the President is non-existent, over the weekend.

“Immediately after the UPLIFT meeting, I approached the President and asked about his comment or statement on her sister Imee. And he said yes, they haven’t spoken for almost three years. She has not been attending family gatherings or family events. That’s the answer of the President,” said Palace press officer, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro, in a press briefing.

However, Castro told reporters that it should be Senator Imee who should answer the questions on what went wrong, as the President is not harboring any ill feelings toward his eldest sister.

“Before he answered, the President thought about it very well. In my opinion, he is disappointed with the things that his sister has been spreading about,” said Castro in Filipino.

“At this point, of course, mahal ko siya, kapatid ko, pero I haven’t seen him perhaps over a year now, and I don’t really go to the reunions. It’s not comfortable, and I prefer my kids to go if they want to go. It’s fine,” Senator Marcos earlier said.

To recall, it was Senator Imee who revealed in an Iglesia ni Cristo gathering in Luneta last year that President Marcos had been taking illegal drugs since he was serving as a local government unit executive in Ilocos Norte.

On the other hand, the presidential sister also said that his brother had been going in and out of the hospital since November last year, urging the President to release an official medical bulletin.