Ipinagluluksa ni Anjo Yllana ang pagpanaw ng Queen of Philippine Cinema na si Gloria Romero, na pumanaw sa edad na 91 noong Enero 25, 2025.
Read: Legendary actress Gloria Romero dies at 91
Matagal na nagkasama ang dalawa sa sitcom ng ABS-CBN, ang Palibhasa Lalake, kaya nakasanayan ni Anjo na tawagin na Inay Minerva ang nirerespeto na Philippine entertainment icon.
Minerva ang pangalan ng karakter ni Romero sa Palibhasa Lalake.
"Inay Minerva was not really my biological mom in Palibhasa, but she treated me as if I was her own son.
"I think Cynthia Patag and Amy Perez were the real children of Inay Minerva,” pagbabalik-tanaw ni Anjo sa Cabinet Files.
“Capital P for Professional is what Tita Glo really is. Aside from being so sweet and polite to everyone, we were lucky to have worked with an icon.
“We learned how to be professional actors. Though sweet, she would scold us but not to the point of getting angry, she never gets mad.
“Like a real mother she teaches us manners, professionalism and gratitude. Maybe it was like that back then, during the Sampaguita days, everybody were professional.
“Palibhasa was a wild bunch of careless actors then as in anything goes [the boys only].
"All our bad behaviors would halt once Inay Minerva comes in the set. Parang sa school, andiyan ang principal huwag kayong magulo, pagagalitan tayo,” ang natatawa na kuwento ni Anjo.
Itinuturing na malaking kawalan sa industriya at sa lahat ng mga nagmamahal kay Romero ang pagpanaw nito.
“She’s a big loss for us but lucky for those who worked with her because they know and they have experienced what I was talking about. That’s how I remember Inay Minerva.”