Ciara Sotto revealed the identity of his non-showbiz boyfriend for the first time in an Instagram post on Sunday.
Sotto posed with her boyfriend, Ian Austin, in a photo captioned: “Happy birthday, my love!”
Many celebrity friends of Sotto left congratulatory messages for the actress-singer.
Aiko Melendez commented how happy she is for Sotto and said: “You deserve it alam mo naman (kahit di tayo nagkikita madalas. I always pray for your happiness!”
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Other personalities that congratulated Sotto were Iza Calzado, Sunshine Dizon, and Lyn Ching.
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Sotto and her boyfriend were first seen in an Instagram photo by her brother, Gian Sotto, during the wedding anniversary of their parents, Senate President Tito Sotto and Helen Gamboa, last September.
It has been two years since Sotto ended her relationship with Jodi Oconer whom she had a son with named Crixus. In June, she filed a petition seeking to annul their marriage. /kga