Ciara Sotto celebrated her 39th birthday in the company of family and her boyfriend, Ian Austin.
The actress shared on Instagram Wednesday, July 3, that her birthday was spent swimming at a pool with her son Crixus. At night, she had dinner with family at an Italian restaurant in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
“I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my birthday than with the people I love most,” she said.
Austin posted a heartfelt comment on her Instagram post. “It’s always an honor to be around you and your parents also your whole family. I am grateful love,” he wrote. “Happy birthday beautiful… I will love you forever.”
Image: Instagram/@pinaypole
Speculations of Sotto’s new romance came to light last September when she was seen with Austin during her parents Senator Tito Sotto and Helen Gamboa’s anniversary dinner.
In November, she dedicated a birthday post for him on Instagram and tagged his account. As per his Instagram, he is a prop builder and sculptor.
In an interview with the Philippine Entertainment Portal in March, she said they had met in Las Vegas, but both of them had partners at the time. Sotto confirmed in the same interview that her marriage to ex-husband Joe Oconer was annulled. /ra
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