Meet The Filipino Celebrities Who Choose to Raise Their Kids Alone

A perfect wedding is more near to reality than a perfect marriage. Not all the couples who tied a knot together and promise to live forever lasts. Some take separate ways or just be responsible for what they have, like sons and daughters.




Being a single parent is hard for the reason that they are responsible for being the father or mother at the same time. The efforts and sacrifices of these persons are priceless.

Here are some of the showbiz personalities who survived and lived raising their children alone.

1. Andy Eigenmann

Andy has a daughter Ellie whose father identity became controversial. At first, Albie Casiño was suspected to be his father. Later on, Jake Ejercito was confirmed as Ellie’s father through a DNA test.

2. Jennylyn Mercado

Jennylyn has a son with her ex-boyfriend, Patrick Garcia. This boy named Jazz.

3. Jodi Sta. Maria

Despite being a successful actress and having a busy schedule, Jodi always makes sure that she spends time with her son, Thirdy.

4. LJ Reyes

Lj has been always open about her struggle of being a single mother. She arranges a quality time of her son with his father, Paulo Avelino.

5. Sunshine Dizon

Sunshine and his past husband, Timothy Tan separated last 2015 for infidelity. The Kapuso star now enjoys and spends a lot of time with her child with a “very good support group”.




6. Sunshine Cruz

Sunshine and her husband Cesar Montano separated after Cesar was allegedly cheating on her. They have three-equally beautiful daughters, Angeline Isabelle Manhilot, Angel Francheska Manhilot, Samantha Angeline Manhilot.

7. Geneva Cruz

Geneva raised he two children alone. Her son, Heaven is a nursing student, and the youngest is a girl named London.

8. Ruffa Gutierrez


It became a talk of the town when Ruffa and her ex-husband Yilmaz Bektas, separated. After that milestone, Ruffa continued to raise her two daughters; Lorin and Venice, alone.

9. Denise Laurel

Everyone was shocked after Denise confessed that she is a single mom to a baby boy. Years later, she started to share photos of her handsome child.




10. Ciarra Sotto

Ciarra took over all the parent’s responsibilities for her baby boy named Crixus, after splitting up with her former husband, Jojo Oconer.

11. Paolo Ballesteros

The Makeup Transformation King of the Philippines is raising her only daughter. Her daughter’s name is Keira.

12. Katrina Halili

Katrina has been looking over her son Katrence. Katrence’s father is Eric Lawrence, Katrina’s ex-lover.

13. Piolo Pascual

Piolo introduced his son Iñigo after years of keeping the public’s eye away from their private life. Iñigo’s mom is Donnabelle.

14. Kris Aquino

Kris has two previous relationships. First is to the action star, Phillip Salvador the father of her first born Josh. Her recent ex-husband was the star basketball player, James Yap and father of Bimby.

Even celebrities have challenges to survive. It’s all about how we manage and take this as motivation to be good and enjoy life.