{"id":168679,"date":"2018-07-02T05:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T09:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168679"},"modified":"2018-07-02T05:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T09:37:19","slug":"big-reveal-jc-de-veras-daughter-and-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/02\/big-reveal-jc-de-veras-daughter-and-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Reveal: JC de Vera\u2019s daughter and girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_168738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168738\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/35616349_200338783958231_3237651634553094144_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168738\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/35616349_200338783958231_3237651634553094144_n.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cMy strength. My happiness. My inspiration. My motivation. My love. My life,\u201d he wrote in an Instagram post on Monday, July 2, uploading a series of photos tagging his daughter Lana Athena and his girlfriend Rikkha Alyssa Cruz. (Photo: JC de Vera\/Instagram)\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/35616349_200338783958231_3237651634553094144_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/35616349_200338783958231_3237651634553094144_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/35616349_200338783958231_3237651634553094144_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMy strength. My happiness. My inspiration. My motivation. My love. My life,\u201d he wrote in an Instagram post on Monday, July 2, uploading a series of photos tagging his daughter Lana Athena and his girlfriend Rikkha Alyssa Cruz. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BktcpShDA3M\/?taken-by=akosijcdeberat\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akosijcdeberat\/\">JC de Vera\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As he welcomes his daughter with fatherly pride to the world, JC de Vera also chooses this time to reveal to the public a piece of his private life.<\/p>\n<p>As the world sets their eyes on his baby, vision rays also point to his long-time girlfriend who was also part of the virtual big reveal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy strength. My happiness. My inspiration. My motivation. My love. My life,\u201d he wrote in an Instagram post on Monday, July 2, uploading a series of photos tagging his daughter Lana Athena and his girlfriend Rikkha Alyssa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>While the Kapamilya star earlier confirmed to Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP) last May the good news of being a father, this was the first time for JC to bare the identities of the two of the most important figures in his life that make up his family.<\/p>\n<p>At 32, the actor is still picky when it comes to sharing information about his life off cam, and did not confirm any marriage plans to Rikkha yet.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN, JC said that Lana was baptized last week.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from all the congratulatory messages that his newly-unveiled family received, netizens have been pointing out the evident resemblance of Lana to the actor.<\/p>\n<p>Cruzadobheng commented, \u201c<em>Kamukhang-kamukha mo si<\/em> baby mo (You really look a lot like your baby). God bless!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarbon copy,\u201d flordeliza.carolino wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Lana Athena, at two months, is already forming a fan club from the supportive Instagram users who have commented on how cute she is.<\/p>\n<p>Another user, elvirabarrion commented, \u201cSweet smile! <em>Pampawala mo \u2018yan ng <\/em>pagod (That will drain all your fatigue), JC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Instagram user domregaya wrote, \u201c<em>Aysus ka<\/em>-cute <em>naman niyang <\/em>baby <em>na \u2018yan <\/em>(That baby is so cute)!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ang<\/em> cute <em>ng<\/em> baby, super (The baby is super cute),\u201d khlorose14 wrote, filling the comment box with hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, JC is playing in the shoes of John \u201cGinno\u201d Corpuz in the nightly series \u201cSince I Found You\u201d starring Piolo Pascual and Arci Mu\u00f1oz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As he welcomes his daughter with fatherly pride to the world, JC de Vera also chooses this time to reveal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":168738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[52490,52491,52492],"class_list":["post-168679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-jc-de-vera","tag-lana-athena","tag-rikkha-alyssa-cruz","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}