Who isn't a fan of Filipino movies and TV shows? One of the actresses and comedians who has changed the view of watching more Filipino shows is Candy Pangilinan. Having won the Cine Filipino 2016 and Los Angeles International Film Festival Award, Candy surely is one of the loved personalities. Even so, her career was exposed to the world, she managed quite well to hide her relationship status from the public quite well for a long time. 

Candy’s fans were stunned on acknowledging Candy's marriage and now more and more fans are curious about who she is married to, who her husband is, and whether she is still married or they already divorced. Let's get all clear about her husband and married life. 

Everything to know about Gilbert Alvarado, Candy Pangilinan’s Husband

Gilbert Alvarado got married to Candy Pangilinan secretly. 

Candy Pangilinan has been married just once to date her then-husband, Gilbert Alvarado. They dated each other for several years for over a decade and they took the step and got married in 2001 in a private ceremony attended by a few of their family and relatives. 

The couple kept their relationship a secret and private for several years and Candy's fans were shocked when they heard about her marriage for the first time. 

He didn't know Candy's profession on their first meeting. 

It is said that they met for the first time while they were on a blind date without knowing the other person's name or profession. They just got connected in their first meet that they remained in touch afterward and all this whole time, he had no idea about Candy's popularity. 

Both of them started falling in love with each other after seeing each other on several other dates. He was even invited to her shoots. 

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He is known to be the ex-husband as they got divorced soon after. 

Even so, they dated for several years before getting married, but their marriage didn't last long. It was reported that their romantic relationship got destroyed after marriage after Gilbert got caught in an illicit affair.

Candy's friend was the one who caught Gilbert with another woman following which their relationship took a huge downfall. 

He shares a son with Candy Pangilinan. 

When Gilbert got caught in an affair, Candy got pregnant with their first child together. With the hope that the baby could save their relationship, Candy tried her best to keep her baby sound but Gilbert left her just after the birth of their son. 

Their son's name is Quentin Alvarado who was born with special needs but instead of co-parenting Gilbert left Candy alone to raise him. Currently, Candy is raising her 18 years old son with special needs all by herself. 

He works as a Managing Director at an ICT company. 

He is a well-educated personality and has been working as Managing Director at an ICT company, "Fiber-Rex Philippines, Inc" for over a decade now. He joined the company back in 2009 and has been working dedicating his decades ever since he joined the company. 

Further, he also worked as a full-fledged interior designer. 

He is a Philipino Interior Designer and is an alumnus of the Philippine School of Interior Design.

Growing up in Philipino, he developed an interest in designing that he pursued his career as an interior designer. He joined the Philippine School of Interior Design from where he got graduated earning a degree in 1995. 

He isn't active on any social media sites. 

One of the reasons why there is limited information about Gilbert and his family is also because of his absence from social media platforms. From all the research, it was found that he doesn’t hold accounts on any of the major social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

He preferred to keep his life away from the spotlight of his spouse who is a popular actress of Filipino, which is quite common for many celebrity-linked relatives, especially those who don’t have any career in the entertainment industry.