Personal Life
Yap is the son of Carlos and Annie Yap. He was married to actress Kris Aquino, the daughter of slain former senator, Benigno Aquino, Jr. and the late former President Corazon Aquino. Kris is also the sister of current Philippine president Benigno Aquino III.
Yap and Kris Aquino's relationship was rumored as early as 2005 before they acknowledged this on various interviews. By 2006, both have admitted to having tied the knot as early as mid 2005; the actual date of their marriage was July 10 under civil rites kept unknown to the public.
His marriage with Aquino was rocked by the revelation of a former receptionist from a beauty clinic that she had a relationship with Yap, which the latter vehemently denied in an interview with Korina Sanchez.
This eventually led to Aquino asking for some "space" from the star cager. Yap again denied the receptionist's allegations in a press statement. The issue has since died down after Aquino's pregnancy was revealed.
On April 19, 2007, his first son with Aquino was born. James Aquino Yap, Jr., nicknamed Baby James or Bimby, was born at the Makati Medical Center, Makati City at 5:08 pm local time and weighing 4.3 lbs. He was baptized on May 19, 2007 at the Don Bosco Church in Makati, with 10 godparents.
As of June 26, 2010, Kris Aquino announced that she had separated from Yap, citing personal reasons.
Yap has made a cameo appearance as Diether Ocampo's body double in Aquino's 2010 film, Dalaw.
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