One of the most famous Mexican entertainment actors in recent years, Gabriel Soto has become one of the viewers’ favorite soap opera actors, although he has also generated great controversy after his string of latest scandals. Most people know something about his devastating separation from his wife Geraldine Bazán as they continue with the fights and discussions about the issues of their divorce, something that has affected the careers of both. Then there are additional scandals about his private life, public life, and his popularity!
Most Googled Gabriel Soto Facts (Including Controversies)
What is Gabriel Soto’s age?
The famous actor is of Mexican nationality, his full name is Gabriel Soto Díaz, he was born in Mexico City on April 17, 1775.
He is currently 46 years old, with almost half of his life dedicated to acting, participating in all kinds of projects. One of his earlier projects was being runner up at a modeling contest at age 18 in the Mister World contest in 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey, and joining a band called Kairo at age 19 replacing Eduardo Verástegui.
Who is Gabriel Soto’s girlfriend? Who are Gabriel Soto’s children?
Currently, the famous interpreter continues with his relationship with Irina Baeva and even a few weeks ago she revealed herself how she conquered Gabriel Soto and even the rumors of a wedding are getting stronger and stronger.
So far, the only wife known to Gabriel Soto is Geraldine Bazán, whom he met in 2007 and with whom he had two daughters, although due to infidelity they ended up separating, and even the actress revealed if she has already overcome the infidelity of her ex-husband.
Likewise, he is known other couples such as Martha Julia, whom he met in the recordings of ‘The ways of love’ in 2002, also Fernánda López, who is currently the wife of actor Alexis Ayala, and although it was rumored that he had an affair with Marjorie de Sousa, this was never confirmed.
The soap opera actor has two daughters, Elisa Marie and Alexa Miranda, both with his ex-wife Geraldine Bazán, who are currently 12 and 7 years old, and even the actor constantly brags about his daughter as a boxer as she is a fan of this sport. On the other hand, Gabriel Soto could increase the number of his children with his current partner Irina Baeva, with whom he has already been for several years and as we mentioned earlier, they could get married very soon.
Why did Gabriel Soto betray Geraldine Bazán when they were a couple?
Gabriel Soto and Geraldine Bazán’s relationship has not improved since their separation. Did the actor really betray her? Let’s look at their history. The love between Geraldine Bazán and Gabriel Soto began in 2007 when they both recorded together with the telenovela Bajo la reiendas del amor. They quickly became one of the audience’s favorite couples.
Although together they went through quite difficult times, they managed to keep the relationship stable and share moments of pure joy. As a result of this incredible love, their children Elissa Marie and Alexa Miranda were born. For ten years and with a separation in between, Soto and Bazán starred in a great love story. However, that romance began to fade and at the end of 2017, they announced their separation.
The separation became the protagonist of a controversy when the actor confirmed his romance with Irina Baeva, an actress with whom he shared a cast. Since then, much has been said about possible infidelity and betrayal on the part of Gabriel. Unlike other divorced couples, the actor and Geraldine Bazán did not manage to end on good terms. Although the interpreter tries to maintain good communication with his ex-wife, the actress does not forgive him for his affair with Irina. According to her, Gabriel was in a relationship with the young Russian when they were still married. But she also revealed that she had a platonic love affair, not with her ex-husband. Since she released this information, many people began to wonder if Gabriel Soto betrayed her for this reason.
This controversial information came to light during the Montse y Joe program, where Geraldine Bazán was a guest and was encouraged to answer some quite spicy questions. Without fear of what they will say, the actress revealed that her “crush” was a famous Mexican actor. The audience thought he was talking about Soto. To everyone’s surprise, the actress was referring to Héctor Soberón. By revealing the name, the actress explained why Soberón was her crush. When he was young, the actress worked alongside him on the soap opera My Little Traviesa and was fascinated when she saw him. And although he was her crush for a long time, he confirmed that he is now a friend.
After revealing that her platonic love was never Gabriel Soto, Geraldine Bazán revealed the characteristics that her ideal man should have: a grown man, and emotional intelligence.
What was the Gabriel Soto video scandal?
Gabriel Soto went viral on Twitter after an intimate video of the actor leaked. Although in the images, only a few seconds long, the face of the man who appears naked in front of the camera is not appreciated, the users of the social network identified him by his tattoos
Before being eliminated by the account that released the material, the clip achieved thousands of “likes”, and triggered infinite memes. The actor acknowledged that he is the one who appears in the video on his Instagram account.
This was one of many chapters in a history of controversy that has not stopped growing since the actor divorced Geraldine Bazán in 2017.
The actor, who is constantly in the eye of the hurricane for various controversies, was invited to the Unicable’s Members on Air program, where he referred to the sex clip as he had never done before.
Surrounded by some friends and with many jokes, Soto defended his right to be recorded in his privacy, but classified the act of dissemination as a crime on social networks in December of last year. He stressed that this video was recorded a long time ago and he had even forgotten when he did it, but he hinted that they already have some suspects in their sights.
Was his sexy video leaked out of revenge?
In December, social networks collapsed due to the virtualization of an intimate video of Gabriel Soto, who accepted ownership of the material and assured that the dissemination was an act of revenge.
Turning a little more serious, the hosts of Unicable’s Members on Air program asked him about his feelings after the video was broadcast and what he thinks of these erotic materials.
“Yes, it does affect the violation of your privacy. I have two daughters, I had to talk to them, mainly to the older one, not with the little one. Because if it is ugly, it affects you, it embarrasses you, it is hard to look at your father, it is difficult psychologically and emotionally speaking, ”he said.
The actor assured that it was not a mistake to record the said audiovisual clip, but the action of broadcasting was different.
“It is not bad to record oneself, so why is it bad? It’s my privacy and I can do whatever I want, I can record myself however I want. The crime is who leaked it and who filtered this type of video and spread it”.
While the actor filed a complaint about whoever is responsible for the leak of this video and awaits the conclusion of the case, the situation provoked an infinite number of reactions, but those of Irina Baeva and Geraldine Bazán stood out as possible people in charge of publishing it.
Soto’s girlfriend Irina Baeva came to her boyfriend’s defense and assured that the most affected by this are the daughters that the actor had with Geraldine Bazán.
Geraldine Bazán, his wife, also described the broadcast as “quite shameful for him and extremely shameful for my daughters.”
She also denied that she was responsible for leaking a video of this type: “Absolutely a lie. That I do want to clarify, at no time, never, of my relationship did I receive a video like that, ” she said.
“What you do in your privacy is not bad, and what I am going to say is stupid and in a different parameter, but everyone goes to the bathroom, everyone does it and it is not a crime, but it is not good that they leak the videos start to go viral and spread, “Soto added.
Soto also stressed that this intimate video was recorded a long time ago, but that did not extinguish the scandal, so he had to endure all the controversy that was generated around him.
What was the Gabriel Soto covid wedding scandal?
In the last three years, the protagonist of Las vías del Amor has been jumping from one controversy to another. He sparked Twitter outrage after attending a mass wedding in Cancun in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 20, the Mexican actor took a flight to the jewel of the Mexican Caribbean along with his girlfriend, Irina Baeva, to attend the spectacular wedding of Michel Escalle and Odalis Gómez Millar. The bride was the daughter of the renowned boxing promoter Pepe Gómez.
On Instagram videos celebrating the bride and groom’s wedding, it can be seen that during the reception most of the guests did not wear face masks for long periods of time, and the preferred social distance was not respected.
The wedding took place in a chapel which was attended by dozens of people. And a banquet was held in style after the ceremony, with a large stage where the guests danced to the rhythm of Mexican musicians or the sound of samba such as Lorenzo Méndez.
In the photographs, the actor and his girlfriend posed without masks – which received a storm of criticism for their irresponsibility. Upon returning to Mexico City, they defended themselves, but their words caused even more anger.
“Well yeah, we went to a wedding but there have been weddings all the time. There are many folks who have gotten wed. The bride was the daughter of a very important boxing promoter. All security protocols were carried out. There was a sanitation booth outside, where each of the guests had to pass as a measure of security, ”said the famous couple.
What was the Gabriel Soto covid quarantine scandal?
The protagonist of Soltero con hijas aka Single with Daughters between 2019 and 2020 had already been involved in a controversy for breaking the quarantine, and traveling to Acapulco, when the pandemic had already peaked globally!
Despite the fact that the actor spoke on numerous occasions about the importance of staying home, he still went to the beach on occasion and was even photographed by a magazine in which he appeared with Irina Baeva in a shopping plaza and in a restaurant. Gabriel Soto defended himself again after reactions from the media came pouring in. In a talk with journalist Lucho Borrego, from the Suelta la Sopa program, the actor said that the accusations had been unfair.
“He tells me that he is one of the most careful people and on that specific day he had a problem with his cell phone to communicate with his daughters, ”Borrego said.
As defended by the famous, he was forced to leave the hotel to repair the phone. “I stepped out to do what I had to do and returned home. It’s unfair, ”Soto said.