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The story behind the name of Toni, Paul's first son

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<p>MANILA - Television host-actress Alex Gonzaga couldn&#x27;t help but gush over her newborn nephew on Friday. On her Instagram account, she posted a photo of Toni Gonzaga&#x27;s first baby with director Paul Soriano, Severiano Elliot. </p><p>&quot;No bias but baby SEVE is the cutest baby in the world,&quot; she wrote as the caption. &quot;Sa wakas at nairi ka na ni inang ate.&quot; </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BK-unewDgAe/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Alex Gonzaga (@cathygonzaga)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-09-30T12:30:27+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 30, 2016 at 5:30am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Toni gave birth to Severiano early Friday. Soriano, her director-husband, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/30/16/exclusive-first-look-at-paul-and-tonis-baby-boy" target="_blank">broke the news on social media</a>. &quot;Toni wanted a normal delivery and she fought for it. She fought for it. I mean 38 hours of labor and about almost three hours of pushing,&quot; Soriano told TV Patrol in an exclusive interview. </p><p>&quot;There was even times there she was kind of passing out na. When she’s fully dilated already, the head was coming out. The last few pushes was really tougher,&quot; he added. </p><p>Soriano also shared the story behind their baby&#x27;s name. &quot;Toni trusted me with that. I chose the name Severiano because my favorite golfer is Severiano Ballesteros, a Spanish golfer. And then Elliot is from &#x27;E.T.&#x27;, from the lead character in &#x27;E.T.&#x27; My favorite movie. The reason why I like films,&quot; he explained. </p><p>Soriano and Toni have been a couple for more than eight years before getting married in June 2015. Toni first announced her pregnancy in April. </p>