Jojo Alejar

Alejar studied secondary education at Marist High School, and took political science course at University of Santo Tomas, but showbiz opportunity snatched him away from schooling, thus joining German Moreno's That's Entertainment.^[1] But, finished his degree after temporarily leaving showbiz.^[2]

While at Marist, he was a member of the dance group The Tigers together with his two high school friends.^[3] They were introduced in now-defunct musical/variety show The Penthouse Live! at GMA-7.^[4][5] While at That's Entertainment, he starred at movie Naughty Boys where he co-starred with Romnick Sarmenta, Robby Tarroza and Michael Locsin.^[6]

But after his early showbiz tenure in 1990s, he worked as the chief of staff of Parañaque Congressman Ed Zialcita in early 2000s.^[7]

In mid-2000s to 2010s, he got the label of being "The Late Night Lord" after his stint as late night host of Jojo A. All The Way formatted with the likes of TV shows hosted by Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien,^[8] which Alejar also idolized.^[7] The said late night show aired in RJTV in 2005 to 2007 as Jojo A. All The Way, in QTV-11 from 2007 to 2009 as The Medyo Late Nite Show With Jojo A. All The Way, at TV5 from 2009 to 2010s, and in GMA-7 from 2014 to 2015 as Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A.^[9][10][11] Later, the show returned to TV5,^[12] and later returned in RJTV.

In 1986, Alejar campaigned for the reelection of president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 snap election.^[13]

He criticized government's response against COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, stating that dissemination about the virus “Too much, too little”, and saying the government isn't strict enough to implement lockdown.^[14]

Alejar was born on June 19, 1966, in Manila. He is the younger brother of actor Toby Alejar and the fifth out of six brothers.

He spoke against MTRCB questioning ABS-CBN's broadcast of live action Mr. Bean episode showing Rowan Atkinson's butt, saying that the agency is just "overracting".^[15]

Alejar is married to Anna Guia Villapando Reyes from Sta. Maria, Bulacan who notably worked for Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).^[16] The couple has four children: Alfredo Alexander ("Tra"), Aurora Leticia ("Al"), Alfredo Emmanuel ("Aeman") and Ava Marie ("Ava").^[1][15][17] He currently lives in Antipolo with his family.^[18][19]

• Jojo Alejar (Noisy Records, 1986)
• Ngumangawang Pag-Ibig (as "Master J") (Alpha Records, 2001)