“I ran to my father for the ugly things he did to me, but I have this career because of him.” With those contradictory words, Luis Miguel told the world the enormous weight he was carrying on his shoulders because of his past, but from those shadows he reappeared. Sun which we know today.
“Luis Miguel is not a unique case, there are many examples of great personalities who lived a stolen or absent childhood and, in his case, is one of the clearest examples, not only (it is) that he was a child stripped of at the age of 10, even a little earlier – because from an early age Luisito Reand he realizes that in order to survive in Mexico, he has to exploit the talent he saw in his son – for that he was very smart, “he says. universal the writer Javier Leon Herrera.
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With a frustrated artistic career, King Luisito Not only did she take her son to her son, but drug addiction such as cocaine, uncontrolled parties and other behaviors marked the singer’s life, as Javier points out with writer Juan Manuel Navarro in his new book about El Sol, “The King’s Gold”.
“A series of circumstances begin to appear which, more than atypical, end up leading to traumatic events, have a psychological effect on the formation of personality, in this case of Luis Miguel; They have a double impact due to that forced early maturity, due to the force of events and which, in turn, had to match other things, such as the blow that, when he reaches the age of majority, he realizes all the tricks and although his father had originated it later with the giant episode of his mother “, explains León.
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Despite this, Luismi wanted to start his life again at the age of 18 and pursued his artistic career; For many, that is when the Sun was born.
A review of his life
Juan Manuel interviewed Luis Miguel several times.
“It is impossible to withdraw today; I had the opportunity to do it, but it has already happened. Now you have to continue, this has ceased to be an adventure for a long time, after I was 18 I thought about continuing my career or retiring to dedicate myself to something else; Finally I decided to continue it and I am still here “, comments Luis Miguel in the book.
For León Herrera, at that moment he had to forge a very strong personality in order to stay upright, to pass, not to break his career.
“In those moments he was tempted to throw in the towel, there his support Hugo Lopez (his manager at the time) was very important because he continued, but all these are things that mark your personality for life ”.
Emilio Estefan poses with a young Luismi.
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To Juan Manuel, El Sol was overshadowed by all the betrayals and disappointments suffered, which justifies the reason why the coldness of the singer escaped the public eye.
“The same life he did like that, unfortunately, he suffered many disappointments of love, also from a professional point of view, being an artist like him, obviously he depended and had a lot of confidence in the people who led his career and accordingly as the years go by he realizes the betrayals and starts to close himself in his own world without the support of anyone, because when he trusted they betrayed him ”.
Luisito Rey managed his son’s career.
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The illusion of a failed house
Among Luis Miguel’s loves was the actress Aracely Arámbula with whom he decided to start a family, but again the remnants of his past did not let this dream last long.
“In one part of the book I had a lot of toes, but that particular aspect is framed in the failure of the attempt he made with all the illusion in the world to form a house and that at first it worked. In this part we say in the book that, for the good of the whole world, of Luis Miguel, of the children, of the mother, they have to talk about it among themselves and give them a solution, we hope that the circumstances will appear ”.
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The fact that his life is public and that everyone wants to know about his private life, which he does not show, is the reason for the speculations and gossip that is generated around him, but the real Luis Miguel in his father’s face was like any other , says Juan Manuel, because there are photos and videos that prove it.
“Luis Miguel always had the attitude of creating a family, a house, in fact we saw videos and photos, which, obviously, we do not include in the book out of respect for the people who showed us, where he was seen celebrating a year With her son Miguel sharing a family party in Acapulco, with a piñata, were Araceli, her friends, Luis Miguel’s, like any father throwing a birthday party for his son. All this was not seen because it is something very private, but he had a relationship with his children “.
This type of story and everything that happened to the Sun in the new century can be found in the new biography, Oro de rey, which is a tribute to the 50 years of the performer’s life, which will have its official release on April 20, under the seal Aguilar of the Penguin Random House publishing group.
Javier León Herrera is one of the two authors of the book.