“I ran to my dad for the ugly things he did to me, but I have that career thanks to him.” With these words full of contradiction, Luis Miguel told the world the enormous weight he was carrying on his shoulders for his past, but from these shadows resurface the 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, it is one of the clearest examples, no longer just (it is) that it was a child stripped from the age of 10, even a little earlier, —because from an earlier age Luisito Rei he realizes that in order to survive in Mexico he has to exploit the talent he saw in his son-, that’s why he was very clever “, he comments to THE UNIVERSAL the writer Javier León Herrera.
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With a frustrated artistic career, Luisito Rei not only did it take the childhood to him to its son, but its addiction to drugs like the cocaine, the uncontrolled celebrations and other behaviors were marking the life of the singer, thus indicates Javier next to the writer Juan Manuel Navarro in his new book on The Sun, “King’s Gold”.
“A series of circumstances begin to occur that, more than atypical, end up leading to trauma, have a psychological effect on the formation of personality, in this case Luis Miguel; they have a double impact for this forced early maturity, by the force of the events, and this as well had to fit with other things, like the blow that when fulfilling the majority of age realizes all the braids and everything what its father had originated to him and later with the giant episode of the mother, “Leon explains.
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Despite this, Luismi wanted to start his life again at the age of 18 and took the reins of his artistic career; for many it was at this time that The Sun was born.
A review of his life
Juan Manuel interviewed Luis Miguel several times.
“It’s impossible to pull back today; I had the chance to have done it, but it’s over. Now I have to go on, this has been an adventure for a long time, after 18 I thought to continue my career or retire to dedicate myself to something else, I finally chose to continue it and here I am, “says Luis Miguel in the book.
For León Herrera, it was at this point that he had to forge a very strong personality to stay afloat, to make his way, not to break his career.
“At that moment he was tempted to throw in the towel, here the support of Hugo López (His manager at the time) was very important because he kept going, but these are all things that mark your personality for life. “
Emilio Estefan poses with a young Luismi.
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per Juan Manuel, The Sun was eclipsed by all the betrayals and disappointments he suffered, which justifies the reason for the singer’s coldness to move away from the public eye.
“Life itself was like this, unfortunately he has suffered many disappointments in love, also in the professional, being an artist like him, obviously depended and relied heavily on people who managed his career and as the years go by he realizes betrayals and begins to shut himself up in his own world not having the support of someone, because when he trusted they betrayed him. “
Luisito Rey handled his son’s career.
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The illusion of a home that failed
Among all the loves of Luis Miguel, it was the actress Aracely Arámbula with whom he decided to start a family, but again the rubble of the past did not let this dream last long.
“In one part of the book we went through a lot of this, but this particular aspect is framed in the failure of the attempt he made with all the enthusiasm in the world to form a home and that in the In this part we say in the book that, for the good of all, of Luis Miguel, of the children, of the mother, they must talk to each other and give him a solution, hopefully the circumstances will be given. “
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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 facet as father was like anyone else, says Juan Manuel, as there are photos and videos that prove it.
“Luis Miguel always had the attitude of creating a family, a home, in fact I have seen videos and photos, which we obviously did not include in the book out of respect for the people who showed them to us, where he was seen. to him celebrating a year with his son Miguel sharing in Acapulco a family party, with a piñata, were Araceli, her friends, those of Luis Miguel, like any father who makes a birthday party for his son. All this has not been seen because it is a very private thing, but it has had a relationship with his children. “
This type of story and everything that has happened to the Sun in the new century can be found in the new biography, Or de rei, which is a tribute to the 50 years of life of the performer, who will have the its official launch this April 20, under the Aguilar label of the Penguin Random House Publishing Group.
Javier León Herrera is one of the two authors of the book.