Jorge Van Rankin: why do they call him El Burro | PEOPLE

Jorge Van Rankin, known as ‘El Burro’ Van Rankin is one of the most popular television presenters in Mexico thanks to his work on “Hoy”, the Televisa program he hosted between 2013 and 2020 and in which he appeared sporadically in 2021 conducting some interviews.

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In addition to his great talent, the also actor in the series “40 and 20” is also known by his anecdotal nickname which he has had since he was a teenager and without a doubt his ancestry is very specific.

In an interview with Yordie Pink for your YouTube show, Jorge Van Rankin He revealed how his nickname ‘the donkey’ was born and it is without a doubt a great anecdote.

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WHY DO THEY SAY THE DONKEY?

Jorge Van Rankin He said that when he was a teenager, a classmate from his school had a driver braying like a donkey and the joke was so big that he was struck by that sound.

“He had a driver named El Burro. Then that guy started braying. People laughed and it shocked me, but I liked it, so I went all over to do that ”.

Later the driver pointed out that this nickname was given to Alfredo, a friend, in the 1970s because of the frequency with which he imitated the animal’s sound.

“I stopped making him like this (beams) when we went to Acapulco and a friend said ‘El burro, el burro’, and some gringas said ‘How?’ And he: ‘Donkey, the donkey’. And I started off as a bastard (to bray) and the gringas were like, ‘Ah, what a shit.’ I felt so bad that in life I made it like a donkey again, but the nickname stuck with me “Van Rankin said.

Ultimately, the driver recognized that at the moment “When they tell me Jorge, I don’t even turn around. Magda (his wife) calls me Burro. Everyone knows me so “.