New scandal about sexual harassment in show business. On this occasion, the sad main character is the Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez. The king of the ranchera, the heir to the mythical Jose Alfredo Jimenez, has been involved in what is about to become the biggest scandal of his 50-year artistic career.
The news hit a few days ago when a video was published on social networks in which the 80-year-old veteran singer is standing with several women ready to take a picture with the performer. In that situation Fernandez He puts his arm around one of the girls behind her back, and his hand rests on the girl’s chest.
In 2017
After the images went viral and sparked a heated debate in Mexico between opponents and defenders of the artist, the involved young woman explained to various media the circumstances surrounding the unpleasant event. “That picture was taken in 2017, the reason my expression looks calm is not because I liked it, but because I didn’t realize her hand was there until I looked at the pictures with my mom ”, has declared.
Criticism of ‘Chente’ Fernandez have been unanimous in Mexico, where the artist is a mass idol and “stalker “,” dirty old man “,” crafty “ O “dirty old man”, but there have also been those who have defended the artist’s chastity and described the situation as a mere misunderstanding, provoking the victim’s reaction: “I felt violent, angry with the man and everyone defends him. I treat my trauma with humor and sarcasm, everyone has their own defense mechanisms ”.
In her statement, the young woman added that: “I don’t care if it’s Vicente Fernández, he shouldn’t have touched my body without my permission, especially in that area. I’m sure many women have been through the same thing “, concluded. And so it has been, since after this initial complaint condemned three fans of the singer to have experienced similar situations, by publishing photos and videos on Tik Tok in which Vicente Fernandez he touches women’s breasts as he hugs them, revealing a common ‘practice’ among the singer of boleros and northern songs.
‘El charro’ is explained.
Although initially it Charro de Huentitán chose silence as the best defense, the scandal has become so big that in the end the artist, in statements with his ex-wife, the journalist Mara Patricia Castañeda, wanted to give his version of the events, noting that it was a “accident” , from “a misunderstanding “, that he never intended to touch the bust of the fan and was actually confused by the shape of the girl’s bra. “I put my hand on the stomach first and said ‘you are going to be offended’ and raised my hand and they took the picture. I have never done this ‘nice’, if there is one thing that I have it is to respect the audience ”, the singer explained, to add as an apology, “I admit I was wrong, I don’t know if it was a joke, it was a joke… I don’t know. I don’t remember, there were a lot of people (with whom I took pictures), I apologize with all my heart “.
Later, Fernandez tries, but fails, to minimize what happened with a curious statement: “The inconvenience is that I took her to a stable and that I pushed her blouse down, that’s intimidation, but what happened was an accident.” And last but not least ‘Chente repeats his apology“Anyway, I apologize again, daughter, and whenever you want this is your house. “Right now I’m showing my face and don’t think it’s easy”He is referring to the young woman with whom he portrayed.
It is not the first time that the interpreter of ‘El rey’, ‘Maldito amor’ and ‘Acá entre nos’ has been involved in controversies, such as when he stated that he would not accept the transplant of an organ from a homosexual person, or more recently when it became known that he and several members of his family had already been vaccinated against covid-19.
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The Rancher King
With about 70 albums published, 75 million of which sold worldwide, several Grammy awards and starring in more than 30 films in 50 years of artistic career that started in 1960 when he performed in a television show called ‘La calandria musical’, Vicente Fernandez Gomez (Guadalajara, Jalisco; February 17, 1940) perfectly embodies the stereotype of the Mexican charro: womanizer, fighter, gambler and drinker. Married in 1963 to María del Refugio «Cuquita» Abarca Villaseñor, is the father of four children: Alejandra, Vicente, Gerardo and Alejandro, also a ranchera singer known as’The foal ‘ and as controversial and as ‘charro’ as his father. Chente’s last concert was in April 2016 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.