This was the day that María Félix snubbed Pepillo Origel
There are few times that the entertainment journalist Pepillo Origel has felt intimidated by one of the famous those you interview. But, recently he confessed that the actress and singer María Félix was, without a doubt, one of the bittersweet moments that happened to him . What provoked the contempt of the artist? Here we will tell you.
In an interview with Mara Patricia Castañeda, Pepillo had to change roles and now it was his turn to show a facet that he has rarely seen in front of the cameras , where he spoke about various aspects of his personal and professional life, including the uncomfortable slight he experienced at the hands of the protagonist of “María Bonita”.
According to the presenter, everything happened in the decade of the 90, when he began to work at TV Azteca as part of the Ventaneando journalists’ cadre. There, was the journalist chosen to attend an event in which several luminaries from the entertainment world would be present, including María Félix .
“I was in Ventaneando and there was a meal at the home of the French ambassador, Bruno Delaye; I went because I was a friend of the ambassador and it was La doña, but they didn’t seat her at the main table , she was on the next one ”, recalled the head of the program With Permission.
However, the experience was not as expected, because “La Doña” would have behaved haughtily with him: “Then I arrive and say: ‘Ma’am, good afternoon, how is?’. V sniffs very kindly and when he sees the Azteca cube I just felt the blow he gave me, he turns around and I said: ‘Here is the note’. How was I going to tell Pati Chapoy that the lady turned me around? ”
However, the driver revealed that after said encounter with María Félix did not find her again until she left Tv Azteca and joined Televisa , where she had a better experience with her.
To conclude, Pepillo Origel spoke about how María Félix was a great reference of melodramas and the cinema in Mexico, but a not so nice person behind the scenes. He even came to compare her with her friend, Doña Silvia Pinal: “I have seen two women in Mexico like this in a big way: María Félix and Silvia Pinal. But, María Félix was a despot, rude, and Silvia is a woman loved by all the people, very affectionate with all the people. There is an abysmal difference ”