Thursday, November 28

Cristian Castro speaks without filters about his father, El Loco Valdés: “He smoked joint until he was 90”

Genesis Bastidas

The singer Cristian castro has given us something to talk about this week and not because of his personal life, but because In an interview in Argentina, the Mexican said that his father, the late comedian Manuel ‘El Loco’ Valdés, was a regular cannabis consumer until his death in 2020.

In the program ‘Noche al Dente’, where Cristian attended to promote the new musical material of his band called La Esfinge, he spoke about his artistic career and also gave some revelations about his personal life, among them was one about his father.

El Loco Valdés, cannabis consumer

Although in life the famous comedian had commented that he consumed marijuana for recreational purposes, his son confirmed it and even assured that it was a habit that he maintained until the date of his death.

“My old man was the top of the joint. He smoked pot until he was 90”, commented the interpreter of ‘Por Amarte Así’ in the middle of the show.

The host of the program asked him if he also consumes that herb and he, with uncharacteristic humor, responded, hinting that he did not. “I would love to, but… when he paints, with noise,” He said as he looked at one of his bandmates.

In the program they also asked him what the moment when he met his father was like and he answered some details.

“I called him because I wanted to meet him, suddenly I lost my fear of him a little, I was afraid of him, I didn’t want to, he was a comedian, a hippie, very charming, he loves snakes, the truth is I was afraid of him and I didn’t know how to approach him or that he came to me, we were both ashamed, I don’t know, but I lost my shame around thirty and I already called him,” he recalled.

Manuel ‘El Loco’ Valdés died in August 2020 at the age of 89. During his life he had a great artistic career as a comedian and a personal life full of love. The famous man had 12 children, from five different women, Cristian being his youngest son and the only one he conceived with the actress Verónica Castro. with whom she had a controversial relationship because when it happened she was 20 years old and he was over 40, plus he was married at the time.

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