After the spectacular accident he suffered in August, which caused him 11 fractures in his right shoulder and kept him away from his work activities, Eugenio Derbez reappeared in public by attending an event organized by Queen Letizia of Spain, where He took the opportunity to tell the time he was discriminated against for speaking Spanish.
Accompanied by his wife Alessandra Rosaldo, the 61-year-old Mexican comedian and actress Kate del Castillo were the guests of honor of the queen consort of Spain at the inauguration of the Instituto Cervantes in Los Angeles, California, an institution whose main objective is to promote the importance of the Spanish language throughout the world.
In an interview for the program windowingthe actor and comedian confessed that making the decision to go after the American dream has not been hunky-dory, since, despite all the success he has obtained in making his way in Hollywood, it has not been easy for him and that even has been a victim of discrimination.
Taking advantage of the space, Derbez recounted the occasion in which he was conversing in Spanish with a person in a park when an American citizen passed by and saw badly that he will not use the native language of the northern country, declaring that he was judged and frowned upon for using his native language.
Sometimes it is frowned upon that you speak another language. The other day it happened to me in a park. I was speaking to someone in Spanish and a man passed by, an American, and said: “English is spoken here, we are in the United States.”
– Eugenio Derbez
In addition, both his wife and the 61-year-old comedian said that many Latinos living in the United States do not instill Spanish in their children for fear that they will be bullying or being segregated at school, something that, as parents, they have instilled in reverse with their daughter Aitana, since for their family, speaking two languages or more is considered a superpower.
The whole family, family time is always in Spanish, obviously for her her first language because she was born here, and we always tell her exactly what Eugenio just said, speaking two languages or more is a superpower.
–Alessandra Rosaldo
Before ending the interview, Eugenio Derbez thanked the public for their expressions of affection and concern for his spectacular accident. In addition, he publicly thanked and praised his wife, assuring that without her he would not have been able to get ahead in his recovery, since she was a nurse and organized her tour to be able to take care of him, since she practically did everything for him and he confessed that this brought them closer together.
Source: Okchicas
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