It was in when Christian Chávez decided to openly declare his homosexuality and the actor has now admitted that, both for him and his family, this process was not easy to bear.
Although the RBD star has since received support from his fans and social groups, in a recent interview with Yordi Rosado he recalled on the verge of tears about the moment when, at his 17 years, he confessed to his mother, Olivia Garza, that he was gay and received one of the worst rejection reactions.
“ It was very important to me that the people who loved me the most knew who I was…they had to know,” Chávez said.
“They were both there. Mom, dad, I’m gay. My mom, obviously, got very sick… at that moment she kicked me out of the house. My mom kicked me out of the house. She told me that I was going to die of AIDS, she told me that God did not want me like this… My mother was very religious, “she revealed.
For his part, his father Luis Chávez was not very understanding either . “My dad was kind of shocked, he thought it was like a fad,” he explained. “He told me something that hurt me, ‘Don’t let it show, don’t bring anyone here’ and, obviously, it was a ten-year process in which they began to understand.”
The Also a singer, he continued to open his heart and gave details of the emotional conflicts he experienced and that he led hand in hand with his artistic career, where he was blackmailed into publishing photos of his wedding in Canada at a time when he had not come out of the closet. publicly.
On the other hand, Christian spoke about how he discovered that he was gay, assuring that since he was little he realized that their tastes and behaviors were different from those of the other children: “That was very difficult for me because when I was younger, well, I was more effeminate. I was a very spoiled, affectionate child. Since I was a kid I knew that I didn’t like football, that I liked art more, painting, singing and dancing”.