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José Eduardo Derbez is an aspiring Mexican actor and the son of actor/filmmaker Eugenio Derbez and beloved telenovela actress Victoria Ruffo.
Last week, he found himself at the center of bisexual rumors after he posted a shirtless photo of himself to Instagram along with the caption, “Dead inside but standing like a tree.”
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Shortly after he shared the photo with his 1.3 million followers, a woman by the name of Lucía Camargo, who claimed to be a friend of Derbez’s ex-girlfriend, Barbara Escalante, told a Mexican tabloid that he was bisexual.
The Mexican press took the story and ran with it. And now, 27-year-old Derbez is setting the record straight, saying that he’s not gay or bisexual, that he’s never met this Lucía Camargo woman before in his life, and that has no idea why she is spreading false information about him.
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“This woman says that I am bisexual,” he told a local media outlet. “I have no idea who she is. I have never spoken a word with her. … She doesn’t even live in Mexico City.”
Derbez went on to say there’s nothing wrong with being bisexual, then joked that maybe if he were, it would help his career because he’d be more marketable, appealing to both woman and men.
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As for his ex-girlfriend Barbara, he says the two of them are on good terms, so he doesn’t think it was some sort of revenge plot on her part. In fact, after the story broke, he reached out to her.
“I wrote to her and said ‘Do you know this woman?’ She said: ‘Well, no, let me check.’ So she checked and then she said: ‘I think I met her when I was going in elementary school, but then she went to live in Guadalajara and I didn’t know more about her.'”
Derbez says he’s considering filing a defamation lawsuit against the woman.
Related: Telenovela star denies bisexual rumors, says there is “nothing more beautiful” than a woman
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Smith David
This story is fa da birds.
LilMesican
He is the son of two very well known actors in Mexico. It must be hard to live up to their level of recognition. I don’t really know about his career but he is good looking and correct in saying that men and women would swoon.
But I’m going to go with my intuition and say there is more to this story.
ShiningSex
GAY
gscastSDaddy
Not important…
There are many gay actors out there already who are out and doing very well.
He should make up his mind..
Don’t care…
SactoMan
That can be counted on one hand. This fantasy that coming out doesn’t affect your career in acting is just false.
Donston
A male actor “coming out” pretty much kills his potential to become a well-established “hunk”, and it kills his leading man potential. Coming out has consequences, especially if you attach yourself to “gay” or at least have unabashedly male-leaning preferences and relationship ambitions. It definitely limits your appeal and your potential.
As far as this story, the guy claims he’s never met the girl. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were in a relationship. And I wouldn’t be surprised if she just made the whole thing up. There’s a lot of loons out here.
avesraggiana
Those glutes…he needs to get on that squat rack, and stay there.
djmcgamester
I don’t get it. Posts sexy pics and therefore gay?
Donston
His joke about identifying as “bi” is kinda lame and off-target. First, it highlights how some public figures latch on to bi identities for publicity, to maintain broader appeal, to maintain their egos and/or simply to keep a distance from “gay”. Secondly, coming out as “bi” as a male public figure will lead to a lot of homophobic (and even non male-homophobic) women losing interests in you. If you actually mostly indulge same-sex relationships or let people know that you have homo romantic/relationship passions and ambitions a good deal of those women will especially lose interest. Any male entertainer who is dependent on his sex appeal should know this.
A “sexy” guy is always going to have a substantial male following no matter what identities he embraces or where he fits on the overall spectrum. So, coming out doesn’t serve a ton of purpose as far as appealing to men. In fact, coming out as “bi” would lead to many guys wondering why you don’t embrace “gay” and whether you contend with gay/same-sex preference shame, wondering just where you are on the spectrum, whether you are legitimately into dudes, whether you’re attaching yourself to “queerness” mainly for attention or publicity. While a lot of dudes who are into hetero/hetero-leaning worship would as well lose interest.
I know it was just a joke, but these entertainers are very naive (or they act naive) when it comes to what’s going on out here.
gaypalmsprings
I’d hit it. The Chinese probably have his dick pics via Grindr.
chupacabra
what is a thirsty photo?
garybw
Looks like bad vacation photos and nothing else