Turns out Ricky Martin’s anti-gay, alleged ex-boyfriend was reportedly linked to the former Mexican president
By Johnny Lopez · 9 comments· Updated on January 26, 2024
Eduardo Verástegui is a right-wing, extremely religious former telenovela star with a penchant of spewing homophobic rhetoric who recently filed paperwork to run for president of Mexico.
He also has a history of refuting gay rumors.
While the 49-year-old is hoping to run as an independent candidate, he’s been indoctrinated in the MAGA-verse and, if elected, plans to extend the Trump nightmare to the good people of Mexico.
If tweeting false statements linking pedophilia with homosexuality wasn’t bad enough, Verástegui also has a fraught personal relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, of which he doesn’t identify with at all.
After reports claimed he was allegedly in a relationship with pop superstar Ricky Martin in the ‘90s, Verástegui denied they were romantically involved.
More recently, the Chasing Papi actor fought off reports in the Spanish-language media that he was in a secret romance with the ex-president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN).
EPN was president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018 and during his administration was married to his second wife, Angelica Rivera. The couple has since divorced.
After photos surfaced of Versátegui aboard EPN’s presidential plane, rumors swirled questioning the nature of their relationship.
According to reports, Versátegui was seen in the plane’s cockpit and also drinking a glass of wine with the president sitting in the background.
Eduardo Verastegui viajando en el avión presidencial. Al fondo Peña nieto. Para esto lo usaban, lo bueno que hay constancia. pic.twitter.com/n9nMQdYn05
During a 2020 appearance on the popular Mexican YouTube series Chisme No Like, Verástegui addressed the plane controversy by alleging he was asked by the former first lady to travel with the president to pay respects to Pope Francis during his visit to Mexico.
Versátegui said he was part of a group of journalists invited on board for the journey, although it’s unclear what media outlet, other than his own Instagram account, he is affiliated with.
While taking his word, show host Elisa Beristain went on to directly ask about the reports that he was the romantic partner of EPN.
Brushing off the gay rumor as speculative nonsense, Verástegui said he is too busy doing “important work” to refute every lie that is written about him.
“It is very easy to defame, to say anything. There comes a time when you don’t even want to clarify,” he told Chisme No Like. “Because If you try to clarify everything, I would have to be in interviews every day clarifying the lies, when there is a lot to do to make the world a better place.”
He added: “Let them say what they want to say. God knows who I am and the only one I have to be accountable to is God, not the public.”
Watch the Spanish-language interview below:
Now with his presidential desires specifically focused on being elected, Versátegui’s romantic life continues to be of a topic of interest as he has never married and is not currently dating anyone, at least not publicly.
Much like his idol Donald Trump, Versátegui enjoyed brief success in Hollywood prior to becoming a right-wing troll.
In addition to dancing shirtless in Jennifer Lopez’s “Ain’t That Funny” music video in 2001, Versátegui had a starring role in the 2003 Sofia Vergara rom-com Chasing Papi and made cameo appearances in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Charmed, CSI: Miami, and Kevin Can Wait.
Most recently, he produced and starred in QAnon conspiracy theorists’ favorite summer blockbuster, Sound of Freedom.
But Versátegui has a long road to becoming the next authoritarian leader. He still has to scrounge up one million signatures by January so he can appear on the ballot for Mexico’s June 2024 election.
Regardless, it’s safe to say he won’t be bringing out the gay vote.
Former telenovela star Eduardo Verástegui has filed paperwork to run for president of Mexico.
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This is mere gossip without much “evidence” to make it seem more substantial. If his politics weren’t Conservative and anti-gay, this site would not have posted such an article. That is clear considering how much “queer media” protects other clearly closeted public figures.
Many “queers” experience many different types of traumas: physical/sexual/emotional abuse, constant insecurities and ego damage, mental health struggles, hetero pressures and gay shaming, being ostracized by family, religious isolation, not knowing how to deal with fluidity or contradictions or the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. None of it is really an excuse for being a grown ass hateful person. Whatever is going on with Eduardo, he’s clearly a megalomaniac a-hole.
Now that Ricky’s divorcing would be amazing if he spoke out about their friendship considering how much damage Miss Eduardo wants to do to the lgbtq community. As always religion of any kind is the most damaging vehicle for judgement, hate and emotionally and physically attacking those of our community.
The worst thing is, the latest film which he produced and in which he also acts (“The Sound of Freedom”) deals with the very serious subject matter of children who are trafficked. But if you say you don’t want to see it because this ‘phobe is connected to it and you’d rather not give him your $$, people will accuse you of being indifferent about child trafficking!
“…the only one I have to be accountable to is God, not the public.”
Er no, if you’re running for president, you’ll be accountable to the public. Perhaps you’ve confused being president with being Pope. Then again, his idol Trump doesn’t believe in accountability either.
‘Allegedly’, is well known fact that when in his boy band days (Kairo) where the guys under Toño Berumen (the mexican version of Louis Jay Pearlman) would attend ‘parties’ and interact with media executives and exchange favors. Another ‘alledged’ thing about Eduardo V. Is that he would had been in high demand for coke fueled orgies where he was a favorite, until of course, he found Jesus then it became a sin.
The mexican media knows but never talks about the infamous Televisa ‘Catalog’ which is where Mr. Verastegui would make the rounds and rise to stardom. Talking about this in the open would be considered a social and professional suicide.
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abfab
A selfie with the Pope. Oy vay.
bachy
He serves Kirk Cameron vibes. Makes you wonder what happened to these guys in their youth.
Donston
This is mere gossip without much “evidence” to make it seem more substantial. If his politics weren’t Conservative and anti-gay, this site would not have posted such an article. That is clear considering how much “queer media” protects other clearly closeted public figures.
Many “queers” experience many different types of traumas: physical/sexual/emotional abuse, constant insecurities and ego damage, mental health struggles, hetero pressures and gay shaming, being ostracized by family, religious isolation, not knowing how to deal with fluidity or contradictions or the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. None of it is really an excuse for being a grown ass hateful person. Whatever is going on with Eduardo, he’s clearly a megalomaniac a-hole.
Bengali
Now that Ricky’s divorcing would be amazing if he spoke out about their friendship considering how much damage Miss Eduardo wants to do to the lgbtq community. As always religion of any kind is the most damaging vehicle for judgement, hate and emotionally and physically attacking those of our community.
powersthatbe
Why is it that right wing trolls like this would still absolutely get it!?
Hello? Is that my therapist? Yes, bitch. I got issues.
Pietro D
TOTAL TROLL !!!!!!
One total piece of shit!
mateo
The worst thing is, the latest film which he produced and in which he also acts (“The Sound of Freedom”) deals with the very serious subject matter of children who are trafficked. But if you say you don’t want to see it because this ‘phobe is connected to it and you’d rather not give him your $$, people will accuse you of being indifferent about child trafficking!
RyanMBecker
“…the only one I have to be accountable to is God, not the public.”
Er no, if you’re running for president, you’ll be accountable to the public. Perhaps you’ve confused being president with being Pope. Then again, his idol Trump doesn’t believe in accountability either.
pepelos77
‘Allegedly’, is well known fact that when in his boy band days (Kairo) where the guys under Toño Berumen (the mexican version of Louis Jay Pearlman) would attend ‘parties’ and interact with media executives and exchange favors. Another ‘alledged’ thing about Eduardo V. Is that he would had been in high demand for coke fueled orgies where he was a favorite, until of course, he found Jesus then it became a sin.
The mexican media knows but never talks about the infamous Televisa ‘Catalog’ which is where Mr. Verastegui would make the rounds and rise to stardom. Talking about this in the open would be considered a social and professional suicide.