Though eight years have passed since his meeting with the Mexican drug lord broke, both are moving on in the eye of the hurricane. (Photos: Getty)
It was 2015 when Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn made international headlines for interviews Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera -known Mexican drug lord currently serving a sentence in a United States maximum security prison– when he was on the run from justice. The information that the American actor himself published in Rolling Stone went around the world and provoked endless criticism against him.
Kate del Castillo recalled meeting “El Chapo” Guzmán and called Sean Penn a “unfortunate traitor”
Speaking about meeting in Sonora eight years ago, the actress affirmed that her only regret was trusting some people
without doubt this scandal shaped the mexican artist which until then had only been the subject of controversy his love life. In fact, as the information spread, no one imagined that there was a sentimental connection between the actors; It was Kate del Castillo herself who over the years has uncovered the background of everything she lived with who she believes to be a traitor.
The six-part series marks Kate’s debut as executive producer in connection with her home, Cholawood (Photo: ViX+).
The protagonists of this story got to know each other years before they met El Chapoallegedly thanks to Damian BichirWell, in a certain coexistence they had when they were a couple, they coincided with Sean Penn, who was already known to the Mexican actor. At first they only greeted each other, since the American was married to Robin Wright.
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A tweet by Kate del Castillo ended with her and Sean Penn secretly meeting “El Chapo” Guzmán
“I think there was a certain admiration, dare I say it, for him towards me as well. We got along very, very, very well. We talked for hours, he came to my house several times. We cry together, we laugh together, we get drunk together,” he said in an interview for Adela Micha.
Sean Penn would have hung the medal for interviewing El Chapo and collaborating with the US government in his arrest. (Photo: Earl Gibson / HFPA/© HFPA/Handout via Portal)
During those years, Kate received mysterious emails that came from none other than Chapo’s lawyers. According to the protagonist of The Queen of the South In an article he published in Processo in 2016:
As an actress and filmmaker, I’ve always looked for interesting, fascinating projects and challenges to get out of my comfort zone. That’s why I couldn’t say no. So I decided to answer an email and say “I agree”.
After tweeting an analysis of drug trafficking in Mexico, the boss’s confidants looked for a way to contact her to collaborate on a project that could put her life at risk, not only because she would be interviewing him in person, but because she some time later she would betray Penn in her article for Rolling Stone.
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Speaking to Infobae México, the actress, who made her debut as a producer with the “tropical” story told by writer León Tolstoy in 1878, shared her pride in creating thought-provoking stories
“They knew very well how to do things, how to cover up. They worked for the American government, so I can’t do or say anything like that. Sir, he not only used me as bait, he didn’t protect me and put me in danger, he risked my life in every way‘ he said in an interview with Javier Poza about why his court case against Sean Penn was dropped.
The meeting took place thanks to the communication Chapo’s lawyers established with Kate. (photo file)
And it so happens that Kate del Castillo blasted at Sean Penn not only for putting her at risk of “looking good” with the US government when he revealed Chapo’s whereabouts, but also for showing him off in other ways would have used:
“Cheated me. It will be him who sleeps peacefully because for this one I don’t give a fifth. He tricked me, he climbed into my bed, that is, there were many things you say: ‘How unfortunate! ‘, that is, a regrettable person,” he commented to the journalist. Marie Antoinette Collins.
Kate del Castillo went through a nightmare after dating “El Chapo” Guzmán (Picture: NBC Screenshot)
The protagonist of La Ingobernable assured in an interview with Javier Poza that after what happened she has no relationship with Madonna’s ex-husband and hopes never to hear from him: “He left my life. I never wanted to answer the phone again, of course I blocked it everywhere. I’m not at all interested in knowing anything about him.”
Regarding the constant fear he feels every time he visits Mexico, from his interview with the capo to this day, he commented on María Antonieta Collins: “I will not lie to you. Every time I go in I get nervous because those were very traumatic moments for me. But every time I go back to Mexico, it’s my home, it’s my country where I’m from and I have no intention of stopping going to Mexico and bringing more productions.