Comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños and his wife, actress Florinda Meza, during a toast after being honored at the 2008 Peruvian Congress (Portal / Pilar Olivares)
Florida Mesa Y Roberto Gomez Bolanos They had one of the longest-running relationships in the entertainment world, one that lasted nearly four decades until the comedian’s death. However, not everything was rosy in their very long relationship (they had been together for 29 years and married for a decade).
Gómez Bolaños and Meza began their romance in 1976, hidden from almost everyone. Already famous as Chespirito, he had been married to Graciela Fernández for 20 years, with whom he had six children. She, an actress who rose to fame thanks to her “Doña Florinda,” had everything to lose by being accused not only of “husband-stealing,” but also of causing some of the most drastic changes in the legendary program The guy from 8. She became the witch of history.
One of those who fed these stories was Carlos Villagrán, “Quico”, who left the series on bad terms and disputed the character’s authorship from Gómez Bolaños. “Carlos had a very big ego, he even said he was the star, that ‘Quico’ was loved more than Roberto wrote the character for him,” the actress said.
Villagrán has also claimed for years that his character was eliminated after a failed romance with the producer. “I’m not going to talk about that[the supposed relationship]. (Roberto was) a very intelligent man, can you imagine me with an asshole? That’s why I don’t want to talk,” said Florinda recently when agreeing on the topic that has occupied us for decades.
In addition to the actor, who recently announced Quico’s withdrawal, María Antonieta de las Nieves or the late Anabel Gutiérrez have commented on some of the alleged bad times they had with Chespirito’s widow in the past.
I think I have to thank my critics for reminding me from time to time that I’m a very profitable name and a very profitable personality because they just need publicity and start talking bad about me. If those who speak ill of me knew what I think of them, they would speak even worse! Florinda Meza
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The distant companion of his characters
During the conversation with Adela Micha, Meza also revealed the true personality of the actor away from the forums. “He was the love of my life, (but) it’s not easy living with a genius”.
In the words of the creator of plays like Once and Twelve or soap operas like La dueña, she has repeatedly defended Graciela Fernández, her husband’s ex-wife, from his attacks. “I said to him, ‘Roberto, Graciela is a great woman, but she is a woman of her time, she was brought up to be a woman, to have children, you married her for something,’ and the truth is, that she was a beautiful woman, I will always say.”
But even with that defense, it was impossible to reconcile with the comedy legend on many other issues. “He would get angry and argue and argue. I hate arguments, if I argue I have to lose to get out of the argument even if I’m right.”.
In life, the interpreter of Chespirito confessed that through humor he managed to best overcome his shortcomings, insecurities and fears, many of them that emerged after the death of his father at the age of seven, and which he channeled through violence and violence Complain . “I was very argumentative for the same reason I was scared,” he told a 2012 Biography Channel special.
Thanks to this fear, this later became a creative engine to give life to another of his most famous characters, the Chapulín Colorado, who based his courage on overcoming his own limitations, cowardice and lack of expertise, with nobility, agility and plenty willpower.
Florinda and Roberto were together for almost four decades. Nine days after celebrating a decade of marriage, the comedian died of heart failure and advanced Parkinson’s disease, which was worsening his health.