Ariel López Padilla, the man who wants to unite Mariana Levy's children and take care of them. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images)
The love story between Ariel López Padilla and Mariana Levy goes beyond the present in an unimaginable but pleasant way and honors the memory of the actress. In an attempt to reunite the children of the actress, who died in 2005, The actor takes on the role of mediator so that the brothers reconcile differences and integrate as a family.
López Padilla opened the doors of his house to José Emilio Fernández Levy so that he could spend the Christmas holidays in his house after learning this The boy wants to celebrate alone by eating pizza and watching series because he has no one to meet up with.
“But he’s not there and we informed him. Sometimes you want to be alone, that's different, and that's true. (…) He has his house, my house, the house with my wife, with my other children, who are his other siblings, he also has María,” commented the actor on the program De Primera Mano.
Due to her mother's inheritance, José Emilio is estranged from María López Levy, Ariel's daughter. He accuses her of obstructing the process so that he could get his rightful share. The relationship with his father, José María Fernández “El Pirru”, is also not the best. And to some extent this is because the father no longer cares about him.
José Emilio's fractures also lie with his sister Paula Fernández Levy and Ana Bárbara, who was practically his mother since she took care of his upbringing and took him in when he was only a few months old. The dispute with the singer is due to the attitude and statements he made to Ángel Muñoz, the singer's current partner, about the punishments he imposes on his brothers as a method of education and correction.
After the separation of José María Fernández and Ana Bárbara, López Padilla acts as a father figure to the boy, who looks to him for advice and support. Now that he is 19 years old, José Emilio seeks him out to discuss issues related to growing up, such as the procedures to put in order the documentation of the property where he lives and that belonged to his mother.
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Mariana Levy and Ariel López Padilla fell in love while recording Caminos Cruzados (1994-1995). They made their courtship formal and married civilly a year later. In 1996 they had María. In 1997 they traveled to Peru because Mariana was starring in Leonela. They returned to Mexico in 1998 to divorce because they allegedly did not see each other as a marriage.
In 2016, Talina Fernández explained that they broke up because he hurt Levy. In his defense, he noted that he never hit Mariana and that the relationship failed because they were incompatible.
The actor is grateful for the opportunity that his daughter María gave him after they reconciled due to the time they were not together and the communication failures they had. For her, it is the comfort she needs after the death of her grandmother Talina Fernández, the woman who raised her. Meanwhile, for Ariel, it is the redemption of the bond that was broken with Mariana's death because she had to give up parental rights to Talina in favor of her daughter's education and care.
Just as he healed his relationship with Maria, López Padilla wants José Emilio and Paula to heal each other and forget their differences. especially after everything they have experienced since their mother's death until now with the death of their grandmother, the molestation allegations against their uncle “Coco” Levy, and the fragile health of their other uncle, Patricio Levy.
“I have a responsibility towards Mariana’s children” explained Ariel Ventaneado. For him, his ex-wife's three children are equals and he wants to work together to unite them. He understands that José Emilio and Paula Marías are siblings, so he invites them to join his family so that they can be members of one house.
For now, López Padilla has already managed to restore the emotional bond with María. The next step is to convey that José Emilio and his sisters love each other again. He also repeats to the boy that “the door is open” and that he is spending Christmas with them. In this way, the actor expresses his affection for Mariana Levy, a woman he loved and whom he wants to honor by caring for her children.