Eugenia León revealed how Raúl Velasco treated her badly on Televisa

Eugenia Leon He was honest about some issues of how he started in the artistic environment. The mexican singer mentioned that it was not well received for Raul Velasco when he was host of the show Always on sunday, in interview for the morning The sun rises.

He also revealed that in order to belong to the select groups of Televisa it was necessary to have great influences or be part of the music catalogs of the largest record labels in the countryTherefore, his presence on the San Ángel television station was not well regarded, since he did not have that.

“Everything depended on him. There was an environment that was very closed, precisely created for the company’s artists, these company artists who were also the artists of the major labels, the great figures, “said the singer about her invitation to Always on sunday.

The winner of the award Latin Grammy for Musical Excellence (2016) mentioned that everything happened when Raúl Velasco paid tribute to Armando Manzanero and because she had been having moderate and commercial success with her music, she received the invitation from Televisa.

“They pay him homage in Always on sunday and even though I was average hippie they still opened the doors to me on Televisa, but Raúl Velasco did not treat me well”, Mentioned for The sun rises.

The interpreter of The Girl From Ipanema, Love bubbles or With you in the distance confessed that the having chosen to be an independent singer was one of the reasons why she never managed to belong to the great groups of artists that was on Televisa in the 90s, since there was a monopoly between the television station and the record companies and that was a requirement to be able to be there:

“I do not deny, many of them were great artists, people that one will always continue to love. That’s why I opted for independent music ; I am not saying that this is wrong, I am only describing a little what happened in my time, in the time in which I was forming a personality, “he said.

Eugenia León is not the first to express herself this way about the presenter. Raul Velasco He was classified by several of his former collaborators as a “despot” and “powerful” man. that marked the “finger” who did and who did not enter Mexican homes through television. Velasco was gaining a reputation for being a “not very charismatic”, “heavy” man, but with a barbaric influence in the media.

In previous days, one of the reasons why the public considers that the people who have complained about him have gone viral on social networks are right; an awkward moment when one of the most important pop singers in Mexico and Latin America, Thalia, he had to put up with Raúl Velasco calling her “corrientota”.

“I want to make a very favorable observation, from the day you debuted on the show until nowYou have had a very pleasant evolution. This outfit that you have now corresponds to that of a young, cheerful girl … they took it away from you current that they had put you on the first day ”, said the driver.

Thalia made a gesture of surprise and managed to hear through Velasco’s microphone that she thanked him, as he took it as a positive comment, although the word was not ideal.

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