Press Conference with Mexican Singer Paquita la del Barrio Asking For Gay Community's Forgiveness Regarding Her Comments on Adoption by Gay Parents - USA RIGHTS ONLY
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Press Conference with Mexican Singer Paquita la del Barrio Asking For Gay Community's Forgiveness at Spartacus Bar in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.
During an emotional press conference, Mexican singer Paquita la del Barrio asked for the gay community's forgiveness, but stopped short of retracting her remarks against gay adoption. The singer created a whirlwind of controversy last week when she said she'd rather see a child die on the streets than be adopted by a gay or lesbian couple. Breaking into a reporter's hypothetical question about whether it would be better if a child is adopted by a gay couple or die on the streets alone she burst out with: "It's better that the child die."
"What I said ... blew up in my face, but it did not come from my heart. I never thought about what I said, sincerely I ask a thousand apologies from this family," the 62-year-old crooner said. "Sure, let them adopt."
Within moments, she reversed course, adding: "I do not agree, whom do they call mom and dad? It is a trauma for the child."
Paquita also said the episode had driven her to consider suicide: "At some point I thought about killing myself, I tell you but I have a strong force, I thought about my children and they are not to blame."
3/23/10
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Press Conference with Mexican Singer Paquita la del Barrio Asking For Gay Community's Forgiveness at Spartacus Bar in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.
During an emotional press conference, Mexican singer Paquita la del Barrio asked for the gay community's forgiveness, but stopped short of retracting her remarks against gay adoption. The singer created a whirlwind of controversy last week when she said she'd rather see a child die on the streets than be adopted by a gay or lesbian couple. Breaking into a reporter's hypothetical question about whether it would be better if a child is adopted by a gay couple or die on the streets alone she burst out with: "It's better that the child die."
"What I said ... blew up in my face, but it did not come from my heart. I never thought about what I said, sincerely I ask a thousand apologies from this family," the 62-year-old crooner said. "Sure, let them adopt."
Within moments, she reversed course, adding: "I do not agree, whom do they call mom and dad? It is a trauma for the child."
Paquita also said the episode had driven her to consider suicide: "At some point I thought about killing myself, I tell you but I have a strong force, I thought about my children and they are not to blame."
3/23/10
©Clasos/jpistudios.com
310-657-9661
USA RIGHTS ONLY