“I always wanted to be better than my father”: the documentary about the life of Julio Iglesias relives the struggle with his son Enrique and the distance between them that lasted ten years

Julio Iglesias’ 80th birthday tribute reveals many previously untold aspects of his life. The special “Daddy turns 80”, which was broadcast through the “Lazos de sangre” program, was a space dedicated to the artist and touched on the distancing of his son Enrique Iglesias after a fierce argument.

Chabeli and Julio Iglesias Jr. they directly participated in this project dedicated to their father. Enrique also appeared on the Spanish television screenalthough not with current statements, but with a compilation of previous interviews in which he referred to the subject.

Who wants to say ‘Enrique Iglesias sells records because his father is Julio Iglesias, pfff, boss, Enrique Iglesias sells records because he has a good record and that’s it’, he is heard saying in one of the interviews used for the second documentary episode.

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It is known that the estrangement between father and son occurred many years ago, when Enrique Iglesias wanted to be a singer and he got his first contract behind Julio Iglesias.

“I think my father not knowing probably bothered him, let’s put it that way, I think not knowing was the hardest part,” recalled Chabeli Iglesias, the oldest of three siblings from the Iglesias Preysler clan.

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A few years ago, Enrique admitted that they had a falling out when his father found out about his first record deal and from there an estrangement ensued that saw them not speaking for at least 10 years, as reviewed by Who magazine.

“We had an argument over the phone. He told me ‘why are you doing this without telling me anything, you’re crazy, I’m the one who makes music, I’m the one who knows about this, you won’t achieve anything without me’ ” said the youngest of Iglesias in the second an interview for Telefé that has now been used in a documentary. “Then I had an argument with him, I packed my bags and left home,” Enrique recalled at the time.

In the special dedicated to Julio Iglesias, there is no shortage of those who point out that the artist was very jealous of his son because in the 90s, when Enrique’s career took off, he was considered the “Latin lover” of the new generation.

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“Enrique is a handsome, friendly man, a wonderful person, imagine how he will not be successful and he impressed me a lot, I was a little shocked because what I thought was ‘wow, what a guy'”, commented his older brother Julio.José who also devoted himself to music.

Although many doubt it, the rivalry between father and son has always been latent, so Julio Iglesias himself exposed it when he mentioned at a press conference that Enrique followed in his footsteps, but not really in music, but in love.

“No way, he’s going to follow in my footsteps, I’m a champion at it, don’t tell me anything,” he told reporters after laughing, a gesture that made it clear there was no point of comparison between the two.

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Enrique Iglesias has also expressed his ambition to surpass his father. “I always wanted to be better than my father, I wanted to sell more records than my father, I always wanted to be a better singer than my father, I always wanted to be a better artist than my father,” he said when the controversy was at its height.

Despite the alleged rivalry, Julio José admits that his father is very proud of his eight children, “he tells me that every day”, but he admits that he is a very competitive man and “he still wants to be number one, that’s for sure.” very clearly.” (AND)