Chiquis Rivera dedicates her new book to victims of violence: “It was healing to write it down”

Janney Marin, better known as Chiquis Rivera, He spent two years reading on the Internet and watching on television a “distorted” version of his life, saying practically not a word about it. The artist and businesswoman saved her version for the book Invinciblewhich comes out on the market this Tuesday and in an interview with Eph defined as “the truth”.

“It was very difficult not to say anything and it was healing to write it down”admitted the artist, who acknowledged that reviewing the episodes of her life since she decided to sell her mother’s house, Jenni Rivera (1969-2012), Until the beginning of 2021, it led her to go through moments in which she felt “stupid” and others in which she felt very “proud” of herself.

But that cathartic process was not the engine behind the publication, which is already the most sold in advance by amazon in the category of books in Spanish. “I wrote Invincible to help women who are going through the same thing and people who can recognize the situation of abuse in people close to them. It is a book for victims of domestic violence.he exposed.

“I want them to see that we can get out of that, that we can break family patterns, that we can succeed in business. I did not do it to hurt anyone, but to inspire “assured.

Beyond the intention, the worst unemployed in the emotional part of the story, dominated by disappointments, drugs, alcoholism and betrayals, is the singer Lawrence Mendez, whom he married in 2019. His uncles Rosie and Juan Rivera, who were in charge of his mother’s financial legacy, are also not very good.

For this reason, he is aware that the book will cause a wave of new controversies, which he claimed to want to leave behind so that people can focus on his musical career. He rules out that it is contradictory to reveal intimacies in his book, his second biography after Sorry (2015).

More than a wave, most likely Invincible unleash a tsunami. Chiquis, as she prefers to be called in her professional life, wrote “no frills” about the end of her engagement with record executive Ángel del Villarwhom he describes as jealous and controlling.

In addition, she described passages from her life with Méndez, in which the former vocal leader of La Original Banda El Limón physically assaulted her, and her episodes with alcohol and cocaine.

Life lessons

Invincible It is without a doubt the testimony of a woman in two negative relationships. The first, very toxic. The second, dangerous. Both situations fall under the umbrella of physical and psychological domestic abuse.

At 36 years old, Chiquis feels psychologically healthier and at peace with herself. “Different tools such as therapy, meditation, prayer and the support of counselors, my brothers, my (Christian) pastors and exercise helped me a lot”, revealed. For her, the essential thing is to ask for help, to know and accept herself.

To ignore that the artist belongs to one of the most famous families in the Latin entertainment world in the United States would be to cover the sun with a finger. She tried it herself, but she has already given up, at least in front of the public.

That is why he accepted Invincible came out with the name of Chiquis Rivera, although it is not her first surname, neither legal nor professional.

“My greatest wish is that we can be in harmony as a family, not to mention business, racing. It’s what I wanted the most”he stated.

However, in the book he recounts painful scenes with his uncles and cousins. He even acknowledged that there is “distance” between her and her grandmother Rose Saavedra for the decision of Chiquis and her brothers to audit the companies that their mother left and that were under the management of their aunt Rosie.

love and music

In InvincibleChiquis answers the main questions that her followers have been asking her for years, regarding the intimacies of her relationship with Ángel del Villar, president of DEL Records, the label that launched figures such as Gerardo Ortiz and Eslabón Armado.

Despite the difficulties between them, which caused a break after more than five years of relationship, the artist is “very grateful” for the support that Del Villar gave her after the death of her mother and in the launch of her artistic career.

With her ex-husband, Lorenzo Méndez, the artist is not benevolent and describes painful scenes caused by what she claims are her addictions to alcohol and cocaine, including a serious and dangerous episode. Furthermore, she accuses him of leaking information to celebrity gossip shows, creating unfortunate situations.

In a few words, there was no stone left to lift in the complicated life of Chiquis Rivera.

She promised that after the interviews to promote Invincible He will not talk about those topics again, but will concentrate on his music. In this regard, she said that this year her fourth studio album will be released, which, although it does not yet have a name, includes songs already on the market such as “I want to wake up with someone.” (I)