Oscar De La Hoya is laying it all out and opening up about his story.
, childhood friend/business partner Eric Gomez, ex-trainer Jesus Rivero, boxing promoter Bob Arum, boxing legend Bernard Hopkins and former mistress Milana Dravnel also participate.His mother's 'dying wish' was a lie
But Oscar's older brother, Joel Jr., was by her bedside. Joel recalls in the documentary that he told her for the first time that he loved her just before she struggled for her last breath."It’s the culture. My father’s generation, my grandfather’s generation grew up so tough with no emotion," he said."The typicalmentality. With my mother, all I wanted was love from her, to hear the words that I love you. Because I wasn’t a bad kid.
"I understood exactly what he needed. The feminine expression. Being able to be joyful, and playful and childlike," she says in the doc."All those qualities are suppressed. And he was like, really connected to the feminine [side], especially with me. Some people get drunk and they just want to roll on the floor and do nothing. He wanted to sing, and put on clothes, and pretend and play. And sometimes he would cry. He would break down crying, which most men can’t do.
And that's when she spotted them at the Latin GRAMMYs in the early 2000s-- Oscar and Milagros"Millie" Corretjer, the Puerto Rican singer who -- after being shown a clip of her singing -- inspired Oscar to sing with passion. Oscar says the record label arranged for them to meet, and Millie eventually landed a role in one of his music videos as his love interest.
Devon ultimately reached out to Oscar on Instagram when he was 16, and they planned a dinner meeting at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 2013. Devon said when he saw Oscar, he started balling. He was happy and angry at the same time, adding that he wanted to punch Oscar in the face but also hug him tight and never let him go.
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