The Truth About Selena And Chris Perez’s Relationship
Instagram By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Dec. 8, 2020 1:32 pm EST
The Netflix show Selena: The Series explores the life of Selena Quintanilla, a popular singer who was tragically killed in 1995 when she was just 23 years old. In real life, Selena — who went by her first name — really did fall in love with her band’s guitarist Chris Perez, just like she does on the show.
The two eloped in 1992 and were together until Selena’s death. After he lost his wife, Perez was distraught. “I couldn’t bear a lot of things for a while,” he wrote in the book To Selena, with Love. He continued, “When we lose people who are precious to us, we all have to grieve in our own ways. My way was to keep my memories to myself. It was an automatic response for me to put a lid on my emotions after I lost Selena, because the feelings were so strong. I kept pushing my grief under the surface as I tried hard to continue what was left of my life.”
Selena and Chris Perez almost divorced
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Selena and her husband were deeply in love but their relationship had its ups and downs. At one point they even considered divorce. “We were married and together 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Perez told CNN. “We had to learn how to handle that and that was both of us. It’s not like she brought up the idea and I was fighting it because honestly I was right there with her.”
The couple eventually ended up working things out. “We communicated with each other and when that came out on the table it wasn’t like I hadn’t thought of it myself,” he said. “The more we talked about it and the more time went on, it wasn’t a long time, maybe a month, we ended up patching things up and making a promise that we would never let that happen again.” After Selena and Perez reconciled, they began to think of starting a family, a dream that was cut short by Selena’s untimely death.
The Truth About Selena And Chris Perez’s Relationship
By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Dec. 8, 2020 1:32 pm EST
The Netflix show Selena: The Series explores the life of Selena Quintanilla, a popular singer who was tragically killed in 1995 when she was just 23 years old. In real life, Selena — who went by her first name — really did fall in love with her band’s guitarist Chris Perez, just like she does on the show.
The two eloped in 1992 and were together until Selena’s death. After he lost his wife, Perez was distraught. “I couldn’t bear a lot of things for a while,” he wrote in the book To Selena, with Love. He continued, “When we lose people who are precious to us, we all have to grieve in our own ways. My way was to keep my memories to myself. It was an automatic response for me to put a lid on my emotions after I lost Selena, because the feelings were so strong. I kept pushing my grief under the surface as I tried hard to continue what was left of my life.”
The two eloped in 1992 and were together until Selena’s death. After he lost his wife, Perez was distraught. “I couldn’t bear a lot of things for a while,” he wrote in the book To Selena, with Love.
He continued, “When we lose people who are precious to us, we all have to grieve in our own ways. My way was to keep my memories to myself. It was an automatic response for me to put a lid on my emotions after I lost Selena, because the feelings were so strong. I kept pushing my grief under the surface as I tried hard to continue what was left of my life.”
Selena’s father did not approve of her relationship with Chris Perez
Selena’s sister, Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga told the outlet that Perez “was out of the band for a while” and that “Selena was miserable the entire time.” Selena eventually eloped so she could be with Perez.
Selena and Chris Perez almost divorced
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Selena and her husband were deeply in love but their relationship had its ups and downs. At one point they even considered divorce. “We were married and together 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Perez told CNN. “We had to learn how to handle that and that was both of us. It’s not like she brought up the idea and I was fighting it because honestly I was right there with her.”
The couple eventually ended up working things out. “We communicated with each other and when that came out on the table it wasn’t like I hadn’t thought of it myself,” he said. “The more we talked about it and the more time went on, it wasn’t a long time, maybe a month, we ended up patching things up and making a promise that we would never let that happen again.” After Selena and Perez reconciled, they began to think of starting a family, a dream that was cut short by Selena’s untimely death.
The couple eventually ended up working things out. “We communicated with each other and when that came out on the table it wasn’t like I hadn’t thought of it myself,” he said. “The more we talked about it and the more time went on, it wasn’t a long time, maybe a month, we ended up patching things up and making a promise that we would never let that happen again.”
After Selena and Perez reconciled, they began to think of starting a family, a dream that was cut short by Selena’s untimely death.
