RBD In The August Issue of People en Español - Christian Tells Everything

Filed in archive Latin Music on July 1, 2007

In the August issue of People en Español, members of musical group RBD - Anahi, Dulce Maria, Maite, Christian, Christopher and Alfonso - talk about everything the fans want to know: their personal lives, growing up in the public eye, and how do they handle rumors. Also, for the first time, Christian Chavez talks about his coming out of the closet.

"I don't want to lie anymore, and [I don't want to] lie to myself because of fear," said Christian back in March, when photos of his Canadian commitment ceremony with partner William Murphy, a stylist, suddenly landed on the web. The problem: only months before, the singer had publicly denied being gay in an exclusive interview with People en Español. "I had that conflict," Christian now admits, about not being ready to disclose his sexuality last year. "I didn't know what was going to happen. [I had to think of] my family, my band mates too. Obviously, people ask, 'Hey, why didn't you just say it from the beginning?' I mean, I'm 23 years old. I'm not the voice of experience. I have my fear and flaws."

It's completely understandable, after all. Poor guy is in the spotlight big time, with all the RBD success, he as public person; and it's not like being gay is accepted by everybody, these days. Wouldn't you be afraid too? I know I would. So, he denied it. C'mon, the guy is barely a grown-up; he was afraid and made a mistake. I'm glad his fans didn't crucify him because of this.

Christian says his fear was losing the chance to entertain others with his singing, dancing and acting. "We didn't know how people were going to react," he says. But what he found was acceptance from fans. "They accepted that I would say, 'I am like this and I'm going to be happy.'" And he's relieved. "Now, I sing during the concerts and I feel that my voice is completely different," he says. "Now I'm really a free spirit and it shows."

Of course he's relieved. He's no longer hiding who he really is, and he's not afraid anymore. Again, wouldn't you be relieved?

With the latest installment of their new television show, RDB: La Familia, the characters are now dealing with more mature topics such as infidelity and virginity. "Innovating is always good," says Dulce Maria, who explains that even though their characters are more like them than in their previous novela, they are not doing a reality show.

I don't know really why. I don't like reality shows that much, but an RDB Reality Show would be a huge success for sure. The fans would kill to see their "behind the scenes".

Besides TV, the group also is working on a world tour, the release of another Spanish-language CD the re-release of their English-language CD, Rebels- which it has been reported will include a duet with The black eyed peas - and working with their children's foundation, Sálvame (Save Me). All of this and the band members are only in their early 20's.

Anahi, Dulce Maria, Maite, Christian, Christopher and Alfonso's careers are going very well. I wonder how long the RBD phenomena will last. What do you think? They are here to stay, or RBD is just another pop culture product which will soon disappear?

Check People en Español for more news.