For almost 50 years, through its program In family with Chabelo, the host Xavier López Rodríguez, better known as “Chabelo”, managed to become the friend of all the children of countless generations who grew up watching his program every Sunday. Despite the fact that the driver no longer appears on television, in recent years he has gained popularity for the memes that referred to the fact that the actor was eternal.
However, almost at the same time that they announced his return to television, but this time in an animated version, it was also reported that the actor was in poor health. Given the concern shown by the public, his son confirmed that our beloved “Chabelo” is sick.
Through the morning show the sun rises, the driver Gustavo Adolfo Infante reported that “Chabelo” apparently suffered from Alzheimer’s or senile dementia. Given the worrying news, during an interview with the driver Javier Poza, Xavier López Miranda, the actor’s son, spoke about his father’s health, although he did not confirm or deny what Adolfo Infante said.
My dad is completely retired, for health reasons. Contrary to what many people think, my old man is not eternal, I wish he was, and he has had a couple of difficult years. He’s fine, he’s a very strong guy, but he’s retired.
– Xavier López Miranda, son of Chabelo
Among the topics he talked about in the interview, Xavier López explained that his father is already retired from his artistic career. In addition, he said that although “Chabelo” still wants to continue in the artistic medium, in recent years, his health has not been entirely good. He even confessed, without giving details, that during the confinement due to the pandemic, his father went through very difficult times.
Thank God he really wants to, although he wants to and they are 87 years old. My father gave him everything for many years, towards weekends, cabaret, the program. He worked like crazy.
Despite the fact that the official Twitter account of “Chabelo” announced the return of the friend of all children to television, as much as the 87-year-old actor wants to return to the screen, his health does not allow it, but his son assures that it is not so serious as to worry his public.
Last night an announcement was made that has me very “animated” hehehe, a new production of @xavierlopezm Y @Thr3MediaGroupand more projects are coming very soon ! pic.twitter.com/IbukAEWTlb
– Xavier Lopez Chabelo (@chabelooficial) May 22, 2022
We hope that the state of health of our beloved “Chabelo” improves soon to see him announce his animated series and the premiere of his bioseries.