Anecdotes of his childhood

It's said that he was a naughty boy, I believe he just wanted to play...

His parents got engaged when they were still very young. His mother Alicia Córdoba was 16 years old and his father José Verástegui, 19. José was the only boyfriend Alicia ever had. Four years had passed when they got married on 11th August, 1973. Ten months later, on 21st May 1974, Eduardo was born by caesarean section. He was the first-born child and grandchild of both families, he was therefore spoiled by all.

1.- His parents really wanted a baby boy and his father made lots of bets with his friends that their baby would be a boy. Eduardo's birth made them blissfully happy, and rich as well! .

2.- Eduardo had lots of baby clothes, that's why he was dressed in a different way every day. ( you can see some nice pictures in the gallery)

3.- His first pet was a little dog called " La Giovana ", he has always found animals fascinating.

4.- He has always loved eating fruit, especially mangoes. (in fact, Eduardo is eating a mango in my favourite photo, you can see it in the "Childhood gallery". That photo was taken by his father in Sierra de Gómez Farías en Tamaulipas, you can see that Eduardo is hiding a little mango under his leg, he used to do so, so that people wouldn't take the mangoes away from him) As a grown-up, the dessert he enjoys the most is the so-called "Pie de Mango" (Mango's foot).

5.- When Eduardo was three, his dad had to travel to Veracruz on business. Back then, Eduardo's hero was King Kong, and on his return, his father brought him a toy, a tiny King Kong. One of his buddies had been given a remote-controlled robot. They decided to stage a fight between the robot and his King Kong. Unfortunately for Eduardo, the robot defeated his King Kong. So Eduardo kicked the robot and chipped its head off. He then announced: "Now MY King Kong has won the battle".

6.- Three-years-old Eduardo used to say that his name was "José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba Capullina Cepellín Superman King Kong", his favourite characters' names.

7.- The security guards back home called Lalo "King Kong" and, whenever he tried to escape from his house, they told his mother what "King Kong" was up to. His mother would answer that she hadn't allowed him to go outside.

8.- When he was seven he got his first job was as a "Bolero" (he polished shoes). He really didn't need to work, he just wanted to make his own money. His parents still treasure at home the little box that used to do the work with.

9.- The lion cub in the photos in the "Childhood Gallery" was an African lion from the zoo known as "African Safari" from Pueblas State.

10.- A neighbour once warned Eduardo's mother that the little boy was on the other side of a nearby river. Eduardo's mum was terrified because the river was too wide, Eduardo was only three and therefore, he didn't know how to swim. He seems to have crossed the river "riding" his Labrador. Edu's mum rushed to the river, but once she got there, she noticed that Eduardo and the dog were on their way back. She kept silent for fear he might fall off the dog and drown in the water, but as son as he was on the shore, she grabbed him and smacked Lalo's bottom on the way back home. Eduardo says that it was thanks to his Labrador that he learnt to swim.

11.- He loved climbing trees. One day, he came out to play, climbed a tree and fell asleep right there, on a branch. Someone told his dad where he was. His parents feared that if they shouted at him to come back down, he would wake up abruptly and fall to the floor.

12.- He once rode his horse all day long, without letting anyone know where he was.

13.- When he was five, he had a little drum set which his dad had given him (you can see the picture in the "Childhood Gallery"). He loved playing with it. Once, Eduardo and his friend Manolo took it to pieces to make a plane. They wanted to fly. As soon as the plane was ready, it was tied to a car, so that it would be dragged and lifted once the car sped up. The car began to move at high speed, but as it reached the corner, the driver, Manolo's sister, saw the aircraft in the rear-view mirror, stopped the car, and took the boys to their mothers, so Eduardo and his friend had to put off their illusion of flying for a while.

14.- Eduardo has always been very smart and he made good progress in his studies. He was four when he began Primary school, 10 when he began Secondary school and prep school at 15.

15.- As a small child, he wouldn't let anyone walk him to school. He wanted to go to school alone, like an adult. When he was four, he was walked to school by his nanny, Sara, which made him extremely upset. One day, as they were passing by the Hydraulic Resources offices, Eduardo saw a puddle of water. The moment they were in the middle of the puddle of water, he tackled Sara, making her fall. Sara was covered in mud and so, had to come back home. All the witnesses had a laugh, as Eduardo could go to school on his own, as he wanted.

16.- Eduardo had been to the cinema with a friend to see Superman. Once back home, he gave his friend a cushion and asked him to hold it as he was going to jump off the roof from the second floor. Edu told his friend to catch him with the cushion in case he did not manage to fly. He jumped off the roof, falling on top of his friend. His friend broke his leg and Edu injured his mouth with his own knee.

Eduardo landed a little job at the age of 14. He was selling hotdogs, at a selling point just around the corner.

It was here where Eduardo enjoyed the talent of selling which he did very well.

His third job was selling ice creams in the afternoon, after school he used to walk all around the town selling the ice creams. but there was something funny about that job, everytime he looked at a car of some girl he liked he pretended he wasn't selling the ice creams then when the girl was gone, he kept working as if nothing had happened.

Now Eduardo tells that it wasn't a very good job because of the warm days he used to eat half of the ice creams he was supposed to sell and at the end of the day he had to put of his own money.

Eduardo has the nicest memories of the lake Emilio portes Gil that is just 15 minutes from Xicotencatl.. When he was a kid he used to go on weekends with his parents, sisters, and friends to fish.

One day he went out all day riding on a horse.

After his first Telenovela Eduardo returned to New York, to study acting classes, and once more tried to land a contract as singer. New York is a difficult place to survive and Eduardo knew. He saw many lobbies of record companies, but never went beyond those. Each time after delivering his press packet, he soon after found a written note in his mailbox with another diplomatic written rejection.

Doing modelling for famous agencies Eduardo earned sufficient money for his daily expenses. But he noticed there was stiff competition in the world of modelling. After a year he returned to Mexico right now his reputation as actor firmly established. But robbed of his dream to become singer..

After many more attempts to land a contract as singer, he finally gave it up and went to Miami, 2000. In Miami, the most ""Latin city of the USA"", Eduardo met other young people, all with similar asset of other people. After more than 550 hours of acting in Telenovelas, Eduardo became the best known face at Miami Beach, where he did impressive physical workout, to strengthen his muscles of steel. Furthermore Eduardo became addicted to the eating of tuna, and the other delicious foods available. However running low on money even without a car, Eduardo kept positive, pumping up the volume of the music at his little studio, nicknamed ""La Vecinidad del Chavo"" by his friends.

His press packet was forwarded to the well known name Fernán Martínez in the music industry, a manager with good credentials, and known for his skills to scoop up young new music talents like Eduardo. After receiving the press packet of Eduardo, just 5 days later Eduardo was at the music studio, grabbing the microphone, and demonstrating his talents. When he left the studio, Eduardo had a manager, songwriter, and a staff of producers, embarking on the same project.

While the CD was rolling off the press, Eduardo called his dad, and three sisters. By phone he demonstrated the songs to his five friends from ""La Vecinidad del Chavo"", who nicknamed Eduardo ""Lalo"", wich name is widely familiar through his family, friend and countless fans.

Eduardo returned to Mexico just 14 months after he left, back then with a huge dream, right now with the contract under his belt. He returned with the CD, named the ""Tortilla Digital"".

Right now Eduardo has it all, he has become successful in the artistic world, thanks to his enormous perseverance and dedication, his passion, he succeeded in the way he wanted.

He deserves this wonderful success very much, since he is such an outstanding artist, he works with a passionate soul. The guardian Angel too helped to pave the way towards his so well deserved success.