Walter mercado es gay
All is done with his long-life assistant Willy Acosta on his side. Time would let me know and it would make sense later on, but at the time, he was an enigma, waiting and wanting to be deciphered, and a clear reflection of myself all at the same time.
MIAMI.-Walter Mercado falleció este domingo a la edad de 88 años y siempre fue muy reservado con su vida privada, en especial, sobre los rumores sobre su supuesta homosexualidad. Cue in a mystical, eerie, almost otherworldly music with astrological graphics on screen.
They were curious about Walter the astrologer, but mainly Walter the person. And the rest is history. Cut to a wide angle shot.
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Walter Mercado is known to the world as a gender-nonconforming TV personality and astrologer. As time went on, I perceived that he was a unique character, a very different man from the ones I was used to seeing on any screen. Photo courtesy of Netflix.
Not much happened after that until he decided to join a theater group in Ponce, Puerto Rico and seriously pursue acting and in there lies my first surprise. We adore balance, beauty, and diplomacy. Yes, spectacle. Making a decision will always be the bane of our existence.
Walter, obviously, but who was he? While promoting a play at a television show, he arrived in a cape and after finishing his segment —and because the producers needed to fill in time on the show— he was asked if could he do astrology readings since he loved astrology so much.
Who was he? I was around four or five. In frame: a figure, standing firmly on the ground in a long and big cape. Was the Puerto Rican icon gay or queer?. He brought light, humor, and love into our homes. Slowly the camera zooms in, inching closer, but not too close.
Trying to define my identity was —and is still— an ongoing process. Resorting to candid interviews with those close to Walter —those who knew him professionally and personally— and even Walter himself, directors Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch shed light on the human behind the extravagance, the soul behind the screen.
Walter Mercado Photo courtesy of Netflix. La vida privada de Walter Mercado fue todo un secreto, y aunque siempre trató de mantener bajo llave los asuntos de su intimidad, con la honestidad que lo caracterizaba, el vidente era consciente de que había rumores sobre su orientación sexual y ello no le molestaba en lo más mínimo.
Walter the actor. Word spread in the village of his miraculous powers that he became the village healer. Walter Mercado and his life-long assistant Willy Acosta. On the tail end of the telecast, the host introduced him. Okay, that definitely makes sense.