Kiko Rivera has given the most sincere interview of his life. Three and a half hours in which the Sevillian DJ was interviewed by YouTuber Jordi Wild for his podcast, The Wild Project. In this talk, Kiko Rivera talked about everything, from his complicated relationship with the gossip press and her famous mother, Isabel Pantoja; but also his addictions and serious health problems in recent times.
The son of the tonadillera tells how in his most difficult time he almost died from drug consumption. Becoming independent and entering the world of the night complicated his life, to the point that he could not go a day without using. “I could have died on one of my crazy nights,” he says, even confessing the huge amount of cocaine he consumed on one of those nights out.
Isabel Pantoja’s son remembers how at 19 he became independent. “They sent me to an apartment in Sanchinarro. I became the partying Kiko Rivera, the one that everyone knows. Everything that my mother had not left me, I left that year. I became a… It opened up to me the world of bowling. 1,500 bucks to take photos, wherever I go,” says Kiko.
At his first gig in Castellón, the DJ reveals that he charged 1,600 euros, and became “hooked” to that lifestyle, in which he consumed up to “10 grams of coke” every night.
“I didn’t have financial problems, but I had worse problems. Vice in all its maximum splendor,” laments Kiko Rivera. “It created a lifelong problem for me that today I continue to fight against. I am very well, because today I do have the tools to fight and channel things as I have to, but I have had a very bad time,” he says.
The DJ reveals that he could earn 100,000 euros in a week: “I went bankrupt and had eight million euros in the bank. I spent it in two years. I could have died on one of my crazy nights, which I got 10 grams of cocaine. I have used it daily for many years. I am quite well,” he says.
Isabel Pantoja’s son confesses that he continues in treatment because “the demon is still there”, but he is grateful for all the support he has received during all these years. Especially to his wife, Irene Rosales, who claims that she is the one who “saved him.” “My wife is my guardian angel. I love her more every day. She has saved me,” he insists.
The DJ and singer assures that he is taking the necessary measures so that none of his children make the same mistakes: “What I don’t want to happen to my children is precisely this: that they earn a lot of money and it happens to them. I am preparing them “Of course. If life is going well for them, they don’t make the same mistakes,” he insists, bluntly. The Sevillian has three children, Francisco (10), the result of his relationship with the model Jessica Bueno; and two girls, Ana (7) and Carlota (5), with Irene Rosales.
Now, Kiko Rivera recognizes that he is in the best moment of his life, despite not having as much money or fame. “I have less money, but I’m happier,” she insists. “I’m happy with other things.”
