Peruvian actor Diego Bertie passed away in the early hours of this Friday, August 5 after falling from the 14th floor of a building in Miraflores, Peru. Although the man was immediately transferred to a hospital, he arrived there lifeless due to the multiple fractures and injuries he suffered.
The artist is remembered in Latin America for his participation in numerous soap operas and movies such as Desperate housewives, There is room in the background, Things of love, The Andes do not believe in God, This smells badamong many others.
This year, the actor made headlines after confirming for the first time that he had a love affair with Peruvian journalist Jaime Bayly when they were both college students, after avoiding the subject for 28 years.
The fact occurred during an interview that the actor granted to Magaly Medina. However, many were surprised by the confession, as both Bertie and Bayly have been married to women in the past and have children.
The history of both dates back to 1994, when Bayly published one of his most successful books, Do not tell anybody. There he narrated the story of Joaquín Camino, the protagonist of the story, who was homosexual and fought against pressure from his conservative family. Since its publication, many believed that it was the journalist’s own story.
Another central character in the story was Gonzalo Guzmán, an actor from Lima whom Joaquín met in an interview and with whom he had a fleeting and passionate romance. Both hid the relationship for two reasons: they had girlfriends and presented themselves to the world as heterosexual. Gonzalo’s character was quickly related to Diego Bertie, who was already a recognized actor in the 90s.
This novel would have been what opened a long path of differences between the two and the press tirelessly speculated about a possible relationship between them, so Bayly He decided to broach the subject and during an interview with Bertie he said: “You know that I published this novel and I was very sorry that certain rogue press associated certain people with my novel. You were one of those victims », and he added the question: « What did you feel? ».
The actor’s response was brief and limited himself to giving his opinion on the novel: “Nothing happened. I have read it and I liked it. She seems to me to be honest and a bit adolescent, but not in a bad way. Honestly teenage. She liked me”.
The differences between the two escalated in 2005, when Bayly, in an interview with Magaly Medina, confessed his liking for Bertie, who by then was already openly homosexual.
“I liked Diego Bertie, yes. We had a very nice story. Yes, (I know she has been divorced). I hope he is well, happy, I remember him fondly. I do believe that Diego Bertie will always like me, never say never. But I’m already old, I don’t think he’s interested in having a romp with me, “Bayly said at the time.
For his part, the actor had avoided talking about it for 10 years, but the journalist’s statements focused the spotlight on him again. Finally, Bertie gave in to the pressure of the journalists and spoke of the estrangement they had.
“I do not tell my intimacies on television, it will be his style, I respect it. Let him speak what he wants, total, they are words. We’re not friends, I haven’t even seen him in a long time, I don’t feel like seeing him either. Let him continue doing his program and I do mine, “said Bertie.
The actor and the writer
“They see each other very late at night, after work, after being with their girlfriends. The writer moves to a colder city. He does not want to return to television. He writes of the man he loved, the actor. He changes the names, presents it as a novel, but when the book is published, many people recognize the actor and the writer. Everyone knows or suspects that they were lovers, the writer clarifies that the book is fiction, but nobody believes him, “says the story called The actor and the writerpublished by Bayly in 2007, in his opinion space in the newspaper Mail.
This writing made the press focus its attention on both again, due to the details that the journalist narrated about a romance and a subsequent enmity between the protagonists of the story. Apparently, this made Bertie more upset.
“The actor hides, denies everything. He hates the writer, whom he considers… a traitor. The writer marries and has children. The actor marries and has children. The actor is divorced and does not recognize that he likes men. The writer goes to a program, they ask about the actor. He says they were lovers, that he misses him. The actor says that he doesn’t want to see the writer anymore, that he was never his very close friend, or anything. The writer turns on the television and his boyfriend tells him ‘That’s weird. He doesn’t have the balls to come out of the closet, but he does have the balls to do a detergent commercial,’” he also wrote in his column.
The waters calmed down and the attention on both decreased, however, the actor was frequently questioned about Bayly in interviews. In one of them, in 2010, he said about it: “It is part of my life, but it is not my present. At one time we were friends, but not such great friends. But honestly, he said so many things that it is no longer a concern in my life nor is it something that interests me.”
Bertie finally confirmed the relationship
In May 2022, 28 years later, the actor Diego Bertie had a chat with Magaly Medina and there he acknowledged that he did have a relationship with Jaime Bayly. In addition, he expressed his anger and pain at the way in which the journalist “profited” from said story and repeatedly exposed his intimacy.
“Indeed yes, I was a friend of Jaime. We had a relationship, a short relationship, a failed relationship, it was not a relevant relationship. What was relevant was what he did with it. He wrote books, he exposed my privacy. He violated my family, my daughter, my life, my career, and he hurt me a lot, “Bertie acknowledged in the interview.
Bayly has been married for 11 years to Silvia Núñez del Arco, whom he met when she was 18 years old and he was 42. They both have a daughter and are based in Miami.
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The hidden romance between Diego Bertie and Jaime Bayly