Most of the known faces that today take the television grill They yearned for children to make a name among the spotlights And the sets. The case of Florentino Fernández (52 years old) is very different. He always dreamed of following his father’s steps as EMT bus driver. He tried unsuccessfully. A sign that his way was going to run along another path.
Better known as Flo, the Madrid is today one of the most important comedians, actors and television collaborators in the country with A career of more than three decades behind them. This Thursday visits ‘El Hormiguero’ to chat about his latest project. It is jury in practices in ‘Your face sounds to me’, occupying the gap left by Carlos Latre.
It is one more in the Long list of the works you have done so far. He debuted on the small screen in 1996. It was in ‘Tonight we crossed the Mississippi’, a space presented by Pepe Navarro. There he made his first imitations. The public’s acceptance was such that He was offered a fixed position as a collaborator.
The refusal of Flo
during his visit, Florentino and his companions, Ana Guerra and Esperona Gracia, have talked about their experience in ‘Your face sounds to me’. As they were talking, Pablo Motos showed images of the artist’s performances and humorist. However, the presenter wanted to have a gesture with Flo and has announced that he was going to issue the imitation made by Jimmy Somerville during his edition of the contest.
Something that seemed very innocent has become a small confrontation between host and guest. The reason is that Motos commented that Fernández had made many roosters trying to make the false of that song. “No, you can’t put it. Do not fuck me “said Flo. A complaint to which motorcycles was deaf. “All very attentive …”, said the presenter when he has been interrupted by the comedian: “No. Right now, in Telecinco they are giving …”.
A way of redirecting the audience towards the competition so as not to see their video. Even so, Paul has issued the images of that performance. Not just that. The presenter wanted to see him again to what Flo has reacted with forcefulness: “I really say that I am Platinum Guest. “ In this way, the guest has rebelled before Paul’s wishes, although in the end the driver has come out with his.
The incident that changed the life of Flo
At that time, it was Security Vigilante. During the long nights at work and due to boredom, He learned endless imitations. In one of them he lived an incident that marked a before and after in his life. “Once I caught an uncle stealing in a Vips. I said: ‘What?
That was recorded and over time his friends encouraged him to try to make a career in this world. Months later, as he told, they called him from Telecinco to participate in a delivery of the Pepe Navarro space. Without thinking much, he traveled to the capital and, despite not having prepared anything, made the entire television set laugh. He left there with an offer under his arm.
“My mother asked me to stop making the dumb until she saw the 380,000 pesetas she had won (2,200 euros),” he said. However, he was still determined to continue being security vigilant. Combined both as he could Until the character of Crispín Klander appeared in his life.
The millionaire offer that rejected
He had many offers since its inception, but there was one that, today, still remembers. “I got a director of ‘Telecinco’ and asked me: ‘What do you pay you, Pepe Navarro?’ I still did not convince him at all, so He went to see his parents.
“My father is a bus driver, that is, my father’s salary could be 30,000 euros a year. For my father it was difficult to understand. He asked me what I had to do and I told him that I had not asked. And he said: Well, ask him first because, what if they commission you something you can’t do?” He said.
It was his mother who made him finish convincing himself from rejecting that offer: “‘100 million pesetas? That is a lot of money. Money is fine in the necessary amount, but more is cancer.’” A sample of the character of the king of imitation in Spain and the education he received.
His discreet family life
In his sentimental life he is equally happy. It owes everything to the comic profession because it was on a television set where he met the woman he has married for more than 20 yearsLidia Fernández. Specifically, in the ‘El Informal’. They fell in love and have not separated since then. Together with her, she has had her son Juan, 20, who has taken her thug and artististic vein, just like him inherited her from her father.
The wedding with the wife of her life would not arrive until ten years after knowing each other. The ceremony was held at the Embassy of Spain in Paris, where her relatives resided. They lead a most discreet life. They do not like to lavish in the events or in the red carpets. In fact, Flo is made up of a daily routine.
“I have a very normal life, I go to the market, I go to the supermarket, I’m going to buy, I’m going to take my son to school …”, I said Flo in an interview in the country. His normality is such that he remembers how his son assured him that I did not understand that it was comic being how serious it is in your day to day.
