Luis Farfan, The father of former Peruvian soccer player Jefferson Farfán, has been shrouded in a halo of mystery over the years due to his absence in the media. This discretion aroused curiosity among sports followers and the press, who have always wondered about the reasons behind his low profile.
It was in a revealing exclusive interview with ‘TeleDeportes’, Panamericana Televisión program, where the father of ‘Foquita’ decided to break his silence and explain the personal and family reasons that led him to stay away from media exposure.
In the interview, he admitted that one of the main reasons for avoiding the cameras was his role as an absent father during the childhood of the popular ’10 on the street’. “I was an absentee father to Jefferson and now that he’s playing, people might think I want to be behind him. Therefore, I try not to go out and talk much. I have always worked for myself, I have not used him,” he confessed.
So, don ‘Lucho’ Farfan He made it clear that his distancing in the media was not due to a lack of interest in the success of his firstborn, but rather a desire to avoid misinterpretations of his approach now that he has achieved fame.
In his words, he has always preferred to maintain an independent life, away from the possible media exploitation of his relationship with the Alianza Lima idol.
Despite speculation, Luis Farfan He also assured that his relationship with Jefferson is cordial and close. “We have a normal relationship, fine. We get together and talk. There is nothing wrong, as people think. We get together and talk normally, but people are bad and misinterpret, suddenly because I live somewhere else and they think that I will never greet them,” she said in the 2020 interview.
Along these lines, he stressed that he prefers that his conversations and meetings with his son remain private, away from public curiosity. “I can’t tell everyone what I talked about with Jefferson. I talk privately with him and that’s it,” she concluded.
Jefferson Farfán has caused a stir with his recent statements on the popular podcast ‘La fe de Cuto’, directed by his uncle, Luis Guadalupe. In an extensive interview, he talked about his early years in football and shared anecdotes from his childhood.
The conversation focused especially on his relationship with his father, Luis Farfán Quispe, whom he described in a more friendly than paternal way.
In the interview, ‘Foquita’ mentioned that she does not hold any resentment towards her father despite his absence during her childhood, and stated that she maintains a relationship of respect and humor with him. These revelations occurred just before Father’s Day, giving an intimate insight into her family life.
“I am no one to judge him. He who judges is the one above. We maintain a respect, when I see him I greet him, but the joke always comes out, I screw him up: ‘Why didn’t you give me my jar of milk, right now you would be in my mansion?’. He laughs himself to death, he likes it,” he said.
Recently, it has become known that the athlete and idol of Alianza Lima is involved in an important real estate project in the south of Lima. According to the television program ‘Todo se Filtra’ on Panamericana TV, he is building a shopping center at kilometer 40 of the Panamericana Sur, a project that began in January and whose inauguration is expected in December of this year.
