Benito Castro accepted in several interviews that the crazy pace of life he had with Paco Stanley had consequences for his health. What were the parties that both celebrities organized like and how much of it do we see in the Amazon series?
For a time, Benito Castro was Paco Stanley’s sidekick in his popular programs from the 90’s until an unfavorable comment caused him to leave television, which unleashed a distance between him and the driver which did not become completely clear until years later.
The third chapter of the popular Amazon series Who killed him? which premiered this Friday is especially dedicated to Benito Castro and what was his experience with Paco Stanley before and after his murderbut how much of what we see on the screen really happened, did the crazy parties they both organized really happen?
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As explained in the first chapter of Who killed him?, Benito Castro formed an irresistible duo with Paco Stanley in programs like Pacatelos and Come along!; When he was “punished” with his departure from these projects, Mario Bezares and shortly after Jorge Gil became the driver’s new assistants.
“With Paco Stanley he seriously drank alcohol, starting at 11 in the morning”
Actually, Paco Stanley and Benito Castro had known each other for a long time: it was in 1978 that they both had their first contact and, since then, they had a solid friendship marked by a series of parties full of excesses where alcohol and drugs were present.
If you have already seen the first chapters of Who killed him?then surely you realized the winks that the series made to the parties of Paco Stanley and Benito Castro where, as the comedian well recognized, excesses really were part of his daily life for a long time:
“With Paco Stanley he drank alcohol seriously“, from 11 in the morning,” Benito acknowledged in a talk with El escorpión dorado, where he also revealed that the marathon days extended so much that even They even drank in the dressing rooms of television sets.
Drugs, Benito assured, were also part of the substances that he and Paco consumed, although he made it clear that he was the one who provided them to Stanley: “He didn’t give me cocaine, I was the one who brought it and I shared it with him, but we also smoked marijuana,” detailed the comedian, who recognized that this crazy lifestyle had an impact on his health and that is why he calmed down:
“I was two years away from having cirrhosis because of so much alcohol I drank,” Benito Castro recognized in his talk with The Golden Scorpion, while detailing that finally stopped drinking because, In case he required a liver transplant, he did not have the necessary money to afford a surgery of this type.
