Emilio Estefanwent to great lengths to escapeCubaand its dictatorship.
“He tried in so many different ways to get you and your father and your brother out after your mother had passed,” Gloria, 64, tells Lili, 54, in the clip.
“I remember when my father told me that you were risking your life to save us,” responded Lili.
Gloria recalled how Emilio, 68, got on a “20-foot boat” to try to escape the island.
Emilio and Gloria Estefan.Walter McBride/WireImage
“You don’t get in the ocean on a 20-foot boat,” says Gloria. “None of them knew what they were doing. What they did is run out of gas.”
“For 10 days they were lost at sea, and all I kept hearing through the news was — the name of their boat was Popeye but there was other ones — and they said there’s been a Popeye lost at sea and I’m pregnant here and I don’t know what’s happening,” she adds in the emotional clip.
On the upcoming episode, the Estefans are set to speak about the horrible experiences people are experiencing in Cuba today as they share stories of how they escaped their homeland decades ago. Cuban star Laz Alonso joins the women in this week’s episode, along with Martha Beatriz Ferrer, whose father was imprisoned during recent protests and has been missing ever since.
The Estefans.Courtesy Facebook Watch
“I revolted and I told him, ‘This cannot happen, you cannot do this,’ and he goes, ‘Your father’s in Vietnam, your mother’s alone, and I will kill her if you tell her,'” Estefan added. “And I knew he was crazy because at no point did I ever think that it was because of me that this was happening. I knew the man was insane and that’s why I thought he might actually hurt my mother.”
source: people.com
