🌟 “Salí a buscar el amor de mi vida… y regresé con un cartón de chelas”: la confesión más humana de Rafael Amaya 🍻

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  Durante años, el rostro de Rafael Amaya ha estado asociado con poder, peligro y seducción. Como Aurelio Casillas, el protagonista de El Señor de los Cielos , fue el símbolo de una masculinidad feroz: el hombre que lo tenía todo y que no temía a nada. Pero detrás del personaje, hay un ser humano que aprendió —con golpes, risas y lágrimas— que la vida no siempre se conquista a balazos ni con glamour… sino con humildad, humor y una cerveza en la mano. La frase “Salí a buscar el amor de mi vida y regresé con un cartón de chelas” no es solo una broma viral. Es un reflejo del nuevo Rafael Amaya. Un hombre que, después de haberlo tenido todo y perder casi todo, ha decidido reírse de sí mismo, abrazar la imperfección y celebrar los pequeños placeres que antes pasaban desapercibidos. Hubo un tiempo en que Rafael vivía en modo Aurelio : siempre acelerado, rodeado de fama, luces y ruido. El éxito de la serie lo lanzó a la cima, pero también lo sumergió en una soledad silenciosa. En 2019...
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Why we should ALL be like Hyacinth Bucket: Etiquette expert reveals how the star of Keeping Up Appearances got it right when it comes to social climbing

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 Aged six, I was shown an episode of Keeping Up Appearances. It was the episode where she falls backwards off her son's friend's 'yacht' into the river.

As a young child, the physical comedy was what drew me in and for my birthday soon after I was given three videos the BBC had produced of the programme. 

Whilst many of my friends would watch CBBC, or in the households of my less socially desirable pals, CITV, I would come home and watch Hyacinth.

I even deliberately parked in the space Hyacinth spent one episode of series four reserving for 'The Drummonds, from The Grange, you know?'

Wednesday was Patricia Routledge's 87th birthday and we have also learned this week that BBC Worldwide makes the most money from international sales from Keeping Up Appearances, ahead of Top Gear, Strictly or Doctor Who.

Clearly, everyone wants to be like Hyacinth. Social climbing may now be a dirty concept but in Hyacinth and my eyes, there's nothing wrong with it. Frankly, we should ALL be like Hyacinth. 

ATTITUDE TO FAMILY

'Richard you know I love my family but that's no reason why I should have to acknowledge them in broad daylight.'

We know that Hyacinth and her sisters were born into a working class family, two of the four sisters very much stayed in the social pigeon hole they were born, but the others progressed.

Violet ('Mercedes, sauna, room for a pony') progressed perhaps a tad too far and became slightly nouveau riche (although Hyacinth had no qualms about borrowing that sister's country cottage for entertaining). But Hyacinth became middle class (arguably lower middle class, but still middle class). It is that insecurity that was played upon throughout the series.

Onslow, Daisy and Rose were there to remind Hyacinth at the worst possible moments of her humble roots. Many have relatives, however close or distant, who sometimes let the side down. (Uncle Gary Goldsmith, anyone?)

'They are my family and I love them. Especially this time of year when it gets dark early.'

And of course, if you marry into a family whose surname doesn't sound very pleasing to the ear – change it slightly.

BODY ART

Almost everyone seems to have a tattoo these days. Perhaps if more people had paid closer attention to what Saint Hyacinth had been saying people's bodies wouldn't be plastered in cheap ink?

'Oh Lord, don't let them see Onslow's big tattoo. Let the light be dim enough for them to think it is Goliath in a stain glass window.'

THE HOME

Much effort was put into the décor and upkeep of Hyacinth and Richard's house. Today where no one seems that bothered with how their houses look (inside or out) and people settle for cheaper flat-pack furniture, Hyacinth strived for quality.

In series two we had a whole episode dedicated to the new sofa – a direct replica from one at Sandringham House. Of course, it wasn't enough just to have the sofa. Every one in the street needed to know that a) the sofa was a royal replica, but b) the furniture shop had a royal warrant.

An elaborate scheme involving the very specific placement of orange cones and the surveyance of their front door was used to draw the neighbours' attention.

PRETENSION

'People who try to pretend they're superior – makes it so much harder for those of us who really are.'

Like many of us, Hyacinth worried about her social position, and also of others getting 'above their station' – specifically those who did not have to work very hard for an elevated position.

She knew what effort was involved in order to progress through the ranks but was quick to spot it in others (takes one to know one!).

'Barker-Finchs, indeed. What an affectation! She was a Barker – He was a Finch. Suddenly they're hyphenated.'

SCINTILLATING SOCIALISING

Her candlelight suppers were oft referenced, although never actually seen in action.

In the final episode of series five (the last series) Hyacinth launched a career that is very close to my heart – a business advising wannabe hostesses how to entertain.

'I could become the Barbara Cartland of the West Midlands social circuit scene.'

Admittedly, due to careless wording in the advertisement it ended as quickly as it had started, with a men's hobby circle thinking she was an escort.

I have, thankfully, never had clients thinking I was there to teach anything I wasn't going to – although I did have one W.I. (in Surbiton) ask me what the etiquette of a condom was.

'It's my duty to share my impeccable taste for a well laid table. In my own small way I shall begin to advise and educate the nation in gracious living.'

Sound familiar?

ROMANCE

Her incredibly patient husband, Richard, never really showed signs of straying from his marriage. Frankly, I think he had it rather good. A comfortable home, a wife who (although difficult) loved him, and good neighbours.

'Because we all know, the secret to marriage is give and take. Kindness, understanding, and tolerance.'

But woe betides anyone who seemingly played fast and loose with romance, love and high moral standards.

The first episode of series two when Emmett, Elizabeth next door's brother, moves in, Hyacinth sees him first draped in a towel, leading her to think Elizabeth has had what is now termed 'a one night stand'.

'I warned her against watching Channel Four... I cannot have my next door neighbour turning her home in a house of ill repute – just think what it could do to the property values!'  

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