“I always had in my head that I had to be a virgin at marriage. And I had boyfriends, I had a boyfriend for three or four years, and nothing “, was part of the story of María José Quiroz in Podemos Hablar
The 50-year-old actress -who became known in the comedy duo Las Iluminadas, which she joined with Mariú Martínez in Morandé con Compañía-, mother of two children, referred to her sexual debut. These were her words on the Chilevisión program:
“Most of the things I have done late. I tried alcohol at 34, because my friends forced me, ‘it is impossible that you have not drunk’. And I don’t know if they inculcated me by telling me, but many times things are transferred to one’s family without telling you.
“And I always had in my head that I had to be a virgin at marriage. I always had that idea in my head. And I had boyfriends, I had a boyfriend for three or four years, and nothing. And when I ended up with a boyfriend and met another, they told me ‘I don’t think so…’ They didn’t believe me. They told me ‘you’re lying to me’.
“And it wasn’t even a cartridge, it was because my goal was for it to be with the person I was going to marry”
Manu Gonzálezalso invited to Podemos Hablar: “That is, they were not to get married, they were to be entertained”
Maria Jose Quiroz: “Nope. Because I was 18 or 19 years old, I knew I wasn’t going to get married. But yes with this person, who I knew was going to marry me. This was at the age of 22. I got married at 24. And that person I married and he is the father of my child”
Cretton: “That is, you fulfilled it”
Quiroz: “Yes”
Savka Pollakalso invited to Podemos Hablar: “And was it before or following you got married?”
Quiroz: “It was a little earlier. And in fact, I would like the same for my (five-year-old) daughter.”
González: “But in current times?”
Quiroz: “But it is that for me it does not pass through time. I have a 17-year-old son who we have always talked regarding the same thing, it is very difficult for him to arrive a virgin at marriage, it is not my issue with him either and it is not because of a sexist issue.
“But he does have things super clear and he tells me ‘Mom, I’m not old enough yet, I have other interests.’ So I think he goes beyond the times. Just as he ‘hey, but nowadays all the goats at twelve years old…’ That’s not why mine is going to do it too.
“And it’s not because it’s a bad thing for me, but I think that in life everything has its time, everything has its value, its maturation, so I think like that and I don’t regret it”
Cretton: “And at that time of 18, was it very difficult to control yourself?”
Quiroz: “It’s not that it was difficult for me to control myself. It was not an issue for me.”
González: “I imagine that test before you got married was good, because you did get married. But what if it turns bad? If with that person the sexual act is not satisfactory?
Quiroz: “In my case, it wasn’t such a priority for me, like ‘if I don’t like sex, I’m going to fail.’ No. From the start, we were theater school classmates, we were super friends, we had other topics and this was a complement.
“In fact, we later broke up because we realized we were more friends than a couple and to this day we’re super good friends.”
