Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos (León, Spain, October 16, 1971), better known as Frank Cuesta o Frank from the Junglehas been off mainstream television for four years but still generates great controversy on social media for his open war against his ex, the Thai singer, actress and former model Yuyeewho has rebuilt her life with a trans person, Chris, with whom has announced a wedding. The naturalist, tennis coach, presenter and herpetologist has admitted that he lied about his ex and made some comments that were labelled as “homophobic”.
The reasons for the discord are the economic amounts that the herpetologist gives to his ex and the alleged problems of addiction of her, who she said is “an alcoholic and a drug addict.” Yuyee’s interview in The World This has alarmed Cuesta, who has made some comments about his ex’s girlfriend that have been labelled on social media as “homophobic”, “sexist” or “fascist”.
“When I met Chris, Frank reduced my pension to 2,500 euros and then lowered the amount even further. I asked him to increase this amount because the quality of life I had when we were married is very different from what I have now. According to the laws (in Thailand), it is his responsibility. But I trusted his word and we did not sign any contract,” Yuyee said. The former model is very angry with the wave of criticism she is receiving from some of her ex’s followers: “I don’t know if Frank has anything to do with the attacks. “What I do know is that I have to set boundaries and protect my life as best I can, and also protect everyone I love. I’m having a hard time living a normal life and I feel very threatened by all of this,” she says.
Lies and negotiations
Yuyee’s negotiation with Telecinco to be interviewed in Friday! This worried Cuesta, who left through the back door on Mediaset Spain. The Thai woman had already revealed some of her ex’s faults in an interview. “For 22 years, I never really felt loved and his lies were constant. I felt smaller and smaller. So misunderstood that my true self faded away. I wasn’t happy and now I just want to free myself from all that control. I ask people to have compassion,” she said.
“As a couple, it was difficult because of the constant lying and not feeling loved or important. As a father, I think he tried his best in many ways, but the complications of our relationship made it difficult for us to function as a close-knit family. The unresolved issues and the nature of our relationship affected the family dynamic, making it difficult to maintain a healthy environment for our children,” she added.
Yuyee showed herself to be happily in love with Chris. “I’m so grateful that she came into my life at the right time, when I felt so isolated. I’m not alone anymore. I have support now, and I’ve found a love that makes me feel confident that I’m good enough, and I love her for that,” she says.
“Chris is my first same-sex relationship, and it’s something totally new for me. I don’t see anything wrong with it, love is love. I’ve been an active supporter of the LGBTQ community in Thailand. I practice inclusion and believe that everyone is equal. If more people practiced inclusion, maybe there would be less conflict,” she explains.
Imprisonment for carrying cocaine
It seems that Frank Cuesta has used Yuyee’s alleged health problems to try to destroy her reputation. “Girl, you’re an alcoholic, you’re a drug addict, and the ones who have suffered are me and your children in a house,” he claims. “We’ve been paying for all of her shit,” he added. “When you realize that there’s no money saved and there’s a guy at home who’s living the party and I’m paying for it; then no more,” he indicated.
The TV personality counts among his supporters his middle son Zorro, who is very upset with Yuyee after being imprisoned in 2014 for carrying cocaine: “It’s like my life has been a lie. I spent seven years waiting, trying to go see her every week, doing what I could, but after all, she’s doing this. All for money, it’s crazy. I can’t understand what she’s thinking.” “The money my father sends her is more than enough to live on. But when we need money, she never has it. She wants to lead a life of luxury while neglecting my 14-year-old sister. I didn’t know the situation was so bad,” he says.
Rise and fall of Frank Cuesta: 8,000 euros a month on YouTube
Without the audience of yesteryear, accused of being an editor and sidelined ideologically. This is how Frank Cuesta finds himself, Cuatro’s darling between 2010 and 2013 with the successful Frank of the Jungle. That programme reached around 2 million viewers. But the relationship between the herpetologist and Mediaset ended badly.
In 2014 Cuesta joined a smaller channel, DMaxwhere he remained until 2020 with audiences in free fall. He was greatly damaged by a report published in 2019 which claimed that he was not being persecuted in Thailand and that he had some videos that smelled like a setup.
The television personality defended himself: “There is no setup. What you’ve seen is what there is and you’ll see it again. Do you know why? Because I live things, I don’t talk about them. And I’m going to continue the same way. What happens is that when you say what you think and you don’t owe anything to anyone on a political level or in subsidies or foundations, they have to attack you. And I don’t care, because it’s not going to cost me my money or my position. That’s my freedom.” In 2020 he explained his departure from television. “You have to know how to stop. I don’t see myself doing more seasons. I think we’ve done brutal things that we’re not going to do on television anymore. We have to make way for new and younger people,” he declared. His television rating was going downhill without brakes. Since then he took refuge on YouTube with a personal channel with which he claims to pocket around 8,000 euros per month.
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