Hey gooday my loves on the eve of the biggest cultural celebration in NYC “The National Puerto Rican Day Parade” alot of interesting news has been popping up and BOOM i came across this story on John Leguizamo the self proclaimed half puerto rican turns out to NOT be PuertoRican AT ALL! hmmmm why the lies? why front to be of a culture you have no roots from? This has me confused i mean we all have seen he movies he always plays a puertoRican we’ve all seen his comedy specials he always has a story of his childhood reminiscing over his puertorican up bringing…BUT HOLD UP YOUR NOT PUERTO RICAN AT ALL???? NOT EVEN A LIL? why lie? reguardless hes still a funny and talented Latino but WHY LIE? and why deney your colombian culture?
According to his FATHER its time for John to stop lieing an embrace his 100% colombian roots… Read on…

(via: By Alexandra J. Gratereaux fox news latino)

John Leguizamo, the comedian who has built his career largely on his Boricua identity and who was named Global Ambassador to the Arts for Sunday’s Puerto Rican Parade, is not actually Puerto Rican, his estranged father revealed.

?My intention is to clear up this situation with my son John,? John Leguizamo’s father, Alberto Leguizamo, said in a stunner of an interview with the newspaper El Diario. ?We are not Puerto Rican. I was born in Colombia and don?t have any family in Puerto Rico.”

The comedian, who came up in heavily-Puerto Rican New York City, has long been identified as the son of a Colombian mother and Puerto Rican father. His IMDB biography reiterates that notion.

Leguizamo himself has claimed to have roots in the Caribbean island. A story in Wednesday’s New York Daily News noted his “Puerto Rican heritage” and his “Puerto Rican credentials.” When the reporter asked if father was from PR, Leguizamo said, “Yes, my father comes from Aguadilla.”

In a statement released Friday, Leguizamo said his grandfather is of Puerto Rican descent.

“I am proud of my Colombian and Puerto Rican heritage and can’t wait to see all my peoples at the parade on Sunday,” the statement read.

Leguizamo’s father, who has often been portrayed as the heavy in his son?s autobiographical works, presented El Diario with a copy of his passport, which showed he was born in Colombia in 1936.

Asked why he was coming forth now, he said, ?I thought John had laid this to rest. I spoke to him about this two years ago and he said he was going to do it.?

?It hurts me that [John] lies to the Puerto Ricans and doesn?t stand behind his Colombian roots,? he added.

A spokesman for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade said he would not be stripped of his ambassadorship because the parade has a history of “inclusion and diversity.”

Whatever his roots, the younger Leguizamo has maintained his enthusiasm for Sunday’s parade.

“I will be there with my family,” he said at the ceremony where he was named Global Ambassador, “celebrating and being proud of who we are.”

Also whats crazy is here is footage of him recently on the HOT97 morning show promoting his new live show and he claims to be Puerto Rican..peep..

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/06/10/leguizamos-dad-johns-not-puerto-rican/#ixzz1P08UVFbc