Monday
July 05, 2010 9:00am EST
Jenni Rivera's new reality
show, Jenni Rivera Presents
Chiquis and Raq-C, premiered
July 3rd at 3 p.m. on
Mun2. What is the reason
for this Reality show?
What is it about? Why
is she doing it?
Well
here we have an interview
from Latina.com about
the latest Jenni Rivera
reality show.
Latina.com
caught up with the music
icon, her daughter, Janney
(Chiquis) Marin, and Chicquis's
best friend, radio personality
Raquel Cordova (Raq-C),
to talk about the series—and
to hear why, as Latinas,
they're more themselves
than the girls on The
Hills will ever be.
What is your reality
series about?
Jenni Rivera:
It's mainly about my daughter
Chiquis and her best friend
Raq-C. The cameras follow
her around and you get
to see how she organizes
my life, my children,
my home and my bills.
I’m just the executive
producer.
Chiquis, what’s
it like being your mother’s
manager?
Chiquis: It’s
really good—what's better
than to have a job with
your mother, the person
that you love? We’re very,
very close.
Raq C, what kinds
of things will we see
on the show?
Raq C: You’re
going to see Chiquis and
I on a lot of little adventures.
You’ll see us at lunch
talking about boys—correction,
men!—we don’t like boys.
And you’ll get to see
the different struggles
that we go through as
young Latin women who
are focused on our careers.
That
sounds sort of like The
Hills for Latinas!
Raq
C: Yes and no.
The Hills is beyond scripted.
Sometimes I watch it and
I’m like, “wow, that is
so scripted!” Chiquis
and I weren’t scripted
on the show. We were able
to really be ourselves
to the point where people
may be like “wow, those
chicks are pretty brave
for exposing so much honesty
out there. We’re Latinas
and we live it—we have
flavor, spice, personality
and you can definitely
tell that we’re more ourselves
than the girls on The
Hills.
Jenni:
To add to what Raq-C was
saying, this show is very
real. And I think that
what’s going to make it
very, very interesting
for audiences is that
it’s the first reality
show produced by Latin
people for Latin people.
I’m very proud to say
that we’d like our Latin
people and people in general,
to see what it is to be
a Latina—whether it’s
a Mexicana like Chiquis
or a Salvadorean like
Raq-C.
What
does it mean to be a Latina
in your opinion?
Jenni:
It means that things haven’t
been easy for us because
the market is still dominated
by males. I want to be
able to tell my people,
my girls and my fans out
there, that ‘yeah, we
can do it.’ It’s not easy,
but we can do it. And
we can have fun on the
way!
Is
your show scandalous?
Raq-C:
I don’t think any of us
are scandalous. The appropriate
term is raw and real.
We say things that people
think of saying.
Jenni:
There are some episodes
where the camera catches
me when I’m on stage,
and Mexican music goes
hand in hand with tequila
and beer—a lot of my fans
are like that. So they
somehow get me tipsy and
that’s when I say things
that I think, ‘should
I have said that?’ But
my people know me like
that. That’s the most
scandalous it’s going
to get, but it’s the tequila
talking. Don’t blame it
on Jenni. Blame it on
the alcohol like the song
says!
