The Ecuadorian actor who gave life to ‘Santiago Sanín’ in Without breasts, yes there is paradise and At the end of paradise, a role that led him to international success, starred in the latest edition of People magazine in Spanish where he publicly confirmed his relationship with the social activist Oliver Ranft. In addition, he revealed that he worked as a waiter in Peru, before becoming an actor.
In the aforementioned interview, Roberto Manrique also told how, almost by chance, he entered the world of acting when he was based in Peru. The actor, who graduated with excellence from a career in Social Communication, was asked to record a casting in Peru, but when he was not selected, they offered him an acting workshop. It was at that moment that he discovered one of his vocations.
“I’m going to Peru for things in life. And one of my clients from the agency was a television channel that was going to produce a soap opera in Peru, and they told me: ‘Why don’t you do that casting?’ I did it, and I didn’t stay. He had never acted. In fact, I was working as a waiter in Peru “he explained.
As is already known, Manrique is away from the screens, and totally focused on leading an environmental project together with the organization “Juntos X la tierra”, with which he seeks to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the environment and the need to plant trees . Movement that she shares with her boyfriend, also an activist, Oliver Ranft.
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Roberto Manrique presents his boyfriend in an international magazine
Although they have been in a relationship for more than seven years, it is the first time that the Sin breasts yes there is paradise actor talks about his sexual orientation with the media.
In the interview for People in Spanish magazine, Roberto Manrique told details of his relationship with his boyfriend Oliver Ranft. The couple met at the International Summit on the Environment that was held in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil in 2011, but they only started dating in 2014.
“He has always worked in the social sphere, he worked in the United Nations development program and I was a volunteer. I was lecturing at a climate summit and when we finished, we said hello. He congratulated me and we stayed connected on Facebook and it wasn’t until three years later that we reconnected and started dating. And the relationship began “, express.
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