Gloria Estefan explained why she didn’t want her daughter to come out to her grandmother in a new interview. Back in 2017, Emily Estefan publicly came out as gay after she shared a heartfelt photo with her girlfriend, Geremy Herńandez, on Instagram.
In the years following, the ‘Queen of Latin Pop’ has shown support for her daughter in various interviews and social media posts.
While Gloria embraced Emily’s sexuality with open arms, the two did experience a bump in the road when the Grammy winner was reluctant to have her daughter come out to her mother – who passed away in 2017.
During a 2020 episode of the hit Facebook series, Red Table Talk: The Estefans, the Grammy winner explained that her reasoning stemmed from her mother’s potentially negative reaction and her ailing health. “I know that it was coming from love, from protection.