Uri Geller: the illusionist who became famous in Mexico and who now promises to stop Brexit telepathically

Uri Geller, the famous psychic and illusionist of the seventies is again controversial on the weekend after stating that it would put an end to the UK's exit from the European Union with his "powers".

"I'm going to stop them telepathically, and believe me, I'm able to do it," said the illusionist submitted by the CIA to various tests under the Stargate project.

In his day, Geller was a famous and at the same time controversial figure in Mexico. Your close relationship with Carmen Romano, wife of the time President José López Portillo (1976-1982) leads to be called the "Psychic of Los Pinos", the presidential house.

On a continuous basis, the medium appeared in the most watched shows on Mexican television, such as the 24 Horas news program and variety show. "Always Sunday."

The illusionist and the first lady

On his website, Geller recounts that his first encounter with the former first lady of Mexico dates back to 1976, when Lopez Portillo was still elected president.

"She was not at all what she was waiting for, she had seen the picture of her husband on big posters across the city, placed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the party that had headed Mexico and elected the presidents for almost fifty years. I hoped that the wife of this distinguished and intelligent man was old, with gray hair and discreetly dressed. Instead, I saw a very exotic and beautiful woman"said Geller.

The first explanation given by Carmen Romano was that while I saw it On television, his watch stopped working and a spoon that his son held folded. After talking for a few hours at the hotel, he took her home where they stayed for a long time, then went to dinner at the restaurant.

Thus began a friendship through which he met the outgoing President, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, to important businessmen and entertainers.

Geller points out that during the years that his friendship with the Mexican presidential family lasted, he immediately communicated to his members his dreams about his dreams. their lives could be in danger, mainly that of López Portillo.

The first lady has often been seen accompanied on different trips by the psychic, which gave rise to versions of what might exist more than a friendship. Faced with these claims, Geller says on his website where he publishes his memoirs:

"We became real friends, and she started telling me about her most intimate problems and concerns, which, despite her wealth and position, she had her fair share. I needed to trust someone someoneand it is not surprising that little by little rumors that I was more than a friend of the family, "he acknowledged.

Geller accompanied the first lady everywhere, so he became a frequent figure in the Mexican press, again by Carmen Romano, who he came to call "Muchy".

He does not deny that between the two there was a connection that even led them to listen to their favorite songs "When we went to the restaurant, as we did before, his bodyguard asked the group to play one of the these romantic figures of mariachi, or our special private song that said, "It's like that, aha, aha, we like it". . In doing so, he sat down and looked at me as if he was trying to tell the world that I was in love with me. One night, I felt exaggerated. "

The way the first lady looked in public came to bother him because of what he had already asked her to do no more, mainly because people had noticed him. His answer was, "I'm doing it!"

However, Geller 's occupations around the world made visits to Mexico less frequent and the friendship ended. Romano died in the year 2000 and the presumed abilities of the psychic remain under surveillance.