Gerardo Romano revealed that he suffers from Parkinson’s disease: “I have to make a superhuman effort”

Gerardo Romano (77) shocked everyone by revealing it suffers from Parkinson’s disease. The actor is the protagonist of the comedy An ordinary Jew in the summer season of Mar del Plata.

From his dressing room he spoke to Chiche Gelblung for Crónica and in that context he spoke about his condition for the first time.

During the interview in which Gerardo Romano talked about various topics, he showed what he had in his dressing room and said: “This is a pensioner’s table, marijuana cream for pain, and this for Parkinson’sfor cholesterol…”.

While he was listing, Chiche Gelblung didn’t miss the mention of the illness and asked him: “Do you have Parkinson’s?”.

“Yes -replied, without hesitation, Gerardo Romano-. It’s not noticeable because I work a lot and I don’t give press conferences saying “I have Parkinson’s”.‘”.

Later, based on his experience, he advised: “All human beings should engage in intellectual activity in which the neural effort consists in memorizing something.”

On how he is coping with the illness without having to abandon his work on stage, he explained: “I can’t stop at today’s show and say ‘Sorry, I’m sick, I forgot the lyrics, just a second’.” .’ I cannot”.

With total sincerity, Romano admitted: “I have to make a superhuman effort to reconnect to the thread, and that effort is like a muscle”. “And then, well, I swim. “I swim three times a week,” she said.

Gerardo Romano, on Lali Espósito and Javier Milei

As is known, Gerardo Romano is always attentive to issues related to politics and usually takes a position and expresses it frankly.

In recent days, given the clash between President Javier Milei and Lali Espósito, the actor dedicated his performance of An Ordinary Jew to the singer and actress.

He forcefully asked: “Let’s let the president speak and not argue with an actress. It reveals a certain misogyny, we must respect women.”

Gerardo Romano, expressing his opinion on the conflict between Lali and Javier Milei, said: “What strikes me most is that it is not an isolated event. I would say that it is a certain emotional precariousness.”

In another sense, he lamented the current economic situation in Argentina. “I have no memory of adjustments of this kind and I have experienced Rodrigazo and Hyperinflation.”