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César Abreu
Puerto Rican dancer, singer, actor and former member of boy band Menudo (born 1978)
César Abreu (born April 10, 1977) is a Puerto Rican dancer, singer and actor. Abreu first rose to fame as a television actor in Puerto Rico and, later, internationally, as a member of boy band Menudo.[1] As a dancer, he has performed at the MET in New York, New York.
He debuted as an actor in the 1986 Canal 4 children's comedy series, "Que Angelitos", alongside Shalim Ortiz, among others.
Abreu, who first identified as gay in his early teens, substituted Angelo Garcia at Menudo; he was himself later substituted at the band by the first non-Puerto Rican Menudo member, Adrian Olivares. Abreu was in Menudo for a short time, before the band almost disbanded due to a drug scandal involving two of their members at Miami International Airport. Abreu had left the band before the scandal took place. He claimed during an interview with CBS News that he did not feel safe in the band, because, according to him, while he kept his sexuality a secret, he was bullied while at Menudo. Abreu's family helped get him out of the band.[2]
in 2022, Abreu spoke about his experiences as a member of Menudo in a Warner Bros mini-series titled "Menudo: Forever Young".[3]