‘I have a new crush’: Watch Marc Anthony dance with 95-year-old fan at Florida concert
Bucket list. Complete.
Felicia Rodríguez González lived out her dream Saturday night: The 95-year-old great-great-grandmother got to dance with her idol, Marc Anthony, during his show at Orlando’s Amway Center.
In videos shared to social media, you see the salsa star bring the woman, nicknamed Fela, up to stage and twirl her around. Then they hug.
“I have a new crush,” Marc Anthony said.
How this miracle came to be: Anthony reportedly saw Rodríguez González’s bright pink poster in the audience, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
It read: “Fela’s Bucket List. She is 95 years old, survived Hurricane Maria, survived COVID and wants to dance with Marc,” the sign read.
“Fela, voy, pa’allá voy,” Marc said as he pointed to the corner where the fan was standing. I’m coming over there.”
“He follows his roots, as I do,” Rodríguez González told the media outlet of the music star who was born in New York City but has Puerto Rican parents. “When he sings, I cry like a baby. Because I adore my homeland. I am very Puerto Rican, more Puerto Rican than coquí.”
Rodríguez González, a widow, lived on the island until Hurricane Maria destroyed her house in 2017.
The mother of five, who has 14 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter, told the media outlet she has been wanting to meet Anthony since last year when he came to her in a dream.
“I wanted to see him in person one day to give him my blessing.”
This isn’t the first time during his Opus Tour that Anthony has thrilled his fans by getting up close and personal.
During a stop at the Hertz Arena in Estero earlier this month, the father of six helped a Boynton Beach couple get engaged. Denis Leborgne didn’t have a eye-catching sign, but had reached out to Anthony’s Magnus Media to organize it for months. In video shared of the romantic moment, after Anthony sings Lizzette de Jesus’ favorite song, “Y Cómo Es Él,” Leborgne drops to one knee with the ring for de Jesus.
She said yes.
Anthony plays Miami’s FTX Arena Friday and Saturday nights. We can’t wait to see what he does in the 305.
This story was originally published November 17, 2021 at 5:22 PM.
