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Brian Damage · 09-06-2007, 10:14 PM

Latino comedian George Lopez has credited actress Sandra Bullock for saving him from an early death. The funnyman reveals he was guzzling alcohol during a lean time in the mid-1990s when Bullock gave him the opportunity to star in his own TV show.

Bullock went on to produce the U.S. sitcom, The George Lopez Show, which helped turn Lopez's fortunes around - and now he considers her his "guardian angel."

Lopez says, "I grew up where you could visually see people wasting their lives and the pattern was kind of laid out for me for drinking your life away or not believing what you could do. I hit a hard time in the mid-90s, where I was self abusing with alcohol and then Sandra Bullock turned that around. She was my guardian angel, definitely. I'd lived unhealthy and I just kind of accepted the way I felt and kind of adjusted to the fact that I was deteriorating from the time I was a kid at 18, through my 20s and 30s. I didn't want to become what the people I grew up with had become, which was abusing the system, using excuses for not succeeding, living off the state and raising these kids who had no respect for anybody."

Ireneparalegal · 09-06-2007, 10:26 PM

He also thanks his wife for saving his life. She gave him one of her kidneys; something he needed desperately. I remember seeing George Lopez in the late 80's in local stand up comedy clubs and I knew he would hit it big.

catlover79 · 09-06-2007, 10:29 PM

George seems like a really cool, humble guy. I wish him all continued success.

Luckymama58 · 09-08-2007, 09:31 PM

I know that she, through George, is a fan of the late Freddie Prinze and I think has helped his son on occasion as well. She is a great actress, I love her movies... she can be so funny, and at the same time very serious. I am glad she is friends with George.

SBTB Geek · 09-09-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

He also thanks his wife for saving his life. She gave him one of her kidneys; something he needed desperately. I remember seeing George Lopez in the late 80's in local stand up comedy clubs and I knew he would hit it big.

Do you remember when he used to be a VJ on 92.3 before it turned into an oldies station?

Ireneparalegal · 09-09-2007, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SBTB Geek

Do you remember when he used to be a VJ on 92.3 before it turned into an oldies station?

Yes I do. I loved listening to him in the mornings. Too bad the format changed. I mean, I love the music they play on that station, I am just sorry they changed the morning show line-up/format.

09-06-2007, 10:14 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Sandra Bullock Is George Lopez' Guardian Angel Latino comedian George Lopez has credited actress Sandra Bullock for saving him from an early death. The funnyman reveals he was guzzling alcohol during a lean time in the mid-1990s when Bullock gave him the opportunity to star in his own TV show. Bullock went on to produce the U.S. sitcom, The George Lopez Show, which helped turn Lopez's fortunes around - and now he considers her his "guardian angel." Lopez says, "I grew up where you could visually see people wasting their lives and the pattern was kind of laid out for me for drinking your life away or not believing what you could do. I hit a hard time in the mid-90s, where I was self abusing with alcohol and then Sandra Bullock turned that around. She was my guardian angel, definitely. I'd lived unhealthy and I just kind of accepted the way I felt and kind of adjusted to the fact that I was deteriorating from the time I was a kid at 18, through my 20s and 30s. I didn't want to become what the people I grew up with had become, which was abusing the system, using excuses for not succeeding, living off the state and raising these kids who had no respect for anybody."
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09-06-2007, 10:29 PM	#3
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09-08-2007, 09:31 PM	#4
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	I know that she, through George, is a fan of the late Freddie Prinze and I think has helped his son on occasion as well. She is a great actress, I love her movies... she can be so funny, and at the same time very serious. I am glad she is friends with George.
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