Video: Enrique Recalls His High School Heartbreaks

By Michael Lopez

It’s hard to believe that someone who can perform in front of thousands of live fans and millions of TV viewers would describe themselves as “shy." But that’s exactly what Enrique Iglesias revealed, when he described his high school years for MTV’s "When I Was 17.”

Way back in 1992 (when Anna Kournikova was 11 years old), Enrique was just a quiet senior at Miami’s Gulliver Prep School, looking for prom dates like all the rest of us. Although as Enrique puts it, he wasn’t quite the “Hero” that the ladies were looking for:

“I was going to prom with this girl that I really liked and she said that she had decided that she wasn't gonna go with me. And it was devastating. When you're in high school and a few weeks before prom the girl you’re going with says no, it’s awful, man. At the time, my whole world came crumbling down."

Ouch! It’s hard to believe that Enrique would get dumped like that. Couldn’t he have sung a few of his Dad’s old hits to woo the girl back? As Iglesias puts it, “I was afraid of being rejected. I just didn’t have the guts to go up to girls and ask them out."

Thankfully, it looks like Enrique doesn’t have to worry much about that problem now. But it is a shame he didn’t get as much female attention back then. Perhaps some naked water skiing would have done the trick!

Source: [Latina]

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Tags Anna Kournikova, Celebrities, Enrique Iglesias, High School, Hot Stuff, MTV, Romance, When I Was 17