Gloria Estefan recruited by the CIA? “They told me that I would be great as a spy”

The world’s known singer Gloria Estefan unveiled a scoop in Kelly Clarkson in her program Songs & Stories broadcast on NBC. Before knowing success, notably thanks to his group Miami Sound Machine, the interpreter of the planetary tube Conggosa worked at Miami International Airport. And it is there that she received one of the most surprising proposals of her life …

Gloria Estefan, approached by the CIA in her first job

I worked at the airport as a translator because I had two diplomas (…). I needed a job! So I worked full time at the airport, translating for Americans, Spanish and French. I worked between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m., six days a week, especially on Sundays because no one wanted to work “she first explained to her host.

The singer of Cuban origin was approached … by the CIA! “And there was always someone under cover among the customers, and they got to know me and they told me that I would be great as a spy. They said to me: ‘We would like to invite you to join the CIA!'”. A proposal that the young woman did not see herself refused … until she went talk to her mother.

Gloria Estefan, enigmatic: “You don’t know if I joined the CIA …”

“So I got home, I was very excited. I said to myself that I wanted to do it and that it was a great job. And the drama started right away with my mother: ‘Oh no, I already saw your father get lost for two governments and now you want to do that?'”she said. It must be said that his father had served the American troops, especially in the conflict between the United States and Vietnam. “So I didn’t … finally apparently …”, concluded Gloria Estefan in mood teases.

Moreover, the singer with eight Grammy Awards and 100 million records sold around the world said that she was still having a lot of fun with her family. “You don’t know if I joined the CIA or not …“, She balances from time to time to play on mystery with humor …