December 1 is an important day for (Almería, 46 years old) and the rest of his family: it is the birthday of his father, José Bisbal, who turns 84 this year. On a date marked on the calendar, the Almería singer wanted to, where he has accumulated 5.6 million followers. “Happy birthday to the first Spanish boxing champion born in Almería,” begins the letter from the interpreter of Everything is possible at Christmas. And in his publication, which in just a few, he wanted to remember his father’s sporting career: “Seven titles in a hard time, when it was very easy to be deceived. Sometimes I imagine him running through La Molineta, or climbing the Tibidabo in Barcelona, taking care of every detail, eating his piece of beef and suffering with the weight before the next fight. That sacrifice that only true champions know.”
It is not an easy season for his family: a disease that has advanced in recent years and due to which he no longer recognizes his loved ones. A situation that the singer has already spoken about on previous occasions with the aim of making visible the struggle that his loved ones face. “I miss being able to have a conversation with him,” he explains in his new post.
He also remembers those conversations that are now part of the past: “I miss those interviews I did with him, where he said with beautiful clarity that he was from Almería.” Although Pepe, as those close to him know him, no longer recognizes what he once was or that he is the father of three children, he does feel the love of those who visit him. “Today he still recognizes something very important, the power of a hug,” David Bisbal concludes the text, which is accompanied by an image of his father when he was a boxer.
“We’ve gotten used to it, but it’s hard the first time he doesn’t recognize you… Your heart breaks. You start to notice that he doesn’t even know his grandchildren. It’s very hard,” the singer explained during an interview on The anthill in 2023. And he continued: “She no longer recognizes me, my sister, or my brother… Sometimes not even my mother, who is always with her. However, she does remember her time as a boxer.” That same year on Movistar +, he also wanted to talk about his father’s illness, even becoming the protagonist in some moments of the film. “My father, mine, was also a boxer,” he tells his father at one point in the recordings. When he asks him his name, he answers: “My father’s name is José Bisbal Carrillo.” “That’s me,” the former boxer then recognizes himself. “You’re my father and I’m David. Don’t you remember me? The thing is that I’ve grown up and I already have a white beard and everything. I already know that you don’t remember me, but I do remember you and that’s the important thing. You’re very handsome, Pepe, I love you very much.”
This same year, during one of the Calleja Universethe interpreter of Hail Mary He spoke with and also opened up about his father’s illness. “It’s okay. You do an analysis on him and he’s better than all of us. Until recently he asked me where I was going to sing, and I told him Mexico, and he answered me that he had fought there. But there came a time when he didn’t even remember his grandchildren,” he explained to the presenter, at that time, he still sometimes recognized his mother: “It’s hard because when I go to talk to my mother, she gets angry with me.”
