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Selena Quintanilla's Husband Makes Rare Comments About Late Singer
Selena Quintanilla’s loved ones are still dreaming of her.
And after visiting the Grammy Museum’s new exhibit Selena: From Texas to the World—and seeing the iconic, sparkling gown the Queen of Tejano Music wore to the 1994 Grammy Awards—her husband Chris Pérez and her sister Suzette Quintanilla were struck with long-forgotten memories.
“Looking at the outfits,” Chris told E! News during the museum’s Jan. 14 event, “we were just cracking up, because the Grammy dress in particular, I hadn’t really thought about it. But when I saw it right now, the memory came back of that actual night, and I was stepping on the crystals on the bottom of the dress.”
And if you look closely at the dress’ trail, Chris explained, you can see where he rubbed some of the crystals off.
Which Suzette confirmed, “I saw it, I kid you not. There’s like a little spot, and it looks like your footprint.”
For Suzette, who said she’d never heard the story until that very day, learning something new about her younger sister was a “very cool” moment—and she returned the favor for Chris, revealing a detail they found within the dress after moving it from the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
“There’s a fun fact I shared with him,” she began. “You know when you wear a dress, and it's strapless, it has a little insert ribbons? Well, she had tied them together with a rubber band. Which is smart, because it allowed it to stretch with her movement.”
Well, after removing the dress from the mannequin for the first time, “It’s still there,” Suzette revealed. “The rubber band is still there, we’re not messing with it. It’s holding the straps together for her. That’s where she left them.”
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The experience at the new exhibit—which runs from Jan. 15 to March 16 at the Grammy Museum—led both Chris and Suzette to reminisce about that special night, which saw Selena earn her first and only Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album before her death in 1995.
“I just remember her being really excited to win it,” Chris said. “I also remember her being really cool and calm just in case it didn't happen, she didn't win. But the minute they announced her name…”
His smile was matched by Suzette, who added, “It was such a powerful, cool moment. You know it doesn’t settle in until after, and it’s like, ‘Wow.’”
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“I’m very proud,” she continued, “Extremely proud to have that Grammy in that moment—and to see it here, at the Grammy Museum, it’s full-circle.”
Don’t miss Selena: From Texas to the World at the Grammy Museum, and read on for another look at Selena’s style throughout her life.
-Reporting by Jacqueline Uddo
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