George Lopez mulling run for Los Angeles Mayor
Apart from his TBS talk show, a role in the new movie ‘The Smurfs’ and planning an exit to Canada if Sarah Palin wins office, George Lopez has yet another plan for his life – he wants to be Mayor of Los Angeles.
“This is a great city, and it’s my city,” 50-year old Lopez told Piers Morgan. “I believe there are certain things that could be taken care of for which you don’t need a strong political background.”
One thing, he says, is the style of construction;
“Architecture downtown is beautiful and people live there, but they don’t have the pride in Los Angeles they did years ago.”
LA has faced hardship, but George has been there – He was born in Mission Hills, his dad left when he was two-months old, his mother left when he was ten and his maternal grandma did all the hard work. So this is not such a crazy idea.
“If I was a can of soup at the store I’d be in that basket at the end of the aisle that says, ’99 cents, everything in the can,” he admits. “That’s how I’d have considered myself.”
He also told Piers a sad fact – neither grandma nor his parents ever told him “I love you.” Not once. His recent divorce after 17-years added more scars, but he doesn’t seem bitter. His ex-wife, Ann Serrano gave George a kidney in 2005, so fans were stunned when they filed divorce.
“As marriages go, it was fun,” he muses. “I don’t want to blame entertainment, but I was not equipped with a lot of the tools a person would need to be a partner.”
But he’s a tough critic – George once described Jay Leno as ”a two-faced dude and a back-stabber.”
“We’re not friends, nor have we ever been friendly,” he admits. “I’ve heard things said about me by him to which I took exception. There were things that were not appropriate to people of my color.”
So who’s his choice as the king of late night?
“David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, and has been since he first took the desk.”
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George Lopez mulling run for Los Angeles Mayor