Gloria Estefan Reveals the Wildest Things Fans Have Done for Her and Talks New Show 'Superfan' (Exclusive)

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Gloria Estefan has some fascinating stories to tell. Which is one reason she's so excited to be a part of CBS's new music competition show, !ET got a chance to visit the set of the new series, and spoke with the eight-time GRAMMY Award winner about her time on the show, and her experiences with some truly devoted superfans of her own."[It's] wonderful, the fact that they care enough even to support and love and fly cross-country, fly across the world, to come to my shows," the «Turn the Beat Around» singer said of her die-hard fans. «They've been there for me every step of the way.

They just… give me so much love, throughout my entire career.»And her fans have certainly proven their dedication and devotion to her and her music over the years.«I had a fan that would put a pin on a jacket for every show he went to, and he had the jacket covered, so he would follow me around the world on tour,» she recalled. «Fans would be sleeping outside my hotel for three days just to get a glimpse of me when I was on tour.»Fans have tattooed my eyes, from the album, on their entire back," she added. «Fans have tattooed my autograph on their arms!»Her legion of adoring followers also helped lift her spirits in the darkest of times — namely, following her frightening near-death accident in March 1990, when her tour bus was involved in a devastating collision that left her with life-threatening spinal injury requiring hours of surgery and extensive recovery.«I had fans that sent me letters of support after the accident,» she recalled. «The fans were really what got me through.

Those letters they sent me, and the energy that I felt, that's what got me through that whole really difficult moment in my life.