Oscar De La Hoya Talks Lingerie Pics, Remembers His Late Mom Dressing Him Up in Girls' Clothing (Exclusive)
etonline.comOscar De La Hoya is done running from his haunted past. He is done hiding behind the «golden» facade and he is done lying. No longer feeling pressured to maintain what is left of his once unblemished «Golden Boy» image, De La Hoya feels «liberated,» a byproduct of unshackling himself from a self-made prison rooted in — by his own admission — lies he peddled for years.
Decades, actually.Now calling himself «an open book,» the 1992 Olympic gold medalist is finally ready to talk -- without discomfort or an ounce of awkwardness — about some of his darkest moments.
Take the photos of him dressed in lingerie, for example. The world first got a glance of the headline-making photos — with De La Hoya wearing fishnet body stockings, a wig, tutu, heels, bra and tight, pink underwear — after they were leaked to a New York tabloid in 2007.
But it was actually not the first time the boxing great found himself in such compromising position.He had been there before — as a little boy — at the behest of his late mother, Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya.
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