Adrián Rodríguez (Cornellà de Llobregat, 36 years old) made his debut on television when he was only 11 years old, when he participated and won the musical competition What stars. However, it was his acting role that made him known at the age of 17 thanks to the role of DVD (David) in The Serranos and the subsequent formation of the musical group SJK (Santa Justa Klan), with which he toured the Spanish stages with Víctor Elías, Natalia Sánchez and Andrés de la Cruz. Both Rodríguez and Elías have shared in interviews how difficult it was for them to become famous so young. “I was too young to handle that madness of fame, money and so on,” Rodríguez said in February on the program Partywhere he also talked about his drug problems and his foray into OnlyFans. “When you grow up, you take a path that you shouldn’t take and which is very difficult to get out of. My acting career went awry when I started to deviate from the right path,” he later confessed. Nine months later, he acknowledges he still needs help getting out of trouble.
The interpreter of Physics or chemistry AND Pepe’s beach bar —his two big adult roles—he shared with his 185,000 Instagram followers his gradual recovery and his enthusiasm for new projects—especially as a singer. But this Sunday, November 9, Rodríguez returned to his post stories to give bad news. “After several months in which I thought I was better and after other projects that I wanted to carry out… I must admit that everything was part of my illness”, he confessed in a statement signed by him. “And the little light I still have inside me has enlightened me again to get back into treatment,” he says. The actor participated in the reality Survivors in 2018, but couldn’t even last 20 days due to his addictions. It was then that he realized that the situation was unsustainable and sought professional help for the first time, as he explained in Party.
In the new statement he warns his followers that this time he has not set temporary goals and will focus completely on rehabilitation for as long as necessary. “There is no plan to see you soon… I will only return when I feel really good and strong. This means obeying and doing things well every day, so I thank everyone and above all I apologize to all the people to whom I have caused debts or any other inconvenience”, he laments. “I will be completely isolated. Thank you and a very big kiss,” he says goodbye.
In November 2024, Rodríguez proudly shared with his followers – in a post he has since deleted – that he had obtained his first official academic title as a supervisor in drug treatment centers and supervised apartments, combining it with his own rehabilitation. “I decided to qualify as a family interventionist because I know how badly families go through it, like mine… and how badly my mother went through, above all,” he explained in December in another publication that he also deleted.
The actor, competitor of the fourth edition of Your face sounds familiar to mehe had no problem recounting his foray into drugs during his appearance on the show. Party. “At first you take it as a game, like a child starting to try things, to experience life. Eventually it becomes an addiction to have fun. When you break barriers, you see that your life stays in the background and that’s the only thing you want,” he confessed in February. “You realize you can’t continue with this kind of life because you suffer while doing it. I asked for help and I’m still doing it,” he added.
While he put his acting role on hold, Adrián Rodríguez tried his luck in the music business under the name El Hispano. The song was premiered Pa’Que in 2021 and this September he shared a preview of a new song with his followers in one of his latest posts on Instagram. But now that he has once again asked for help with rehabilitation, his priority is to focus fully on recovery.
