The TV host did not have a good relationship with him, as he believed he was with his daughter for financial gain. However, that changed over time, and despite the breakup, they continued as 'good friends.' What was the relationship between 'Burro' Van Rankin and Cecilia, daughter of Salinas de Gortari? Jorge 'Burro' Van Rankin began a romantic relationship with Cecilia Salinas Ocelli in 1991, but the relationship initially faced an obstacle: the host was not to the liking of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. 'I started with her in the middle of his term, I was a nobody and she was his princess... surely they thought I was a gold digger, before he wouldn't even greet me when he saw me at Los Pinos, he would turn around,' he declared in a video for Pinky Promise in 2021. 'He wouldn't let me sit at the table to eat, he respected me, but he didn't want to see me for any reason,' he added in an interview with Adela Micha for La Saga in 2023. This was not an impediment for him to maintain the relationship with Cecilia, who even accepted to ride in the presenter's car, despite its condition: 'I went out with her, I went in my beat-up 'vocho' with a rotten chassis, I almost drove it like the Flintstones, one day they told me they wouldn't let her leave in that car because it wasn't armored, she also had escorts, two white Jettas, I was a 'padrote' but without money, she never paid attention to the money,' he mentioned in the interview with Karla Díaz. To avoid problems, both with Cecilia, whom he described as jealous, and with the former Mexican president, Van Rankin decided to distance himself in certain situations, even within the artistic environment. 'This so that neither Carlos Salinas de Gortari nor Cecilia would get angry because she was 'very jealous.' When did you find out that Jorge 'Burro' Van Rankin was Cecilia's boyfriend, daughter of Carlos Salinas de Gortari? He has a daughter with her named Carlota. I backed off, I thought they were going to cut me from the show 'El Calabozo' or something... suddenly she would get very angry,' he recounted on his own YouTube program. Over time, the relationship with the former leader improved, especially after the end of his term and amidst the controversy surrounding the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio. Van Rankin remained close to Cecilia, a gesture that Salinas himself acknowledged. 'He told me 'I offer you my apologies, at first I thought you were a gold digger, but I see that the blows were and you are still here,' he asked us to be friends,' on Pinky Promise. Finally, the host confirmed that he maintains a good relationship with the family, even defending them from third-party comments. 'I'm never going to speak ill of him, they are all lovely people, my respects to doña Ceci, don Carlos with me, everything is fine.' Who is Cecilia Salinas de Gortari? Cecilia was born in 1974, from the marriage of Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Cecilia Ocelli. She studied International Relations at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and is a specialist in education, according to the magazine Quién. She has two brothers, Emiliano and Juan, as well as three half-siblings from her father's second marriage. In 2003, she married Alfredo Gatica, an actor who participated in various Mexican soap operas such as 'Mi camino es amarte.' The host of the 'Miembros al Aire' program was in a relationship with her when the Mexican politician was president of Mexico. Van Rankin explained that the young woman was 'the princess' of the PRI member, who governed the country from 1988 to 1994.
