Castro, the non-militant one

Another American Idol update, since, like so many fortunate (unfortunate?) people out there, I have become virtually useless since I first set my ears on David Archuleta. I started out this post as a general American Idol post, but there is too much new “news” on both Jason Castro and DArchuleta to keep it to one post. I will focus here on Jason.

Last night, in Rickey.org’s chatroom and live cellcast of the American Idol tour in Seattle, Washington, Jason Castro’s mother, Betsy Castro was broadcast for all to hear. I missed the first part of the interview, but Betsy revealed how she first met Jason’s father: she was visiting her motherland of Colombia one summer when she met the guy, oh-so-cute in a band (of course!). She was twelve, but he thought she was sixteen. She returned each summer (a pilgrimage of sorts, not entirely for this local rockstar, per se) until she moved back to Colombia (for him, this time) at the age of 17. Betsy admitted that that was when Mr. Castro finally acknowledged her as his girlfriend. They married when she was 19 and he was 23.

Great story, and explains a lot.


[Courtesy of YouTube user “lovempls”]
Since I last spoke of Jason, he has indeed kept to his promise and showed up to Date Night with his fans:

[Courtesy of Jason Castro]
It seems Jason and DArchuleta have gotten a bit closer in the past weeks. They spent their day off in Portland together, “wandering” around the city together. In one video, DArchuleta even tugged on one of Jason’s dreads to get his attention. Cute.