Alex Rodriguezthe ex-wife of Cynthia RodriguezNicolas (née Scurtis), explained how his extensive baseball career prevented him from making the necessary progress in his personal life.
“I felt sorry for him. That’s true,” Nicolas said in the first episode of the HBO series. Alex vs ARodwhich premiered on Thursday, November 6. “He was a nice guy. He had a very big heart. But he was so retarded as far as a person’s natural development goes. He was so steeped in baseball. He was told that’s what he was going to do for so long, and that’s all he did.”
Rodriguez, 50, and Nicolas, 52, were married from 2002 to 2008 and share daughters Natasha20, and Ella17.
“Alex is a creature of habit and baseball was all he did,” Nicolas said. “If he wasn’t hitting, he was throwing. If he wasn’t throwing, he was running. If he wasn’t running, he was watching videos of different pitchers, studying. He was all in.”
She added: “There was a lot of his life that he missed and a lot of the stages that we go through as children into adulthood that shape us and shape us, and he didn’t have those experiences.”
Nicolas argued that the weight on Rodriguez’s shoulders was also a result of the pressure he faced to provide for his parents and half-siblings. “I could see where his family gave him the position of head of the household from a young age.”
In the docuseries, Nicolas recalls his first meeting with Rodriguez and his complete ignorance of his status as a generational athlete.
“I had no idea who he was,” she said. “I didn’t follow baseball. I wasn’t interested in baseball. I had no idea.”
Nicolas added: “He was approaching me at the gym. He was really interested in my university life, I guess because he didn’t have one.”
After their marriage, Nicolas said Rodriguez managed to compartmentalize his professional and personal life.
“I didn’t really know A-Rod. I know Alex,” Nicolas explained. “A-Rod was like a fictional thing created by people. He was a character, he was a personality. To me, he was just Alex.”
Alex Rodriguez played in Major League Baseball for 22 seasons, and whether he was in Seattle, Texas, or New York, his personal life was never far from the headlines. The headlines usually revolved around his love life. He was married to Cynthia Rodriguez Nicolas (née Scurtis) from 2002 to 2008 before she filed for divorce. […]
Rodriguez exclusively said Us every week that he hopes the docuseries will not only help viewers tell the difference between Alex and A-Rod, but inspire people to be proactive about taking care of their mental health.
“Like most humans, everyone encounters some obstacles in their lives, right? » Rodriguez told us at the New York premiere of Alex vs ARod Monday, November 3. “Some are bigger than others, some more public than others, but I encourage everyone to understand that there is a need for help. A lot of people can’t afford a therapist, but maybe there’s a good friend, maybe a family member that you can vent to sometimes because you need a place to vent.”
He added: “I hope that young kids, the next generation that watches this documentary, can not only avoid some of the mistakes that I made, but if they need help, it will be celebrated. You should go get help.”
The first episode of Alex vs ARod is available on HBO Max, with episodes two and three airing on November 13 and 20, respectively.
