Mu ntangiriro z’imyaka ya 2000, igihe kwambara no kwigana isura y’iyobokamana ryijimye, ku buryo bunyuranye, byajyanaga n’umuco wa Las Vegas usanzwe udatinya ibintu by’agahomamunwa ndetse na gahunda za televiziyo z’ukuri zagendaga ziyongera cyane, byahaye Criss Angel urubuga rwiza rwo kuzamuka akamenyekana ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Guhera mu 2005 kugeza mu 2010, Angel yabaye icyamamare binyuze muri gahunda y’ikusanyirizo rya A&E yitwa “Criss Angel: Mindfreak.” Yari afite impano idasanzwe n’uburyo bwe bwihariye bwo kwiyerekana, atandukanywa n’abandi nk’umunyabigwi hagati ya muntu ukora ibitangaza, umunyarwenya ukinisha iby’ubutindi, n’umumaji w’umuhanda. Ibikorwa bye byajyaga bikorwa ku bantu batabiteze byarabatunguraga, bikabashimisha, bikabatangaza, rimwe na rimwe bikabatera ubwoba.
Nk’uko bimeze ku bantu benshi binjira mu buhanzi, ndetse cyane cyane kuri Criss Angel, ubwamamare bushobora kugenda bwihuse nk’uko bwaje. Angel ntiyagaragaye kuri televiziyo imyaka myinshi ishize, ariko ntacitse intege mu gushimisha no gutangaza abakunzi be ndetse n’abamushidikanyaho. Dore uko ubuzima bwe bwakomeje nyuma y’uko “Criss Angel: Mindfreak” ihagaritswe.
Kugaruka kuri televiziyo nyuma y’imyaka mike
Nyuma y’imyaka itatu gusa gahunda “Criss Angel: Mindfreak” irangiye mu 2010, Angel yari yiteguye kongera kugarura ibikorwa bye bikomeye kuri televiziyo. Mu 2013, yavuye kuri A&E ajya kuri Spike aho yagaragaye muri “Criss Angel BeLIEve.” Iyi gahunda yibandaga cyane ku buryo bwo gukora filime yegeranya ukuri, aho Angel yagaragaraga yitegura gukora imishinga itandukanye aho kwibanda gusa ku majimaya. “Criss Angel BeLIEve” yamaze gusa ibiganiro 10, nyuma irahagarikwa.
Byasabye indi myaka icumi kugira ngo Angel asubire kuri televiziyo, aho The CW yamusubije muri 2022 binyuze muri “Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars.” Muri iyi gahunda y’ibiganiro 10, Angel n’abandi bamamaji bakomeye basangiraga amabanga y’ibikorwa by’amajimaya azwi cyane n’abahanzi, abakinnyi b’imikino, abakinnyi ba filime, n’ibyamamare byo muri reality TV, bakabafasha kubigaragaza imbere y’abantu. Ariko iyi gahunda yabaye imwe mu zitarebwe cyane muri sezona ya televiziyo ya 2022–2023, bityo irahagarikwa.
Ibirori bya Las Vegas n’imbyino zitangaje
Hagati y’igihe “Mindfreak” yari ku isonga kuri televiziyo, mu Ukwakira 2008, Criss Angel yatangije igitaramo gikomeye muri Las Vegas yise “BeLIEve” cyabereye kuri hoteli ya Luxor. Uyu mushinga watangiranye n’itsinda rizwi ryo mu Bufaransa Cirque du Soleil, ariko nyuma byarahindutse, Angel ni we wagize uruhare rukomeye mu gitaramo, bityo mu 2016 kibyara “Mindfreak Live!” Mu 2018, nacyo cyarahagaze.
Ariko Angel ntiyatindanye nko guhagarika akazi. Hashize amezi atatu gusa “Mindfreak Live!” ihagaritswe, Angel yasubukuye ibikorwa bye byo gutangaza abantu muri Mutarama 2019, binyuze muri gahunda nshya yise “Criss Angel: Mindfreak.” Icyo gihe, yakiniraga mu nzu y’ikinamico yubakiwe we ubwe yitwa Criss Angel Theater iri kuri Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Kuva icyo gihe, kugeza muri 2025, Angel akina igitaramo cy’iminota 75 inshuro eshanu mu cyumweru.
Impanuka n’ibihe bikomeye ku rubyiniro
Nubwo ibikorwa bye bikunze kugenda uko biteganijwe, hari ubwo ibintu bitagenda neza. Mu kwezi kwa Werurwe 2017, ubwo yagaragazaga “Mindfreak Live!”, Angel yigeze kubura ubwenge igihe yari mu bikorwa bye asanzwe azwiho aho yageragezaga kwikuramo amapingu aboshywe nk’ufungiwe, amanitswe umutwe uri hasi. Yakimara guhagarara atimuka, abatumiye igitaramo baragihagaritse. Yabwiye The Hollywood Reporter ati:
“Ndibuka nambikwa amapingu, nkururwa hasi, hanyuma ngashyirwa mu kirere. Icyakurikiyeho, nari kubyutswa n’abantu bambika inshinge, insinga ku gituza no ku mubiri, banshyiraho amazi akonje.”
Ibyo byamubereye nk’inzozi, ariko si bwo bwa mbere ibintu byamugendekeye nabi.
Mu Ukuboza 2023, mu gihe cya “MINDFREAK” i Las Vegas, hari umuntu witwa Brandon McDonald wafashwe n’umutekano akoresha telefoni, ibyo byari binyuranyije n’amabwiriza y’ahabera ibitaramo. Yasabwe kuyihagarika, ariko agerageza gukubita umuzamu, undi amukura mu nzu amushyikiriza abapolisi. Angel ubwe yaje kumufasha. Nyuma, McDonald yashinje Angel ko yamufashe mu ijosi amuniga. McDonald yarafunzwe azira gukubita umuntu; Angel we ntiyigeze akurikiranwaho iby’amategeko.
Ubuzima bwite n’umuryango
Gukora televiziyo bifata igihe kinini, ariko kuva Mindfreak yarangiye, Angel yahisemo no gushyira imbaraga mu mibanire n’umuryango. Nyuma yo gutandukana n’umugore we wa mbere mu 2006 no gukundana na Holly Madison (icyamamare muri The Girls Next Door), Angel yaje gukundana na Sandra Gonzalez, amwambika impeta mu 2011 ariko baza gutandukana. Muri 2012, yakundanye na Shaunyl Benson, umuririmbyi ukorera muri Las Vegas.
Bashakanye muri Gashyantare 2015 ariko baragumana iryo banga igihe kinini. Mu 2016 baratandukana by’igihe gito, ariko bongera kubana, Angel asubira kumwambika impeta mu 2023, asaba ko bongera kubana ku mugaragaro.
Angel na Benson babyaranye abana batatu. Umuhungu wabo w’imfura, Johnny Crisstopher, yavutse mu 2014, aza gusanganwa indwara ya leukemia afite imyaka ibiri, agenda avurirwa imyaka itatu. Umwana wa kabiri, Xristos Yanni, yavutse muri Mutarama 2019. Uw’gatatu, umukobwa witwa Illusia Angelina, yavutse mu Ugushyingo 2021. Yavutse hakiri kare, iminsi 35 mbere y’igihe, bityo ashyirwa mu cyumba cy’abana bavurwa byihariye.
Criss Angel ashobora kuba atakigaragara kuri televiziyo nka mbere, ariko ibyamamare nk’ibi ntibabura aho bahanga amaso. Yabaye icyamamare, arongera agahagarara, ariko ntiyigeze ahagarika gukora ibyo akunda: gutangaza no gucuranga ibitangaza.
