01/04/2016
Aroldis Chapman’s girlfriend Christina Barnea (often called Tina) is an ex-escort who became pregnant with Mr. Chapman’s baby very soon after meeting him. Now, I know you all might think that sounds like a bad start to a post, but you really never know. It could be that the couple are madly in love and have a great thing going. There’s no point in speculating. What I can tell you, though, is that the internet has lots of ill will towards this beautiful young woman. I’m not even going to get into what the chat forums think of her. Suffice to say the internet wouldn’t vote for her to win a Miss Congeniality Award.
One thing I’d like to talk about a little is an interesting post that Christina put up on her Instagram a litle over a month ago about her deceased brother, whom she extolled and mourned publicly for all to see. Aroldis Chapman’s girlfriend wrote: “I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about you, brother...I couldn’t help but to go in my phone and look at your pictures, play your funeral song and drop tears of sadness.” Let’s just say there are people who are extremely dubious about the nature of this post, and why she’d feel the need to share it with 4000 strangers.
It is indeed a curious projection of Aroldis Chapman’s girlfriend that she’s chosen to convey to the world, but that’s the nature of corporate ideology and the permeating effect it’s had on this thing we call social media. The picture of Christina and her dead brother are now the property of Instagram Inc., in fact. Anyway, Christina loves to post pictures of their cute little baby girl, Angelina, as well. They get to drive around in Aroldis’ Lamborghini and shop at very luxurious stores. Many of Christina’s posts are in Spanish, as she is a Latina. The two often take fun trips on the water in their boat. It looks like a very charmed life, if you go by the pictures. Here’s to hoping these two are enjoying themselves.