In Neon, Celeste Rivera is a journalist who covers the reggaeton music industry. Alycia Pascual-Peña plays Celeste.
Celeste is a no-nonsense journalist who is Miami’s hottest tastemaker. Her one article on an artist will kick off their career. Celeste doesn’t do fluff pieces, and she doesn’t have an agenda. Hence, the music community and journalists respect her.
Celeste has already helped Javier Luna become a success, and Mia hinted that Santi could be next. In order to get Celeste to cover Santi, Ness stalks Celeste to convince her to come to one of Santi’s shows.
Celeste’s harsh comments
Celeste didn’t know that Santi was going to be an opening act. Hence, she misses his performance. Santi, who is on cocaine, interrupts another artist’s live performance so that he can perform his song for Celeste. He is pulled off the stage midway into the performance.
He gets Celeste to cover him, but she criticizes Santi and calls him childish and unprofessional in her article. Celeste’s article brings Santi’s confidence down.
To lift his spirits again, Ness has to pull another one of her moves and bring Celeste to Santi. It’s Celeste who tells Santi that there are always going to be people who will criticize their work, but they shouldn’t stop hustling.
Celeste’s fate
Celeste and Santi click. Celeste is one of those who can easily figure out that Santi and Isa’s relationship is fake. Santi is so comfortable around Celeste that he lets her know that this is true off the record.
Celeste and Santi almost make out at Daddy Yankee’s party. Isa saw this coming and was prepared for it. When Santi comes to break things off with Isa, who stole his song and is mistreating him, Isa shows him a picture of him kissing Celeste.
Isa threatens to accuse Santi of cheating on her. The picture will ruin not only Santi’s career but also Celeste’s.
However, before Isa can do that, at the New Year’s Eve party, Santi admits that his relationship with Isa was fake in front of the whole world and that he did it all because he was lost chasing fame and success. Celeste is last seen dancing to Santi performing his version of Corillo.
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