The Spanish moderator Ana ObregonShe is in the midst of controversy after announcing on March 29 that she became a mother at the age of 68 through a surrogate motherthe magazine ¡Hola!
The TV star had a baby girl, her last name Ana, who was born on March 20 at Memorial Regional Hospital in Miami, the city she traveled to on March 16, the Mamarazzis podcast reported.
Ana Obregón’s motherhood has caused controversy in Spain, not only because of her age but also because of the decision to have the baby through surrogacy, as well as questions about her mental health, as she herself said in various media, including his social ones Network that he “didn’t have a reason to live” after losing his only son in 2020, Aless Lequio, because of cancerand later his parents died.
In addition, there were a number of Speculations about biological parents of the girl, as the egg and sperm donors are unknown.
Ana Obregón’s first words after becoming a mother
The presenter responded on her Instagram profile by posting the cover of Hello magazine! With a short message he expressed his joy.
What is known about pregnancy
This March 29, Hello! exclusively published the photos of Ana Obregón, who leaves a hospital in Miami in a wheelchair with her daughter in her arms. According to the information, the presenter traveled to the American city on March 16 and little Ana was born on Monday 20th.
According to journalists Lorena Vázquez and Laura Fa, owners of the Mamarazzis podcast, pregnancy procedures through surrogacy began in June 2022, the month in which their late son, Aless Lequio, would have turned 30.
Lorena Vázquez pointed out that sources confirmed that Ana “was alone all the time, no one from her family accompanied her, no close friend, it seems that she wanted it Live this moment of your life in absolute solitude‘ he said on the podcast.
Ana Obregón chose the surrogate method in the United States because this practice is not legal in Spain, various media such as El Periódico explained.
Who are the biological parents of Ana Obregón’s son?
There are many unknowns about this, although the only thing that is confirmed is this The fertilized egg cell does not come from the Spanish presenterThis is what Obregón’s ex-husband Alessandro Lequio said in “El programa de Ana Rosa”, where he is one of the presenters.
During the debate, another of the drivers questioned Lequio, who was unwilling to talk about it. “Who is the mother?” asked Joaquín Prat. “Another person,” he replied, noting that the woman who borrowed her uterus is not the one who donated the egg. Antonio Rossi asked if it was from Ana Obregón, Alessandro emphasized it “NO”. So Prat insisted, “You mean the ovum.” Lequio added, “Right on the egg,” and made it clear that neither was the woman who gave birth to the baby nor Ana are the biological mothers.
Speculations about the sperm donor, on the other hand, were not long in coming. The ‘Mamarazis’ shared in the podcast that there is a theory in the Spanish media and social networks that suggests the deceased Aless Lequio would have frozen his sperm before starting their chemotherapy, which she says is common for people beginning such an aggressive procedure. They also explain that if that’s true, it should have been the presenter’s son left powers for his mother to use.
The journalists also shared that Carolina Monje was allegedly Aless Lequio’s girlfriend wouldn’t agree with the decision of his ex-mother-in-law.
Ana Obregón, her ex-husband Alessandro Lequio and their son Aless.
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The sharp opinion of Ana Obregón’s ex-husband
Alessandro Lequio, who was married to Ana Obregón from 1989 to 1994, did not want to talk about the Ana Obregón dispute.
“With all personal affection and the highest professional respect, I hope that you understand this topic I will never say anything. We have, on various occasions, spoken of what we believe to be surrogacy. I have commented and spoken on several occasions. Today is not the day for that. It would only be understood in one sense. It would be absurd. I know you will respect me, I love you very much. That’s how I will stay,” he said on March 29 on ‘El Show de Ana Rosa’, where he is one of the presenters.
Though he didn’t say much, he made it clear I was aware of “everything”. and that neither Ana Obregón nor the woman who gave birth to the baby is the egg donor.
In another broadcast of the above show that aired in 2017, Lequio He made his position on surrogacy clear.
“I totally understand the man who will do the impossible to have a child. What I cannot understand that it is the mother who sells a son ‘Cause let’s cut the hypocrisy, that’s selling a child […] The mother does it for economic reasons. We’ve talked about the mother-child bond all our lives and now we’re throwing it in the mud,” he told Spanish morning newspaper Telecinco at the time.
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On May 13, Ana Obregón suffered a severe blow when her son Alessandro Lequio died in a hospital in Barcelona. The 27-year-old was battling blood cancer (leukemia), which he was diagnosed with in March 2018.
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2/20
The Spaniard expressed on social networks the sorrow that overcomes her at the loss of Alex and this Saturday, May 30, she published a moving publication remembering him and apologizing for it, publicly about to have spoken to him.
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“I know you have never liked that I speak of you publicly, forgive me, my heart is begging me and now that I have a bit of strength I had to thank the hundreds of thousands of messages of love and admiration for you. ‘ reads the beginning of the letter.
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4/20
“You earned the love of everyone you knew. First at school, then at university with the scholarship you got to study in the United States, culminating in your return to Spain at the age of 24 started a successful business, until one day the word ‘cancer’ appeared in our lives.”
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Alessandro Lequio/Instagram
5/20
The actress highlighted her son’s collaboration and dedication to foundations that treat people living with the same illness, a gesture she considers “too noble, generous, supportive, unique and great to fit into this world.”
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“My warrior of the eternal smile despite the pain, months of hospitalization and suffering. It was an honor for me to be by your side in this fight without a break, but also to see you suffer without complaint was the lesson of the cruelest life a mother can endure”.
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7/20
Ana expressed that Alex would have liked to thank for the expressions of affection they received: “I know that from up there you would like to thank so many thousands of messages of love and admiration for you unexpectedly, which will help you in your long journey .”
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8/20
Obregón recalled how they prayed together to God to heal him of cancer: “Losing a child means dying and an obligation to live. And you wanted to live, get married one day and have five children.”
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9/20
“Many nights in the hospital we prayed together to God to heal you and he ignored us. Now I’m just asking him to hug you again very soon because I miss you unbearably.”
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“My Aless, it was and is a true privilege to be your mother. I love you always and forever. Forever. Mom. Thank you” were the words with which she said goodbye in the message posted on Instagram.
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The son of actress and Italian count Alessandro Lequio remained upbeat during his battle with the disease. He was always accompanied by his parents and his girlfriend Carolina Monje.
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Alessandro, who was nicknamed “Aless” by his family and friends, posted a final picture to his Instagram account on April 10 as part of the Children’s Day celebrations. The young man posted a photo with his cousin Celia Vega-Penichet, in which he wrote: “Again and again, through eternity, we will shine together.”
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After confirming the death of his cousin, Vega-Penichet took to the same social network to say goodbye: “You left too soon, we had many dreams and plans to make. Forever 27 and forever you, for your mark was forever marked on all those who knew you.”
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14/20
“We always dance to our rhythm, out of the system and we will continue to do so because your energy gives me strength and wherever you are I know you will accompany me to do everything we do we have planned”, he wrote to his “companion for improvements, for battles, for adventures, for conversations”. He ended his message with the sentence: “You are the greatest and now you are also eternal.”
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15/20
Finally, a few hours after the Spanish press reported the death of Alessandro Lequio, his mother took to her Instagram account to speak out. He wrote a short but heartbreaking message: “My life ran out,” the actress and presenter wrote alongside a photo of her posing smiling with her son.
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In an interview, the young man spoke about how close he was with his parents. Their bond was such that they considered each other “best friends.” Despite her relationship with both of them, she always showed her love and admiration for her mother, whom she thanked for her support: “The only person who believed in me and encouraged me from waking up to going to bed,” she wrote. .
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Alessandro Lequio Jr./Instagram
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The young man published several photos with his mother. He accompanied her in August 2018 with the legend: “With the only woman who has a permanent position in my life.”
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Alejandro Lecquio García was born in 1992 as a product of actress Ana Obregón’s romance with Italian Count Alessandro Lecquio. Throughout his childhood, he remained in the public eye due to his parents’ controversial relationship.
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Despite studying Political Science and Philosophy at Duke University (North Carolina), she eventually decided to start a marketing agency that connects brands and influencers.
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He spent the last two years of his life surrounded by his loved ones. Since learning of his diagnosis, he’s made it his mission to keep a good sense of humor and a smile.
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