For Tamara Falcó (Madrid, 42 years old), Christmas begins on November 20th, her birthday. “My mother waited until then to put up the tree and decorate the house, which is always quite tedious. It’s a lot of fun and part of the tradition that we all come together to help,” confirms the Marchioness of Griñón, a declared fan of these appointments since childhood, when the sound of Christmas carols also marked the return of her brothers from the United States meant . “I remember with particular enthusiasm one year when it was snowing in Madrid and my brother Enrique woke me up so we could see the snow together. He always looks at things like he’s a little kid… Well, actually most of us do that at home,” he adds with a laugh.
It is precisely this spontaneous look that is one of the most characteristic features of someone who is now considered the queen of the public space, a media machine capable of securing a historic economic agreement exclusively for her wedding to Íñigo Onieva last summer and a half To represent a dozen brands that trust him as an image. When the conversation with EL PAÍS ends, which takes place in the suite of an exclusive Madrid hotel overlooking the Prado Museum, Falcó will act as the most anticipated star of the cocktail of the champagne brand Moët & Chandon, a meeting of successful actors. International models and influencers with millions of followers. For the occasion, he chooses a blue sequin suit from his own fashion collection, which will monopolize the websites of specialist magazines the next day. Isabel Preysler’s heir apparent to the canceled paper throne hails her status: “When I returned from studying in Chicago, I was shocked that so much was known about me, but since I had a mother who was in the media spotlight, I had a reference .” Now people are more interested in me, but I imagine that will also decrease. “I’m not afraid of not being fashionable anymore. What’s important is that I continue to recognize myself.”
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To this day, his ability to grab headlines remains intact. In recent days, the socialite made headlines when she publicly unveiled her new penthouse in Madrid’s Puerta de Hierro district. “The move allowed me to change the rhythm of life,” he argues. “I loved living downtown, but having an artichoke in my house all the time, even when walking the dog, was very stressful.” I understand they’re doing their job, but some journalists “We should remember that people deserve dignity.” He says that this summer, when he enjoyed two months of rest between the honeymoon and the vacation that followed, he appreciated “the good fortune of having time.” “I love the contemplative life, the very slow life, the slow life. “For example, I love reading, but I don’t read because I’m always here and there,” he admits.
Tamara Falcó at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid. Samuel Sanchez
The best evidence of the hectic pace that overwhelms her routine is the fact that the aristocrat was single only a year ago, having split from her fiancé after compromising pictures of Onieva with another woman at a music festival were released. During midnight mass, an important event for her every Christmas, she decided to reconcile with her now husband. “I remember letting go of that pain and thinking that the peaceful night was a good time to let go of all the grudges and resentments. It was a Christmas miracle, a very special Christmas Eve because I didn’t know if Íñigo would respond to my message and because we first went to mass in two churches that were already closed. “That night changed my life.” He is so faithful to the Mass that, although he will celebrate the holiday this year with his sister Chábeli in Miami, he already knows which parish he will visit on the 24th: “There is none Reason to leave them out. Additionally, I have a mobile application, Mass Schedules, that works great and finds masses for me wherever I go. “I always looked at it on Misas.org, but I lost the password.”
Tamará Falcó never loses her smile during the lecture. As she poses, she is jealous of her picture, but she allows her answers to flow freely, taking the time necessary to find the right word in each answer. He doesn’t veto or look at his phone in a hurry, even though his presence at the photo shoot is already urgent at this point in the night. The profession of celebrity is so internalized that she resignedly admits that a topic as intimate as pregnancy rumors is the subject of public debate every day. Don’t you mind the pressure? “No, because it’s pretty typical. First they ask you when you’ll have a boyfriend, then when you’ll get married… There’s always a next milestone.” In the businesswoman’s words: “If God wants me to get pregnant and have a child, I will “We’ll try, but if he doesn’t come, we’ll see what we do, we’re not ruling anything out. It is not easy for men or women today. The WHO had to lower the level of sperm quality because today’s man has not reached the previous minimum values: we are so full of pesticides, pollution, stress…”
The brutal naturalness that she displays earned her a place on El Hormiguero, the show that eventually made her a popular character after her triumph on Masterchef Celebrity. A political gathering at which Falcó claims he is giving his “respectful and tolerant” version of current events, without caring about the criticism this might bring him in the media. “I often get into trouble because I’m not afraid to express my opinion. I don’t read what they say either because if I went on Twitter it would make my existence a living hell,” he says. She claims her role at the table: “I say what I think as a citizen and as a human being, I know that I don’t know everything and that there will be those who don’t like it, but I ask so many things.” The people “We don’t know either.”