“Hi, I’m Belén“. No last name. Because she knows that any Spaniard feels he knows her. Even if they have never met in person. With that “Hello, I’m Belén”, Belén Esteban bursts into Juan Antonio Bayona in the photocall of the 40 Principales Awards. Good for, The 40 Music Awards. That in English we still believe that everything sounds better. Even when you are the first music station in Spanish.
Without thinking, Belén takes the director by the hand. And leads him down the posing carpet to where the journalists who put the most enthusiasm into it are. “Look who I’m with, I’m so excited.“. Farda of meeting. With a very big smile. Of happiness. Of living the moment. And, suddenly, Bayona and Belén don’t quite know how to start chatting about the fiction project she is working on about her own life. Because talking about oneself for 30 years on television makes you believe that your own life is a very important one. life is worthy of starring in a series. Or rather in a soap opera. “That would be 60 episodes,” he tells her.
Without thinking about it, Belén, again, takes Bayona’s hand. This time, as if they were signing a contract. “Done,” she verbalizes. “Don’t throw him out, don’t throw him out,” he picks up cable. But we already have the photo: Belén Esteban and Jota Bayona. We even have the headline.
Without thinking about it, Belén Esteban makes the impossible possible. That’s how she got here. Talking more than thinking. That’s how she has ended up convincing even her detractors. Over the years she has been macerating her charisma, with more comedy and less spite, but she has never lost the engine of her personality: she maintains the illusion of a child. That little girl who gets excited when she sees a celebrity who triumphed with a great talent. From Rosalía to Bayona. She is still the biggest fan. With all the unconsciousness of a good fan, but with the security that television gives you, which allows you to feel important even in front of those who are really important.
