This Tuesday, Juanma Fernández revealed in It’s not like we were than Victor Sandoval y Marta Riesco would not be part of the selected to compete in the Benidorm Fest. The unexpected news came as a surprise to Sandoval, who at the time was in the middle of the street disguised as a mustard bottle for a special coverage of the upcoming elections in the United States. Unaware of the situation, Belén Esteban y María Patiño connected with him live to inform him of the rejection of his candidacy.
Esteban tried to prepare Sandoval for disappointmentHe assured him that this was “bad news” that he was having trouble conveying. “I want you not to get nervous,” he warned him. However, Esteban’s conciliatory tone did not prevent Sandoval from showing deep annoyance at the information provided by Fernández, whom he quickly labeled as a “Trumpist”, evidencing his distrust towards the veracity of Fernández’s testimony and qualifying him as a “fake news“. “If it turns out this is fake, I’m going to be very bad,” he warned.
Patiño then tried to redirect the conversation to explain journalistic procedures and defend the credibility of the information. However, the confrontational attitude of Sandoval, who constantly interrupted Patiño, increased the level of tension on the set and led the anchorwoman to openly express her frustrationIt makes me angry, because filtration is part of our life,” she said, amid Sandoval’s shouts. Visibly irritated, Patiño expressed the difficulty of dialoguing with him in those conditions: “I can’t talk like that because it gives the feeling that I want to crush Víctor”.
It was then that Esteban, fed up with Sandoval’s behavior, decided to take the reins and defend her partner.Hey, Victor, bad. Wrong. You’ve always had support, both from Maria and from me. You don’t have to talk to María like that. She is the presenter and she interrupts you when she sees fit”.
Despite the efforts of female collaborators to moderate the situation, Sandoval maintained his position. “She doesn’t understand me (María Patiño),” he concluded, justifying his behavior.