The reasons why Tamara Falcó made headlines this week were no longer related to her media break with Íñigo Onieva, but because of her participation, on October 2, in the ultra-conservative World Congress of Families held in Mexico City, where she attended as part of its youth program.
During her speech, the Marchioness of Griñón uttered some words that were soon branded as hate speech towards the LGTBIQ+ collective, both on social networks and on television: “Now we are experiencing a very complicated moment for humanity, there are so many different types of sexualities , there are so many different places where you can do evil that I think that in other generations it was not so evident and it was not so well seen”.
He was the presenter of
Save me
, Jorge Javier Vázquez, who gave the most forceful response, describing the Marchioness of Griñón as "a fraud" and sending "a message of hate".
Columnist and writer Bob Pop also described Falcó as a "pet of the rancid" on the radio program
Hora 25
of the Ser network.
Days later, Tamara Falcó offered a lukewarm apology.
She has done it through two channels: on the one hand, through a series of
stories
published on her Instagram account and, on the other, through her weekly appearance in
El Hormiguero
.
The presenter of the program, Pablo Motos, has been in charge of reading Tamara Falcó's words during the broadcast of the program and then asking her: "What do you really want to say?"
The daughter of Isabel Preysler and Carlos Falcó, staring seriously at the camera, has tried to clarify her words: "For me this is especially difficult because it is taken out of context", she has begun by explaining, inviting whoever would like to see the video complete, about nine minutes long.
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"I didn't even want to mention the person I was talking about, but the person I was talking about was my ex," he continued.
"And, since it was a Congress of Families, I was explaining the reasons why I couldn't have a family with him."
Tamara Falcó has assured that at no time did she allude to any LGTBIQ + group, despite mentioning "different types of sexualities" in her speech: "It's not me", she has expressed, reiterating the "lack of context ”.
The celebrity has settled the controversy by offering a lukewarm apology: "If any group has been affected by these words, I apologize."
"My breakup is not a topic that I want to talk about in public again and I'm sorry to have to mention it to make this clarification," the winner of
MasterChef Celebrity
ended up saying .
His apologies on social networks, published just a few minutes before appearing on the program, followed the same line, assuring: "The word deviations referred to behaviors that my ex had and that were not aligned with my way of understanding life in partner".
From her own platform she also apologized "to any group that has been attacked" for his statements.
The apologies offered by Tamara Falcó on her Instagram profile Tamara Falcó's Instagram
The World Congress of Families, whose origins date back to 1997, promotes values and ideals of conservative Christianity internationally and regularly organizes meetings and conventions around the world.
The organization shows open opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
Far-right leaders such as former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have participated in previous congresses.
Since announcing the end of her engagement with Íñigo Onieva, Tamara Falcó had only made three public appearances: the first one, at the party of one of the brands for which she is an ambassador, where she explained about the her emotional state.
The second, in her section of
El Hormiguero
, where he spoke again about his breakup.
And, the third, in the Congress of Families in Mexico.