Most tabloid scoops begin with a
breath.
, a leak, an anonymous call —or not so anonymous— that puts a journalist, a media outlet or a paparazzi agency on the trail of news.
The exclusive maternity of Ana Obregón (Madrid, 68 years old) by surrogacy would not be the exception to the rule.
"There are thousands of ways to arrive at a scoop like this: coincidences, research, intuition, but also small leaks," admits the journalist Sandra Aladro in conversation with EL PAÍS.
"I can't confirm how we got here, but many times there is a bit of all of the above," continues the director of Gtres, the news agency that took the photographs of the actress and presenter leaving Memorial Regional Hospital in Miami, in United States, with a baby in her arms.
The images are part of the report of the magazine
Hello!
that hit the newsstands on Wednesday
,
and that the publication brought forward on Tuesday at the stroke of midnight in its digital version.
Barely 24 hours after the news of Obregón's new maternity came to light, it can already be considered one of the most commented and controversial social chronicle stories of recent years.
“For us at Gtres this is one of the most important jobs of recent times.
Actually, it is the most important because of its importance and interest”, says the director of the agency.
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Ana Obregón, mother of a surrogate girl at 68: "I have lived again"
Hello!
reported in his report that only Obregón, his sisters Celia and Amalia (he has two more brothers, Javier and Juan Antonio) and his ex-partner and father of his son Aless, Alessandro Lequio, knew that someone in Florida was carrying a baby for the actress and presenter.
This practice, illegal in Spain, implies that a woman becomes pregnant with her own egg or someone else's and gives birth to a baby for someone else.
The Gtres news agency had also known about Obregón's plans for months.
"This has been a long-term job, in which a lot of people have been involved," confirms Aladro.
The television star began the process in June 2022, coinciding with what would have been the 30th birthday of her son, Aless Lequio, who died in May 2020 from Ewing's sarcoma.
Some time later, the Spanish news agency directed by Aladro was put on the trail of Obregón's new "family project" and deployed a monitoring device for the actress.
The operation involved mobilizing journalists outside of Spain.
“Finally, on March 16, with no one to accompany her and without explaining the destination of her trip to anyone, Ana packed the most exciting suitcases of her life and left on a commercial flight to Miami.
She settled in an apartment in the tourist area of the city and prepared to wait for the happy event ”, can be read in
Hello!
"For four days she was alone, taking long walks to meditate, doing some shopping and writing the last paragraphs of the book that her son, Aless, began to write and that she is finishing, with the idea of presenting it in a month," she adds. Magazine.
At least one photographer was also there, following in the footsteps of the television star to get the most desired image, the one that would confirm her surrogate motherhood.
The paparazzi stood guard until they obtained the photos that all of Spain is now talking about: the 68-year-old actress, in a jacket and jeans, trainers, and sunglasses, leaving the hospital in a wheelchair with a sign that reads three words: “Mother Baby Chariot” (carriage for mother and baby).
And in her arms, a newborn girl named Ana, wrapped in a white blanket and wrapped in a pink shawl.
“They got us!
A light full of love came to my darkness.
I will never be alone again.
I have lived again ”, has been the message of the protagonist of the news on her Instagram account.
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"The images speak for themselves.
They have waited until the end to publish the story, they have waited to get the photographs of Ana leaving the hospital with her baby, which are the ones that definitively confirm the information that we had been handling for months ”, indicates Aladro.
“It has been a miracle to ensure that the news does not leak, that it reaches the newsstands exclusively, causing surprise and impact.
In these times, of the internet and social networks, this is increasingly difficult”.
Regarding the price of the exclusive, the director of the agency prefers not to reveal any details, but she does confirm that "the more interest the news has, the greater its economic value."
In this case, the price of the report could be especially high.
Some paparazzi speak of between 50,000 and 90,000 euros, others tell EL PAÍS that it could be a six-digit number.
The news of the surprise maternity of the sixty-year-old diva has opened all the news, has crept into all the radio gatherings and has taken over the websites of the most important newspapers and magazines in Spain.
It also centered part of the political debate of the day, with statements even from the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero.
And, of course, it went viral on social networks, where the name of Ana Obregón was a trend throughout the day.
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"We knew that it would cause an impact because it is news of enormous interest and Ana is one of the most beloved and valuable characters of the heart," concludes Aladro.
"Soon, as soon as the procedures to register the little girl and obtain the necessary documentation are completed, Ana will return to Spain with her daughter in her arms," announced
Hello!
Wednesday
.
The next big scoop from the Spanish tabloids could already be brewing.
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