It could not be. He was the favorite of many, but Orestes Barbero was left without the precious jackpot of more than 2.2 million euros from Pasapalabra, which ended up taking his eternal rival, Rafa Castaño, hardly giving him a chance to complete his own Rosco .
A moment that the one from Burgos will probably never forget. After 360 programs, the millions slipped out of hand. Of course, at that time he left all the prominence for which he had become his great friends, Rafa, with a frank first sentence of "loser": "Don't feel sorry for me."
Now, his followers have not been able to avoid worrying about him, even more so considering that Orestes has hardly been seen or heard since the grand finale that took place at dawn on Monday, March 13. The only words from him have been those granted in an interview with the Diario Castilla y León and a few words on local television, La 8 Burgos, but nothing more.
Two interventions in which his followers even left with a worse taste in their mouths, since the man from Burgos revealed that if Rafa's donut had touched him, he would also have taken the boat; or that he would like to try again in a few years. Responses that many have called "worrying", even sending messages to Orestes himself, who has had to speak publicly to make it clear that he is fine.
Orestes clarifies that he is with this joy for the peace of mind of being able to recover his previous life, after the exceptional experience he has lived. Of course, he wants to make it clear that recovering that routine and daily life involves leaving everything that has to do with the public.
"I made the perfectly understandable decision, after this year and a half of maelstrom, to withdraw fully into the bustle and joys of my daily life, the real one, with my unrepeatable plans, obligations and loved ones. Entering into that decision, in addition, the turn the page completely for a season after this stage until further notice or specials, as is the healthiest thing to do", he insists, adding that for this reason he has refused to grant interviews to the media.
Orestes regrets that everything has ended like this, and that is why he has decided to speak up and make it clear that he is sad or sunk in the most absolute misery after losing the boat, nothing at all.
"It is anything but true that I am so extremely collapsed and devastated, but rather that I am with the consequent emotional hangover, but above all happy and grateful. Therefore, it is tremendously unfair that this aura of victimhood is brought to my person by extension without eating or drinking it."
A few words that have reassured his followers, even more so with the one from Burgos asking the media to please correct their statements or alarmist headlines, to avoid greater evils.
