Pablo Motos and Sofía Vergara have been two of the most prominent names in Spanish news since last January 2. El Hormiguero's first program of 2024 was watched by more than 5 million viewers and became the most trending topic on social networks, after the striking exchanges between the interviewer and the interviewee. A collection of jokes and highlights that went around the world.
This popular interview was the main topic of conversation during this Thursday's current affairs gathering with Cristina Prado, Tamara Falcó, Núria Roca and Juan de Val. During her interventions, Motos insisted that the entire conversation was built around the interview that the Colombian conducted on Kevin Hart's podcast, in addition to reviewing all the content that has been reported in the media since the exchange took place.
“I must be the only one in the world, literally. I'm going to explain the controversy. Sofía Vergara is coming, we connect very well. So, I tell him: 'I saw an interview of yours with Kevin Hart on a podcast where you wouldn't let him walk. You were hesitating all the time and he was hesitating you. To me, if you could tell me that we are like two old friends and you hesitate and I hesitate.' “She said yes,” she explained at the time, reasons that she gave again during this Thursday's program.
Motos himself insisted on a concept that Jorge Salvador and Jorge Ventosa, the main people responsible for the format with him, repeat to each guest since El Hormiguero was launched 18 years ago. “Mess with Pablo, it's funnier.” To complete the rubric, Núria Roca did a complete review of headlines regarding the interview itself, the reactions on social networks and Motos' apology and subsequent explanations: a total of 513.
A very striking detail occurred after two opinion articles in El País, when Juan de Val made reference to Moncloa to explain that the entire response machinery was already prepared from the moment the interview was broadcast. Tamara Falcó, for her part, insisted that some media outlets used clicks as a resource to generate more traffic and that reactions and news of this style increased their numbers.
For its part, the gathering team was also in charge of sharing the explanation that Sofía Vergara gave in Azteca Uno, insisting that it was all simulated despite subsequent insistences that she had been paid to speak like this: “The interview with Pablo It was also like friends, they told me 'to make it funny, mess with him and start...'. I mean, there is no problem, I have no problem with him, I adore him, I love his program, but we were just teasing each other."
