The controversy that arose after Luis Rubiales’ kiss with Jennifer Hermoso continues to make headlines. In recent weeks, there have been many well-known faces who have come forward to denounce the behavior of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) during the World Cup final in Australia. There are those who have criticized the scene, but there are also those who have taken advantage of the moment to remember the kiss that the actress Anabel Alonso planted on Jordi Cruz in one of the MasterChef Celebrity programs to defend the former President of the Spanish Football Federation.
After the great controversy unleashed by Rubiales’ kiss, the former president of the Federation assured that the kiss with Hermoso was consensual. “We had very affectionate moments in this concentration. The moment Jenni appeared, she picked me up from the ground that we almost fell. And when she left me on the ground, we hugged each other. She picked me up in her arms and we hugged each other. I told her that she will forget about the penalty I told her that we had won the World Cup thanks to her. She replied that she was a genius. I said ‘a little bit?’ And she said, ‘okay,'” he said. The statements added even more fuel to the fire, and many celebrities spoke out condemning his attitude and her actions.
After the controversy, there have been many users on social networks who have tried to defend Rubiales by comparing her case with that of Anabel Alonso who, in a totally different situation from that of the player, planted a kiss on chef Jordi Cruz during an episode from MasterChef Celebrity. The actress has not hesitated to speak out about this controversy. It was during the Vitoria FesTVal, this weekend. “Look, it is an invented controversy, absolutely, because it is entertainment and, practically, it is fiction,” the actress stated with a laugh.
Anabel was critical of the media, who assures that they magnify everything, especially the gesture. “You join curras with meninas. You have to feed the monster, nothing to do with it,” declared the humorist from Barakaldo. But the truth is that she was not the only one who spoke about the controversy of the actress’s kiss to the chef.
For his part, Xavier Deltell, took advantage of his statements before the cameras to defend Anabel, despite not having coincided with her in the same edition. However, he does know the space up close. “You cannot make comparisons. In that program we have always kissed each other a lot, we have always kissed each other a lot,” he sentenced.
The truth is that Rubiales’ kiss to Hermoso has generated a great controversy that is still alive three weeks later. Many recognized faces have shown their support for the player from Madrid during these weeks. They have spoken from professional footballers, such as Borja Iglesias or Hector Belleín, to singers, such as Alejandro Sanz or Lola Índigo. But it has not stopped here, since this support has also come from the vast majority of Spanish society, who does not understand why Jennifer has not been able to enjoy the victory because of the position in which Rubiales put her.
