The relationship between Laura Escanes and Risto Mejide was controversial from the beginning to the end. Although they made efforts for a time to avoid media coverage, the couple gave in to popular interest and decided to use it as a weapon to make money: they co-hosted a podcast, did different campaigns together, posed together at events, etc.
Throughout the seven years that their emotional bond lasted, the lovers had to fight against one of the greatest social stigmas: ageism and the age difference in romantic relationships. Although many took it as a joke, the issue of age haunted the protagonists in interviews, publications on social networks and all kinds of occasions.
Laura Escanes never saw herself as a victim of a situation of abuse of power for dating a man 21 years older than her and decided to marry the presenter of Everything is a Lie. Shortly after, she became pregnant and gave birth to Roma, her first and only daughter.
However, everything changed with the divorce. When they publicly announced that they were going their separate ways in an official statement, neither of them alluded to the issue of age, but it was clear that the situation between the model and the publicist was tense.
Out of respect for her daughter’s father, the Catalan presenter has remained silent in recent months and has fled from the press when talking about her ex. Instead, she has now given some statements about relationships between people of different ages that fans have taken as a clear dig at Mejide.
The digital creator has been a guest on the podcast The Sense of Beer and has opened up on the channel: ”I really believed that a couple with an age difference is viable and if there is love, absolutely nothing happens, summary. Now I think no, there are many factors that do affect it. One, the most important, is the vital moment.
”When there is such a difference in age that it is 20 years, you are not at the same vital moment. He has experienced infinite things more than you, he has an experience that you do not have, you have to give up many things to continue with that partner project (…) There comes a time when that does not make you happy,” stated the young man making it clear that it is something that affects both parties.
The statements of María Pombo’s friend have shocked many of her fans, but her words have given rise to a wave of massive support on social networks, since many Internet users agree with her speech.
Currently, after putting an end to her relationship with the Sevillian singer Álvaro de Luna, Escanes has decided to focus on her professional career and her daughter, so, despite the rumors, she does not seem to be open to a new romantic experience.