Smiling, calm, relaxed and walking down the street with friends like any other anonymous person and without hiding. It has been many years since we had an image like this of Isabel Pantoja. The artist had us accustomed to being locked up in Cantora, isolated and with only the apparent company of her brother. But her life is taking a radical turn, professionally and personally. And that turn passes through the Andalusian city of Córdoba.
The cover of Lecturas magazine has put the spotlight not only on Isabel Pantoja, this time for very positive news, but also on her companion. And although many may be surprised, it is not a new friendship for the singer. Isabel has been accompanied by a close friend for almost 30 years. A friend, like others that the tonadillera has, who has always remained on the sidelines and away from the moments of most informative interest that have surrounded the Sevillian. A friend who belongs to her usual group, like Cristina, known as the pilot, and others who have surrounded her since the 90s.
Isabel has had reasons to be locked up in her house, but since her mother died, she began to take charge of her professional and personal life again. Without the worry and full-time dedication to her mother’s illness, Isabel has regained her social habits, and among them is going out and about with this friend. She is from Córdoba, she is a doctor in the city and belongs to a family that has always been related to jewelry, her parents ran one of the best-known jewelry stores in the city.
The story of this friendship, in addition to going back years, also has an important addition: their mothers were very close friends and that made the bond stronger at certain times. Mariló, which is what this friend’s name is, is the one who has also been more aware of all of the singer’s health problems in recent years. Thanks to her, Isabel was able to treat her eye condition last year. Also thanks to her, she has been kept up to date with check-ups of all kinds and medical problems that she has suffered lately.
Pantoja traveled to Córdoba in his own car, as he has done regularly in recent months. There, and always without her brother Agustín, something that has surprised her, but is also common when Isabel meets with her group, staying at this or another friend’s house. Isabel isn’t much of a late-night person, but she does show up a lot in department stores, especially those dedicated to DIY.
