In a couple of months it will be one year since one of the breakups that has had the most impact on the social chronicle in recent years. Lecturas magazine published exclusively on December 28, 2022 that Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Preysler had put an end to their relationship after around eight years together. The news generated a great media impact. Since then, both have led separate lives, Isabel focused on her immediate surroundings and Mario next to his wife, Patricia Llosa, with whom he has been seen on numerous occasions.
The Peruvian writer reappeared this Friday at La Cátedra Vargas Llosa, promoted by the International Foundation for Freedom, which brought together for the third year recognized faces from the world of culture, journalism, politics and academia. It was “a meeting for culture in freedom.” Mario appeared at the event accompanied by his two children and was seen with a large number of recognized faces. In the last two years, he had attended the event with Isabel Preysler, so his absence this year was most noticeable.
Although many attendees and the media missed the ‘Queen of Hearts’, it seems that the Nobel Prize winner and her children did not. As Europa Press points out, it was Gonzalo Vargas Llosa who said that “I miss my family, nothing more.” With these statements, he made it clear that Isabel is not part of his family. Furthermore, the writer’s son denied that his father had had to change the name of his last novel because it was dedicated to Preysler. “The novels have nothing to do with Isabel,” stated Gonzalo.
There are many commentators who in recent months have claimed that since Mario does not attend events with Isabel he has lost ‘glamour’ when it comes to dressing. And the ‘socialite’ is a great lover of fashion. “I don’t know if she had ‘glamour’, I know that he is a great intellectual, but we don’t know much about ‘glamour’,” Gonzalo stated. Despite everything that happened, Gonzalo assures, without naming Isabel, that “I always wish everyone the best.” A surprising statement, since in recent months, every time the press asked the family about Isabel, everyone tried to avoid the question.
Be that as it may, it seems that in recent months the Nobel Prize winner has found strong support in his wife, Patricia Llosa. The 87-year-old Nobel organized a trip with his wife this summer after overcoming a health scare that kept him admitted to a clinic due to complications from a COVID-19 infection. This getaway further fueled, if possible, the rumors of a relationship between the two. And it seems that after the end of the writer’s relationship with Tamara Falcó’s mother, both have given each other a new opportunity.
