The non-wedding between Juan Ortega and Carmen Otte continues to be one of the most controversial topics today. And the life of the bullfighter and the cardiologist took a radical turn on December 2. Everything was ready for the couple to say “I do” in a beautiful ceremony in Jerez de la Frontera in front of more than 500 guests.
But the bullfighter decided to cancel the engagement two hours before the wedding, leaving the bride planted at the altar and the guests in shock, since no one expected that the bullfighter would cancel his wedding with his lifelong girlfriend. The news completely revolutionized the Spanish social panorama and since then both have remained silent and totally away from the media spotlight.
But after weeks of speculation, Juan Ortega reappeared this Wednesday in a media outlet, where he finally opened up about everything that happened on December 2. ”Carmen and I are two people who loved each other very much, but I had a series of doubts that I couldn’t resolve. I apologize, not for the decision, but for the moment in which I took it,” the right-hander declared on the COPE network.
Regarding how the events happened that morning of December 2, the bullfighter assured that the doubts did not begin that day, but rather had been dragging on for a long time. ”I was alone in my room, I called Carmen, of course, then I called my parents and then the priest, who in the end was the one who was going to marry us. From then on I was consistent with my decision,’ he said.
Likewise, Juan Ortega assured that the call with Carmen Otte was not easy at all. ”Her conversation with her was very hard because there was little explanation for the moment, the circumstances. And besides, at that moment, the wedding was the least important thing. What mattered is that a relationship with a person you love ended,’ he asserted.
But the cancellation of the ceremony and the subsequent celebration not only affected the bride and her family, it also affected the more than 500 guests who had traveled to Cádiz to witness the couple’s wedding. ”There are anecdotes about everything, there are people who stayed to continue enjoying the weekend, others who left. This happened a few hours before and no one came to church,” said the right-hander.
