Melani Olivares was one of the celebrities who was in the delivery of Traveling with Chester issued on Tuesday, April 11. The Cuatro space closed the season with a special on couples with an age difference. The actress shared a personal experience on the program: “I was 18 years old and a 32-year-old couple, black, with a Haitian and American father.”
The guest commented: “I went to live in New York, I fell madly in love with him and we had a relationship in which, surprisingly, the one they insulted was him, mainly because he was black.”
She indicated that her partner suffered from racism and qualified: “But it also depends on what environments. He was a model and he was a doctor. I think we are more class-minded in this case than in many other things. It is not the same for a black person living in Lavapiés than a black who is a basketball player”.
Risto Mejide added: “That’s what happens in football here. An immigrant is an immigrant until he becomes a footballer, who is then a foreigner.” The interpreter then recalled the problems experienced by the one who had been her boyfriend for being with her.
“I spent three years in the United States living with him. They attacked him. They told him he was a cougar. I was 18 years old, but I seemed much younger. So that was… ‘the son of a bitch has a young white woman black’, with forgiveness. It was double hate,” he explained. The presenter noted: “As if you were a trophy.” She finished: “It was a double trophy. She was young, white and cute. She was like ‘gosh, she’s taken everything’.”
Traveling with Chester also featured in his special focused on couples with an age difference with three other guests. Javier Rigau spoke in the format about his relationship with Gina Lollobrigida, who was 34 years older than him. Pilar Rahola shared her doubts for being 10 years older than her husband. Pelayo Díaz recalled his romance with David Delfín, who was 15 years older than him. In addition, Risto Mejide faced some of the criticism that he has received for his new relationship with a woman he has been with for 21 years.
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