Mamen Mendizábal, the debate expert, with a journalist partner and fed up with impertinent questions

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After leaving

, in June 2021, the journalist

(46) resumed her work on La Sexta this Thursday and with a program that, according to her own words, hopes

It is

a format in which four "famous" who do not know each other gather around a table to

on which they supposedly disagree.

But that, in one way or another, also unites them.

"When La Sexta commissioned us to create a new format, we thought

and that is what we have tried to do here: talk about the changes that are taking place in society.

Topics that, in principle, could be sensible and that, yes, are treated in depth,

Mendizábal commented at a press conference on Tuesday.

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"The premise is as follows: sometimes you find yourself at a dinner with people you don't know, but you reach

than with your friends, with whom you feel more judged... And here

because of the mix of people we bring together, for example,

and

, who talk about family models,

and

who talk about faith, or

,

and

, who come together in the program of new masculinities. On the other hand, in 'pets' they coincide

, the referee

and

, one of the editors of the satirical magazine

, while in feminism they are

,

,

and

, "he announced.

And what role does Mamen play, exactly, in these programs?

The one to

Her specialty since she began her professional career, at Cadena Ser, after studying journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.

As she has commented on numerous occasions, Mendizábal's first job opportunity was

in

.

However, soon, the network gave her her own wings and put her in front of the program

, on weekends, and even asked her to

in 2006. But Mamen was also interested in the television, so in 2004 she decided to try her luck on screen and Televisión Española hired her to present

And, although the space gave her experience, things

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The reason?

In 2006, Mendizábal was presented with the proposal to

dealing with political issues and current affairs, which is what he has always been passionate about.

However, he did not want to leave his work at RTVE.

Despite this,

according to

, declared that his claim was simply incompatible.

"From a business point of view, you cannot continue promoting the image of a person who goes to the competition," they would have declared then.

So Mamen had to "pack his bags" and move definitively to La Sexta, where he began presenting

and the

A space that only

but that made her an expert in debates.

So much so, that in 2010, the chain gave him another program of the same type:

Although her biggest work challenge has been, until now,

During 2012 and 2021, Mendizábal was in charge of the evening magazine of La Sexta.

A job, at first, idyllic, but that over time

"My comfort zone has very little comfort, because I

I have more loyalty to viewers than to my own family. I don't know what it's like

or take care of someone when it gets bad. I work from Monday to Friday on TV, no matter what happens. It's a way of life that I've chosen, but it

and a great sacrifice. You get hooked on the adrenaline of direct. But three hours a day , for so many years, plus what you carry on your back, make me have a real

and those around me also have it," he said in May 2021, with extreme sincerity, which caused numerous media outlets to become interested in his family and "for those who had left Mamen la tele."

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Among them,

whom she met on Cadena Ser, around 2006, when he worked in the station's sports section.

Despite this, the couple was slow to realize that theirs was more than friendship, so they did not start a relationship immediately, but in 2013. In other words, Mendizábal and Ponseti

and, although not everything has been easy, the journalist recognized Alberto Chicote, in December, that both

"In life there is a lot of work, a lot of frustrations.

because we are both journalists, but you have to understand each other's work, each other's family, yours.

he confessed in

An interview that also surprised his fans a lot, because the presenter spoke openly about marriage.

"I was married once

and my current partner is not the man I married. I am

. And when I got married I thought it was for life.... And then I realized that this is a hoax ,

revealed.

And it is that Mamen is characterized by dealing with issues that, for other celebrities, are highly uncomfortable.

Like the theme of motherhood.

"I live in a time of fullness and, however, what I have heard the most during this year, in which I have become in my forties, is

Well, do you know what I tell you? That I declare myself in rebellion before all those people who show you the way.In the issue of women and children there is a lot of

And I'm tired of impertinent questions and prejudices", she expressed, six years ago, in the book

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