María del Monte to Jordi Évole about her relationship with Isabel Pantoja: "They came to offer me 300,000 euros to speak"

Throughout her life,

(60) has made it a rule not to talk about her privacy, much less to do bad things about her companions.

After four decades of experience, the queen of sevillanas continues to be one of the most beloved and esteemed characters in the show.

For the first time in a long time, María del Monte has given a long television interview in

where she has talked about

(66), her homosexuality, her beginnings and her long career.

It was the summer of 1995 when

published on its cover with the headline 'La Pantoja and María del Monte.

Games and pampering on the beach' one of the most commented images that still have a tail.

In the report, both singers were affectionate, playful and very complicit.

and added that those rumors about a sentimental relationship "I took it regularly. Until then I lived with absolute ignorance of what that was (pink press). It is It is true that I had recorded many records and they had bought me, but never in my life had I had a photographer persecuting me. I came to know that situation to unsuspected limits".

With total naturalness, he blurted out that today: "What do those photos have playing on the beach? And what?"

To talk about what everyone was whispering about, a person linked to a gossip magazine even offered her

but María del Monte has always been true to herself.

Regarding the situation, Pantoja has confessed that "I have always wanted to manage my life. If I have to be fair, I felt like splashes. I did not feel like the objective of that. I think the objective was rather Isabel and splashes of that story came to

At one point they even suggested that she fake a love relationship with a man in a magazine, "but I never knew the identity of that person."

Obviously, she did not accept.

Regarding his relationship with

(59), with whom, after 23 years of relationship, he decided to marry civilly in July of last year with the assistance of his close friends

(49) and Victorio & Lucchino, he declared that "all the "The world has always known it. My inner circle and my family. I have never hidden from anything. As a result of the proclamation -Madrid Pride 2022- no one dared to verbalize our relationship and people were more relaxed".

Inmaculada was one of the first professionals to reveal the terrifying case of Arny.

The Sevillian artist put some dots on certain i's: "The photos that have been published after the fact are from before because we have always gone to places together. I have never had to hide."

Aware that the situation of people's sexual orientation is the order of the day and that in some cases certain steps have been taken backwards, María argued that "there was

so to go back... not even to gain momentum".

He considers that why label anyone when a heterosexual does not present himself as such, "but I understand the taboo", referring to the fact that it is hard to pronounce the word lesbian.

His beginnings were complicated.

Some record company directors told her that "your voice is very pretty, but a woman is useless to sing sevillanas".

Thanks to a providential meeting with

in a flea market, the del Monte began to stand out.

Almost no one bet on

, but in the end it was a huge success with three million copies.

Against all odds, no one has brought him down from the throne.

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