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He only has one day off a week. From Monday to Friday Patricia Cerezo (51) is in Cuatro collaborating in the program En boca de todos, on Sundays she goes to La Roca (by Nuria Roca), and one day a week she goes to the program Juntos of Telemadrid. He has no fear of becoming saturated or tiring the viewer.

- What if you want to party?

- It always has to be Friday.

Until a year and a half ago he had not stood in front of a camera. She was 'the wife of'. She resigned herself to defining herself in interviews as the eternal consort, the shadow of Ramón García. With the mythical Grand Prix and the Bells he had two daughters, Natalia (19) and Veronica (16). They were together for almost twenty-five years, until one day their separation jumped to the media, which someone leaked to the press. They tried to get away from the media spotlight. Ramontxu said that the exclusive was late and Patricia assured that the affection was not going to be lost. "There has always been a good relationship, I can't conceive of getting along badly with the father of my children," the television collaborator tells LOC two years after their separation.

But he also believes it is another. "I've been the shadow couple. Now I am with my work, my illusions, I make my decisions and I make them. I'm already Patricia Cerezo, journalist." He graduated in the latter although he has not practiced for decades. "I focused on my family," she says. And he gave up his illusions. "Now the advice I repeat most to my daughters is to never give up what you want." Patricia Cerezo would have told herself a few days ago to go to New York.

Ramón García and Patricia Cerezo, on their wedding day (March 8, 1997)E.M.

At that time she was dressed as a bride: with only 24 years she married the presenter, he was ten years older. Although she was not seen, she went to every program, accompanied her to everything. That's why television is their place. Or its natural site. "I've always been linked in one way or another to television and now that I'm in front of the cameras, when the red light comes on I get adrenaline."

Not at any price. "There are a number of shows where I don't fit in, where I don't think it could be me." Cerezo has rejected his participation in two programs, which he does not want to disclose.

- What do you think of the end of Save Me?

- That a format is finished is always bad news, but I also think it is an end of cycle.

His professional life has a clear before and after. "Three years ago I was afraid, now I live day by day..." It was also three years ago when he created 49 Comunicación, of which he is CEO, which marked the beginning of his new facet. The name pays homage to the age he was when he promoted it. "And why not? Today the 49 years are not the same as before. Precisely I want to convey what happened to me: change, movement... There is talk of ageism and I am the example that it is possible: I am 51 years old and I have plenty of work (...) At my age it happens many times, that you want to change jobs or lives but you are afraid. And it shouldn't be like that."

The journalist also makes a plea for love. Since 2021 she has been dating Kiko Gámez, a telecommunications engineer and senior position at Telefónica. When she was discovered in his company at a concert she revealed that her intention was not to fall in love again so quickly: "I wanted to see what it was like to be alone, but life gives you these surprises."

- Do you now believe in love forever?

- It may exist, but for a love to last there has to be commitment, a lot of respect and trust. You have to take great care of it. If you settle down you may end up becoming a roommate.

Patricia Cerezo and Kiko GámezCEDIDA

It is clear that Gámez is much more than a companion, Cerezo changes the timbre of his voice when he talks about him. And in her day-to-day life – no matter how busy she is – he comes in.

- Who is Patricia Cerezo outside of television?

- I define myself as a person who is enthusiastic about life, who loves to communicate: I wake up with a lot of enthusiasm, for anything. My closest environment I knew before and now on TV I'm trying to convey that.

In his daily life he still feels the emptiness of his father, who passed away five years ago. "I think about him daily. He was from Atleti, and I was a madridista but if I could take him anywhere it would undoubtedly be to an Atleti final... I know this is going to sound weird but I feel him here, with me. He always told me that I should dedicate myself to my profession, to journalism. So a lot of times I think 'what are you proud daddy?' and I swear it is, I notice."

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