Bárbara Royo's blunder: the Sonsoles Ónega talk show host calls her book “papatero nonsense”

A full-fledged 'Earth, swallow me' is what the Antena 3 talk show host experienced live this Thursday when qualifying The maid's daughtersthe Planeta Prize written by his boss, Sonsoles Onega, from “patatero roll”. The moment has become the anecdote of the afternoon because Barbara Royo He had not caught his classmates' joke and, in reality, he was referring to another work. “Yours is wonderful!”she corrected, embarrassed and laughing.

The Sonsoles group commented on the Bourbon meeting for the birthday of Infanta Elena and Miguel Lago He winked at the boss: “They told me that they gave him a signed copy of The maid's daughters. My sources tell me that it is the star gift of Christmas.” To which Beatriz Cortazar He added: “It is the best-selling book so far this year.” At this moment, Bárbara Royo's lapse came: “Well, it's a bunch of crap. Anyway, like the series…”

Eye-stricken, his companions pointed out to him: “We're talking about the Sonsoles book!”. The lawyer, wife of journalist Nacho Abad, immediately corrected herself when she realized that she was confusing the Planeta Prize with Margaret Atwood's best-seller, The Handmaid's Tale. “Yours is wonderful”, he told Sonsoles. The presenter has added humor to the mistake: “Where should we sign the success of 'The Maid'?”.

After the clarification, Miguel Lago joked with his partner's continuity: “A memory of Bárbara Royo, that collaborator we had here. She was great.” Laughing, Sonsoles Ónega wanted to make it clear that she does not decide who works on the program.