“I look strong but I destroy myself by looking for my flaws”

Just back from the documentary launch party María, about the life of the Portuguese journalist Maria Cerqueira, girlfriend of her adoptive father Cayetano Riveraand without having slept a couple of hours, Lucia Rivera It’s pure adrenaline at its best. 26 years old just turned. It has two things that never fail: youth and beauty. What I like most is that she is one of the clearest and most transparent women you can find on a photocall.We spoke at the 30th anniversary party for the cosmetics firm NARS, where Blanca Romero’s daughter looked spectacular in a brown silk dress with polka dots. She was elated and in love, and that was something to be thankful for.

How did you experience the premiere of the documentary released by Prime Video about the journalist’s life with your father and his girlfriend María Cerqueira?

I’ll tell you that I got up at five in the morning, even though I went to bed two hours earlier because we were celebrating. Thank goodness I came with makeup on and it doesn’t show. The documentary is amazing, I loved it and it’s also super emotional. The only thing is that they showed it in Portuguese and at first I didn’t understand anything, but then I started to get it.

Does it ever appear?

No, no. I don’t, but I don’t want to say much because the good thing is to see it.

It was his first family photo shoot with his father, his girlfriend and her daughter.

Let’s say it’s the first time in public because I assure you we have many together on the phone.

How has this new school year started?

I am very happy but a little tired of this start to the season in which I have not stopped working, although I am also very happy.

And what can you tell me about Fernando Wagner, her new and mysterious love?

He is a normal boy and a lot is already known through the networks. I have always been afraid of what people will say; it is precisely one of the issues I discuss with my psychologist, but this time I wanted to show it and put an end to those fears. It is difficult for me to take these steps because my comments tend to cause a mess and that is why I doubt whether I will regret what I do in public, although this time I am satisfied.

Does your boyfriend fit the profile of the man you’re usually interested in?

I always like normal men, but I prefer them not to be involved in anything professionally related to my work. You know that I am very reserved about my things, but I am going to confess something that the media missed and I found very funny. This summer they released some pictures of my father on vacation in Portugal and they confused me with Kica, María’s daughter, and that was even though I was with Fernando. What I love about him is that we look a lot alike. We share the same sense of humor and that brings us together.

The truth is that they could pass for sisters because they really are very similar.

I love listening to it because it’s a child’s show. We get along really well but we can’t be together much because of our jobs: we’re always traveling. I do like her though.

What can’t you stand in a boyfriend anymore?

Jealousy and rudeness. I can’t stand anyone who speaks badly to people, whether it’s a waiter or a paparazzi, or anyone else.

Are there any plans for a wedding or a baby?

Oh! You’re going so fast! We’re still at the beginning and the question of babies is a lazy one. Of course, I’m not in a hurry now and I’m not even thinking about it. Obviously, in the future I’d like to be a mother, but we’ll see when the time comes and if I can. Right now my job doesn’t allow me to have a baby.

Are you happy about the return to television of your mother Blanca Romero as presenter of the program? Next level chef on Telecinco?

Well, I got into it just like everyone else, because it’s super cool and she told me she couldn’t tell me anything in advance because it was signed in the contract. The luck she has is that she does everything well: singing, acting, modeling… I couldn’t work on TV because it scares me too much. I seem very strong, but then I come home and I destroy myself by looking for all my defects.

Published the book Nothing is what it seems where she surprised us with a heartbreaking account of her own experiences in life and especially in love. Do you feel like writing another book now that you are in love and happy?

I should do it, but I don’t even have time for a nap. It would definitely be a novel because the lesson I’ve learned is that I would never write about my life again. In the end everything gets so magnified that I have to opt for silence. I got a lot of stick and I think the beauty of the book wasn’t highlighted, which was marred by very sensational headlines because of four things I had put in. That made me very sad.

I will tell you that the best thing you have is your sincerity, it is your essence.

I hope I never lose her.

“As men get older, they enter the ‘menopause’ and become tremendous”

How did you deal with the summer rumour that linked your mother to Álvaro Muñoz Escassi?

Oh my God! My mother really takes everything as a joke, but I wasn’t aware of that story. She is happily single and also has a very protective son. As the years go by, everything is more complicated, but of course I would like to see her with a partner who makes her happy. The thing is that lately I have noticed that when men get older they enter the ‘menopause’ and become tremendous. They start buying cars and do very strange things. This week I have seen many cases on Instagram and I am shocked. Women deal better with menopause, we talk about it and approach it naturally.

Can you imagine yourself living in Mallorca? I say this because I don’t think your boyfriend would want to leave the island where his family and work are.

Not at the moment. I have a job that I never stop and I don’t mind having a long distance relationship because it’s always been that way. Now we are at the age where we work hard to earn money and be able to retire well, especially in a career like mine where we retire early.