Jorge Javier opens up about “anxiety” about weight: “They told me I was fatter in person than on television”

Jorge Javier Vazquez He usually talks openly about any topic, even when it is about himself. In fact, this Wednesday he opened up about the relationship he maintains with his body, a love-hate bond that has been conflictive and changing. Now, the presenter feels proud of his physique, but before he was “embarrassed” to show it.

As Christmas is about to begin, a time in which excess reigns and causes discomfort among those who are self-conscious about their weight, the former presenter of Chinese Stories y Save me He has admitted that before he was afraid of gaining weight. She is now on vacation in Brazil, and there she enjoys sunbathing among strangers. In the past it was difficult for him to put on a swimsuit because of what people might say about him, but the years have made him gain self-esteem. “Before I was anxious about gaining weight on vacation”has admitted in Readings.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a beach in Spain. As shy as I am, I’m embarrassed to be recognized sunbathing. and have no escape. That’s why I so enjoy the anonymity on a beach where it’s possible to blend in with people. Furthermore, the fact that they can take photos of you in a swimsuit makes you alert. And even then, you never come out unscathed,” he added.

Vázquez acknowledges that he feels “calmer” since he no longer works in television, because “before he always asked for a scale in hotels.” “I weighed myself every day and structured the day according to weight: I did more or less sports, I was more or less careful with food. It bothered me to arrive on vacation with a few extra kilos and to be called fat. It didn’t just annoy me: it created anxiety. And that anxiety didn’t help me control myself so, in the end, I remember my vacation fighting against the guilt complexes that accompanied me if I decided to have dessert,” he acknowledged. Likewise, considers that no person, even if they are “beautiful”, is free from having insecurities.

“Fatter in person than on television”

For the communicator, the key is to fall in love with yourself. This is how he defends it in his text, where he has rescued the words of the Argentine therapist Nilda Chiaraviglio: “He assures that happy people do not fall in love. Curious, eh?” At this moment the presenter feels “better than ever” – this can be seen on his Instagram profile, where, for some time now, he has been sharing some bare-chested poses. “The liberation that comes from not submitting yourself to the daily scrutiny of another’s eye”has said.

In this sense, Vázquez recalled a traumatic experience with an editor in Malaga. And, according to him, a colleague told him that he had been “impressed” because “he was fatter in person than on television.” Today, these words wouldn’t have hurt so much: “It’s also now when I care least about what they tell me.”