The interview that Ana Rosa Quintana did years ago to Maria Teresa Campos to clarify their differences is one of those great television moments that still resonate in the memory of the most avid viewers. coffee growers. That face to face was full of innuendos, taunts and “tiritos”, as they called it. Something like that could happen this Monday when she receives in TardeAR to Jorge Javier, her television son – he started with her in Extra Pink– who in recent times has not been shy when it has seemed appropriate to criticize the one who was, and still is, his partner on the network.
“We need to clear up some things, yes”the Madrid communicator recognizes Informalia“There has been a distancing and many disagreements, even moments of tension,” he admits. But the truth is that Ana Rosa and Jorge Javier are condemned to understandAnd a year and a half after Mediaset decided to withdraw Save me and hand over the afternoon slot to Quintana. Now, in addition, the network has wanted these two ‘intimate enemies’ to present the afternoons together with two programs that are glued together in the programming, first The Diary (15.45) and then TardeAR (17.30).
Why are you starting the season with an interview with Jorge Javier Vázquez?
Because we knew there was a lot of tension. We haven’t been together on a set for a long time and now we’re going [en parrilla] one after the other. It was a good time.
How did this face-to-face meeting come about and how was his reaction when you proposed it to him?
I spoke to him about it before I left for vacation, because we met at an event. I hadn’t seen him for a long time and I told him to come to the program one day. He told me he would be delighted and that he could come whenever I wanted.
Are sparks going to fly in that interview?
Well, I don’t know. Anything can happen… Jorge is a first-class communicator, very fast, witty and funny. He also has his own character, and so do I, so anything can happen.
Are you going to tell each other “the truth” like in that interview you did with María Teresa Campos when you sat down on a set for the first time?
Yes, I guess so. We have to clarify some things, yes. We have a very long relationship, going back 25 years. Rosa [Villacastín] and I are his television mothers and then there was a distancing and many disagreements, even moments of tension. But I think that Jorge is now in a good personal moment. I see him smiling, he is quick… there was a time when I only saw him angry. Now I see him happier.
What has your relationship really been like during this time? Do you call or text each other?
Not much. Not much lately. When he had a stroke or was sick, or I was too, yes, occasionally, like two people who care for each other. But we have been distant.
Have you spoken to him recently about the premiere of his show? Have you written to him about the ratings or to wish him luck?
I wish him luck, yes, but I don’t really want to be a fan of the audience. But the Olympics were on. The course starts on Monday.
I understand that you are the first one interested in doing well with ‘El diario de Jorge’…
And for many reasons. First, out of interest, TardeARbut also for him, I want him to do well. Although he has done great, look at what happened with him SurvivorsThe thing is that you have to give him time and let him have peace of mind. Television doesn’t happen overnight, it takes a lot of time for people to get used to it and create a habit.
Have you had to check the same thing with TardeAR?
Of course, we want an audience from one day to the next. No, no. Television is a habit, it depends on people’s habits, they get used to it… this is a process and you have to be patient.
Have you noticed that patience on the part of Mediaset? Have they not become nervous?
In the 20 years I have been at Telecinco, they have always let me do my programme freely, and now they do too. We do the programme we want and what we believe should be done and it hasn’t gone badly for us, eh. The channel is delighted, we have a commercial target that is the envy of all the channels, above 12%, and an audience almost equal to that of the competition, taking into account that we have 30 minutes of advertising.
How do you think the rivalry with Sonsoles Ónega will be this season?
Well, I don’t know, because everything is strange, now she starts at 5:00 p.m. and I start at 5:30 p.m. and we won’t coincide directly. I also don’t know if Antena 3 is going to put in advertising or if they’re going to continue without advertising for the third year. These are factors that have a lot of influence. Advertising produces a drop that is then very difficult to recover.
Did you expect Antena 3 to move Sonsoles’ broadcast time up to 5:00 p.m.?
I do. That possibility existed from the moment the soap opera ended. [Pecado original].
Are you also considering moving the time forward to 5:00 p.m.?
That wouldn’t be moving it forward, it would be keeping the schedule we had before. If it were up to me, I would go at 5:00 p.m., but that is decided by the network based on the audience studies it carries out.
Do you predict an even season?
I don’t know. I hope so, that it will be close and that we will win if possible.
Are you going to make changes to TardeAR?
There are new collaborators and we are going to adjust the program’s times, but the important sections are going to be the same, we are going to continue betting on the VIP table, the Row Zero…
Your nephew Kike’s section was a breath of fresh air. Does he get you into trouble a lot with his opinions?
What a character. We’re happy, although he gets on my nerves because I never know what he’s going to say.
Does it cause you problems?
He constantly gets into trouble. We have created a section where a person says what you don’t want to hear and if you do, you have to be aware and take responsibility for what you have created. You cannot ask him what he is going to do or reproach him for what he has done.
Are you still biting your tongue when it comes to politics? Would you like to talk about any political topic on TardeAR?
Yes, I would like to, but you have to be respectful of the audience and the schedule. In the afternoons, people want something else.
If you had been presenting this summer, I don’t believe you wouldn’t have given your opinion on Puigdemont…
I was glued to the TV. I couldn’t believe it. It seemed like a sketch, as if it couldn’t be happening. Well, yes, it has happened. It was something very shameful. If this man is amnestied and can return, let him return. But now he is wanted by the courts, and the CNI, the Mossos, or any of the security forces haven’t heard about it? He walks around, holds a rally, and then leaves again? What is this? This is Chiquilandia. It’s a joke.
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