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Since this past Monday, Penelope Menchaca has been part of the new stage of ‘Today’ as one of its presenters, and this Tuesday, in the middle of an interview talking about her life, shared the heartbreaking moment he lives, his 9-month-old grandson passed away.
As part of this new era, the presenters will be interviewed by Lourdes Stephen, host of ‘Al Rojo Vivo’who visits Telemundo mornings for that task. Yesterday he did it with Chiky Bombom, and today it was Penelope’s turn.
lourdes, accompanied by Adamari López, they began to take a tour of Menchaca’s careerfrom her beginnings as a dancer, his time in the group ‘Las Nenas’, his first marriage at the age of 19, the birth of his two daughters, Yanina and Natalia, the divorce. The encounter with the love of his life was not lacking, Warren, who is her husband of 22 years and her manager.
But the moment that no one expected, and that made him cchange her joy and eternal smile, for an uncontrollable screaming cry, was when her eldest daughter, Yanina, sent her greetingswishing you success in your new stage.
“Congratulations on your new program, you are going to do great. I just wanted to tell you that I love you and that you continue to shine as bright as that star that is next to the moon. I love you, ”her daughter told her in the recorded message.
His face was transformed, and before Lourdes’s question about that ‘star’ next to the moon. Almost unable to speak throughout the story, and interrupting so much drowned anguish, he shared what until now had never said:
“The truth is that I had never spoken about this before, I have spent the worst months of my life, I do not wish it on anyone… My girl already has a daughter named Olivia, who is my granddaughter, who is 2 years old. Y in December my grandson, Carlo, was born, but he was born with a very strong problem in his heart. Were 9 months in which it was a roller coaster of emotions because suddenly it was very good, suddenly it was very bad, and sadly on September 20 the baby died“, Penelope began explaining.
While she was telling her story, faced with the respectful silence of her companions, you could see images of Penelope in the hospital with the baby in her armscradling him, talking to him and the little one smiling.
“That little boy was always smiling, no matter what happened to him in the hospital, nothing matteredbut I think the most difficult part of it all, and I don’t want to say that I suffered more than my daughter, it’s just different… I suffer as a grandmother because obviously losing your grandson is terrible, seeing your daughter that her legs do not stop her that there is no greater pain… I think my brain still doesn’t understand it“, and he could not continue speaking and they had to go to a commercial break.
When they came back from advertising, Penelope was still not there and we only saw her again, already recovered and already with her armor of laughter and jokes, cooking chicken wings with chef Mauricio Garcíawho is invited all this week.
SEE HERE THE STORY TOLD BY PENELOPE HERSELF:
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