“Happy Sunday! How are you? Today I have a special guest, I have Tamara.” Chef Jordi Cruz and the former contestant of MasterChef Tamara have tried, with a video on Instagram published this afternoon, to put an end to the controversy that has surrounded the RTVE culinary contest in recent days. The way in which the program dealt with the voluntary exit of the contestant and the way in which the presenter Jordi Cruz treated Tamara after she confessed that she was not feeling well mentally unleashed a controversy that has gone viral in recent days, to the point that the Minister of Health has even spoken out about the program.
“By chance, we were able to contact her and the possibility of appearing here today arose,” Cruz says on the social network, where together with Tamara they warn that they want to clarify “everything “What has been happening this week?” “I think everyone has given their opinion in the media and everything has been distorted a bit,” Tamara adds.
Laughing, they both admit that it has been “a tough week,” and Tamara talks about her mental health: “It’s a very delicate thing. And I feel fantastic,” she says. “I get very intense, it’s true,” Cruz admits. “The moment I started living the experience, I realized that there were things that I didn’t like,” explains the contestant, who works as a financial consultant. “Opinions have been given with astonishing joy and, in many cases, without having seen the program,” Cruz says, and Tamara stresses that she is “fine, I don’t have mental health problems.”
In MasterChefWe talk about improvement, speed, evolution, attitudes, wanting to improve, wanting to excel. We are not there to hurt or attack anyone. Besides, we are doing television,” the host of the contest justifies himself. “When we are not recording, we have laughed a lot. But when we turn on the camera, well, it is time to be more serious. Forgive me. Yes, I have made a mistake and I can do better. It is true,” admits the chef.
The viral nature of the controversy led several public figures to take a stand. Among them, the Minister of Health, Mónica García, who wrote on the social network X that “prioritizing emotional well-being over the frenetic pace of life is not selfishness, but a brave decision.” “Our commitment to mental health involves addressing the causes that make life painful. We do not want a society doped with caffeine and anxiolytics,” said the minister.
