José María Almoguera has decided to break his silence on television to speak in It’s Friday! about the delicate relationship he has with his mother, Carmen Borrego. The collaborator’s eldest son has been honest about the current situation between them and about the origin of their estrangement. “I miss my mother from when I was twenty, 24, 26… I can’t miss this last mother I had, because they weren’t good things,” he confessed. During his appearance, José María honestly clarified that he feels humiliated and doesn’t believe there is a possibility of a reconciliation with his mother. “They’ve called me a bad person,” he explained. At this moment, the discomfort that separates them seems insurmountable, and he is clear about it: “Not right now.”
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After months of estrangement, Carmen’s current role in his life is unrecognizable to him. Almoguera explained that the recent disagreements made any rapprochement impossible: “It’s not comfortable.” He also admitted that working together on the program ‘Así es la vida’ was uncomfortable for both of them, “I ran into her, but I avoided her,” he admitted. Although his mother has tried to get closer on several occasions, he confessed that he prefers not to respond rather than have a confrontation: “Depending on the type of message, I answer or not.”
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During the interview, José María was also very critical of certain aspects of his mother’s professional life. Although he acknowledged that Carmen was always a “wonderful” mother, he also expressed his pain at what he perceives as humiliations that she has allowed on television: “A slap in the face after surgery, I wouldn’t have put up with it but it happened. Certain things that aren’t fair, in your workplace they are humiliating you. They are humiliating you, I don’t think it’s right that she allowed it. Whether she enters the game depends, if it’s fun, but there are others who go over the line.” “That’s the moment when the character wins and eats the mother,” he commented, alluding to how Borrego’s public figure has eclipsed the personal and family relationship they shared. “She’s my mother, I will always recognize her, but I don’t like the path she’s taking,” he admitted. “I would not allow certain types of humiliation and harassment, with regard to his career… that has clouded my life, seeing certain false forms of respect that go unpunished and that nobody does anything about,” explained José María.
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Despite his mother’s efforts to reconnect, especially at times like the tribute to his grandmother, María Teresa Campos, the relationship has not improved. José María recalled one of the most delicate moments: the anniversary of the death of the matriarch. During the program ‘¡De viernes!’, he made a telephone intervention while his mother was on the set, but chose not to greet her publicly. “It was not the time to muddy things up,” he explained. Seeing how the situation affected Carmen, he decided to send her a private message to apologize. “On other occasions I prefer not to answer than to give a bad answer,” he confessed. However, this gesture was not enough to close these wounds that now seem insurmountable.
José María Almoguera also addressed one of the main triggers of the conflict: the relationship between Carmen Borrego and his ex-wife, Paola Olmedo. As he explained, everything began to deteriorate when his mother made comments that were not well received by Paola, especially one that suggested that José María should have gone to ‘Supervivientes’ to be able to buy a house. This comment was the beginning of a series of tensions that culminated in the final confrontation between mother and son.
Another reason why the relationship between mother and son worsened was the differences regarding her role as grandmother. José María revealed that he had to insist that Carmen meet her grandson, since she initially did not want to due to media pressure. In response, Carmen said, hurt, “Don’t judge me as a grandmother, they don’t let me act as one.”
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At the end of the show, Carmen Borrego could not hold back her tears and burst into tears. “I am leaving with the same pain that I came with,” she confessed. Carmen, visibly affected, reflected on her son’s need to see her and talk to her, lamenting how heartbreaking it is not to be able to understand each other. She admitted that when she returned from ‘Supervivientes’, she found a reality that left her perplexed, while reaffirming her love for José María: “I have never doubted that my son loved me. The damage is tremendous.”
