Overview
- During a panel discussing Sarah Santaolalla’s critique of Felipe González, Rosa Belmonte referred to her as “half dumb, half boobs,” prompting silence and uneasy laughter on air.
- Santaolalla posted the clip and denounced the exchange as a televised humiliation, writing that “it wasn’t ants, it was rats,” and framing it as part of recurring harassment.
- Pablo Motos opened the next broadcast with an apology, calling the remark a mistake and pledging it would not be repeated, while Belmonte apologized on X and said the line was spontaneous.
- The Institute of Women joined the complaint and said it will urge Antena 3 to observe equality regulations after receiving grievances about sexist treatment on the program.
- Political and media reactions widened the fallout, with figures like Adriana Lastra calling the episode an example of public harassment of visible women and presenter Nuria Roca labeling the comment a humiliation.