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Madrid PP Deputy Elisa Vigil Hurls Sexist Insult at Journalist on Live TV Debate

Sarah Santaolalla later posted the exchange on X requesting a public condemnation from the Partido Popular.

Overview

  • During a Jan. 15 broadcast of En boca de todos, Elisa Vigil told Sarah Santaolalla, “Para simples tus fotos enseñando los cocos con el escote hasta aquí.”
  • Santaolalla condemned the remark on-air as a machista attack and argued that women should not be policed for how they dress.
  • Presenter Nacho Abad intervened to stop the exchange and offered Vigil a chance to retract her comment, which Vigil refused.
  • The clash arose while panelists debated a social-media video in which Vigil mocked communists, a segment that had already drawn criticism from Santaolalla.
  • Spanish outlets characterized the confrontation as sexist, and no formal sanction or PP statement had been reported by publication time.