The ex-couple composed of Marina Calabro and Rolando Barbano starred in one of the most uncomfortable moments of the delivery of the Martín Fierro to Radio 2024. Upon receiving his statuette as best entertainment columnist, Calabró dedicated his award to his partner in the cycle Wool without filter, while Barbano, upon winning in another category, omitted to mention it in his acceptance speech. This snub caused boos in the large hall of La Rural, went viral and had a surprising reaction from Iliana Calabro on her social networks.
Marina, visibly surprised to hear her name as the winner, went on stage after hugging and kissing Barbano, who was sitting next to her. “The truth is, I swear I was convinced I was losing.”, began. Then, he recognized his competitors: “Taurus, I want to share it with you before anyone else because you are enormous, in addition to being an example for all of us. Iconic, you are the best companion one can have and you are a beautiful friend who has helped me through bad times like no one else,” she added. She also mentioned “the talented Pia Shaw” and Tamara Pettinato, the other nominees.
The journalist continued to thank her program colleagues. “I want to dedicate it to Jorge Lanata, who is recovering, who allows me to work freely for 9 seasons in his tank, which is Lanata without a filter,” she expressed. When referring to Barbano, with whom she ended her relationship a few weeks ago, she sighed. “Personally, I want to dedicate it to my old man on Father’s Day… to my old lady, before De Brito writes to me and tells me ‘you forgot about Coca’; To Iliana, who is attentive to this, I love you sister. Sometimes I would like to kill her, but in general I love her. To Mia, she is the one who suffers the most from my four jobs, and she is the one who is unconditionally there to contain and support me even though I am the mother,” she said. Finally, she turned to Barbano: “I want to share it and dedicate it to my love. Yes, to you Rolando. To you. Thank you all”, he concluded. The camera captured the journalist’s nervous laughter, while Fer Dente, host of the event, commented: “Wow, he got stung.”
However, Barbano, upon receiving his award, did not mention Calabró in his speech, which generated an immediate reaction in the public and on social networks. Upon hearing his name, the journalist kissed and hugged his son Rocco, kissed his radio colleague on the forehead, hugged some of his colleagues and went on stage with the boy. “I want to dedicate it especially to Jorge Lanata, we are waiting for him to be with us quickly, we love him, we love him. “I am grateful to him for showing my work and I will always be grateful,” she began. Later, he went through the team, but avoided making his own names. “This award makes me happy because it is an award for judicial journalists. What we do is tell human stories, we try to be close to the victims and far from power, which always seduces and always seeks obedience.”
Iliana, Marina’s sister, reacted on her social networks by congratulating her and omitting the part of the speech in which she mentioned the police case journalist. “Congratulations little sister! I always believed in you more than yourself. Thank you for this gift to dad in his day… and like Luis we also won when we returned from Italy to pay the bet”he wrote, sharing an edited video of the youngest Calabró’s speech, excluding the mention of Rolando.
This episode revealed the tensions between the former couple and generated a wide debate on social networks, where users were divided between those who supported Marina and those who defended Barbano.
