Last Tuesday, June 17, the sixth season of Masterchef Celebrity ColombiaWith celebrities of the caliber of Víctor Mallarino, Paola Rey, Juan Pablo Llano, Caterine Ibargüen, Alejandro Estrada, Gabriel Murillo, it promised surprises since the participants were confirmed.
Without a doubt, one of those who attracted the most attention of viewers once the names were announced was María Fernanda Yepes. She is recognized for her roles in productions such as Without breasts, there is no paradise, Rosary Scissors, Pure blood, The pilot either Maria Magdalenathe paisa was presented as one of the figures that most attracted viewers and it did not take long for her to be noticed for her skill in the kitchen, even though her first challenge was harshly rejected by the jury.
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But before the reality showBefore acting or fame, María Fernanda had a unique love story with a boyfriend from her youth, without suspecting that he would be a future president of Colombia.
The revelation was made precisely by the groom, Iván Duque. The president elected by Colombians for the period 2018-2022 made the revelation during a talk with the magazine Mouths. On that occasion they asked him about a memory from his past, and the then president revealed the revelation. “No, well I had a girlfriend who is very famous now, who was María Fernanda Yepes, at that time”he stated, although as a joke he asked that that response not be published, for fear of earning a scolding from his wife and first lady, María Juliana Ruíz.
This revelation took place days before her inauguration in the Plaza de Bolívar, which led several media outlets to ask the actress about the veracity of what the president said. In an interview with Network of Snail Television, Yepes confirmed that she was very close to Duque. She said that she met him once she moved to Bogotá with her family, fleeing the violence unleashed by Pablo Escobar in Medellín. “I didn’t have many friends because they bullied me, for nothing. “At a school prom, I met Duque.”he recalled.
The relationship arose because both had paisa roots, since Duque’s father is also from the department of Antioquia. From there they exchanged phones and became friends, until things went to the next level. “After that friendship… yes, let’s say we became friends. But it was a very nice, very innocent, teenage courtship. They took care of me a lot, so it wasn’t like I went out that much.”he claimed.
Regarding what attracted her to Duque in her youth, María Fernanda had no doubts. “I always liked his intelligence. I couldn’t be with a brute, so I liked him. He entertained me with the stories he told, he was super cool. He read such big history books. I learned from him all the time, and he told me ‘I’m going to be President,’” she said.
The actress indicated that the courtship was very brief and they lost contact once their lives took other directions. “I don’t know anything about him, I never spoke to him again, but I’m glad that his dream came true. That’s when one says that when people set out to do something they accomplish it. And he had the whole profile.”he claimed.
Since then, the actress had more relationships, including three marriages: with the Mexican actor Arap Bethke between 2001 and 2011, with the Chilean Matías Novoa between 2012 and 2013, and then with the Spanish actor José María Galeano between 2016 and 2020. Finally, In 2022, she gave herself a new chance at love with the Argentine actor Nicolás Rodríguez, whom she secretly married in Cerro Tusa, in the southwest of the department of Antioquia.
