"Pedía ayuda a gritos" | Campanadas, tele, galas y su vida | HO#168 Roberto Herrera
Helado Oscuro Podcast
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"He Was Crying for Help" | New Year's Eve, TV, Galas, and His Life | HO#168 Roberto Herrera
How did a gala that no one wanted to host end up becoming a symbol of the Las Palmas Carnival? And how do you manage to host the New Year's Eve countdown for 22 consecutive years?
In this episode, we talk to Roberto Herrera about the origins of the Drag Queen Gala, that first edition with hardly any seating where "the audience really got going," which he remembers as the starting point of his career: "I owe, in part, being named a favorite son of the City of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to the Drag Queen Gala."
We also review his time as the presenter with the most consecutive New Year's Eve countdowns in the Canary Islands.
Roberto also shares some of the most difficult episodes of his life: the rejection he experienced as a young man because of his sexual orientation, the reality of what it takes to produce a daily television program, and the decision to leave a 15-year project when he felt he needed something new.
But the episode also has a very different moment, in which Roberto speaks with unusual honesty about the loss of his partner in very painful circumstances, and how that experience marked him and stayed with him for years.
"I was a risk-taker, I said yes."
We also talked about:
🎭 The origin of the Drag Queen Gala
🏆 Why he became a favorite son of Las Palmas
🎆 22 consecutive years ringing in the New Year
👊 The rejection he faced because of his sexual orientation
📺 How much does a show like Broncano's really cost?
🎙️ Why he decided to leave a show after 15 years
📢 "He was crying out for help": the lack of support from his team
🕊️ The loss of his partner and how it affected him
🗝️ How he rebuilt his life after that moment
🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WV9...
📲 FOLLOW US
Instagram → Instagram: heladoscuro_podcast
TikTok → TikTok: heladoscuro_podcast
🍦 Helado Oscuro is a podcast recorded in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Long conversations with people from the Canary Islands who have something to share. New episode every week.
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"Pedía ayuda a gritos" | Campanadas, tele, galas y su vida | HO#168 Roberto Herrera
Helado Oscuro Podcast
18,581 views
"He Was Crying for Help" | New Year's Eve, TV, Galas, and His Life | HO#168 Roberto Herrera
How did a gala that no one wanted to host end up becoming a symbol of the Las Palmas Carnival? And how do you manage to host the New Year's Eve countdown for 22 consecutive years?
In this episode, we talk to Roberto Herrera about the origins of the Drag Queen Gala, that first edition with hardly any seating where "the audience really got going," which he remembers as the starting point of his career: "I owe, in part, being named a favorite son of the City of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to the Drag Queen Gala."
We also review his time as the presenter with the most consecutive New Year's Eve countdowns in the Canary Islands.
Roberto also shares some of the most difficult episodes of his life: the rejection he experienced as a young man because of his sexual orientation, the reality of what it takes to produce a daily television program, and the decision to leave a 15-year project when he felt he needed something new.
But the episode also has a very different moment, in which Roberto speaks with unusual honesty about the loss of his partner in very painful circumstances, and how that experience marked him and stayed with him for years.
"I was a risk-taker, I said yes."
We also talked about:
🎭 The origin of the Drag Queen Gala
🏆 Why he became a favorite son of Las Palmas
🎆 22 consecutive years ringing in the New Year
👊 The rejection he faced because of his sexual orientation
📺 How much does a show like Broncano's really cost?
🎙️ Why he decided to leave a show after 15 years
📢 "He was crying out for help": the lack of support from his team
🕊️ The loss of his partner and how it affected him
🗝️ How he rebuilt his life after that moment
🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WV9...
📲 FOLLOW US
Instagram → Instagram: heladoscuro_podcast
TikTok → TikTok: heladoscuro_podcast
🍦 Helado Oscuro is a podcast recorded in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Long conversations with people from the Canary Islands who have something to share. New episode every week.