Hello, my dear friends: today Norkys Batista sat down with me on Camila Live and we talked about her divorce, the ego that almost destroyed her, menopause, a humiliation she'd never spoken about before, and the earthquake in Venezuela.
00:00 | The girl who came from a mud-brick house
09:12 | The father who wasn't her blood relative and whom she chose as her own
15:26 | "I appreciate every blow": her version of discipline
18:03 | "Those who attack me don't know me": why she doesn't apologize
30:09 | "Chavista" and "connected": the accusation that most outrages her
46:19 | What she really meant about menopause
01:12:08 | Did her ego cost her a 12-year marriage?
01:26:18 | What She Experienced During the Earthquake in Venezuela
Today I bring you an episode that felt different from the moment we sat down: Norkys Batista, actress, presenter, and one of the most followed Venezuelan content creators on social media, telling me her life story as if it were a novel, because it truly is. Before Instagram fame, Norkys starred in Venezuelan telenovelas, worked at Radio Caracas Televisión, and participated in Miss Venezuela, and we talked about all of that too: how she started, the little girl who came from a mud-brick house and ended up being one of the most recognized actresses of her generation.
We talked about her father, the man who raised her without being his blood relative and to whom she says she owes more than words can express. We talked about her mother's discipline, the beatings she's grateful for today, and how that upbringing made her the direct, unfiltered woman that many love and others criticize on social media.
We laughed, but there were also some heart-wrenching moments. Norkys spoke to me, for the first time on a podcast, about something she had never shared before: the day she signed her divorce papers, and the ego that, according to her, consumed everything after 12 years of marriage. We talked about a public humiliation she experienced that left a mark on her, about her body, about menopause and the criticism she received for speaking about it, about a hiatal hernia that almost no one diagnosed, about the hospitalizations she endured, and about a process that ultimately changed her life. And I asked her what she's almost never asked: she, who protects her mother, her father, her seven siblings, her son, and her husband, who takes care of her?
This episode isn't about scandal or easy criticism. It's about a Venezuelan actress and woman who has lived with a thick skin and an open heart at the same time, and who today continues to choose to laugh at herself rather than stop being who she is.
If this episode resonated with you, tell me in the comments: What part stuck with you?
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Hello, my dear friends: today Norkys Batista sat down with me on Camila Live and we talked about her divorce, the ego that almost destroyed her, menopause, a humiliation she'd never spoken about before, and the earthquake in Venezuela.
00:00 | The girl who came from a mud-brick house
09:12 | The father who wasn't her blood relative and whom she chose as her own
15:26 | "I appreciate every blow": her version of discipline
18:03 | "Those who attack me don't know me": why she doesn't apologize
30:09 | "Chavista" and "connected": the accusation that most outrages her
46:19 | What she really meant about menopause
01:12:08 | Did her ego cost her a 12-year marriage?
01:26:18 | What She Experienced During the Earthquake in Venezuela
Today I bring you an episode that felt different from the moment we sat down: Norkys Batista, actress, presenter, and one of the most followed Venezuelan content creators on social media, telling me her life story as if it were a novel, because it truly is. Before Instagram fame, Norkys starred in Venezuelan telenovelas, worked at Radio Caracas Televisión, and participated in Miss Venezuela, and we talked about all of that too: how she started, the little girl who came from a mud-brick house and ended up being one of the most recognized actresses of her generation.
We talked about her father, the man who raised her without being his blood relative and to whom she says she owes more than words can express. We talked about her mother's discipline, the beatings she's grateful for today, and how that upbringing made her the direct, unfiltered woman that many love and others criticize on social media.
We laughed, but there were also some heart-wrenching moments. Norkys spoke to me, for the first time on a podcast, about something she had never shared before: the day she signed her divorce papers, and the ego that, according to her, consumed everything after 12 years of marriage. We talked about a public humiliation she experienced that left a mark on her, about her body, about menopause and the criticism she received for speaking about it, about a hiatal hernia that almost no one diagnosed, about the hospitalizations she endured, and about a process that ultimately changed her life. And I asked her what she's almost never asked: she, who protects her mother, her father, her seven siblings, her son, and her husband, who takes care of her?
This episode isn't about scandal or easy criticism. It's about a Venezuelan actress and woman who has lived with a thick skin and an open heart at the same time, and who today continues to choose to laugh at herself rather than stop being who she is.
If this episode resonated with you, tell me in the comments: What part stuck with you?
@CamilaCanabaltv | #CamilaCanabal
Like, share, and subscribe! 🔔
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https://camilacanabal.com/
Discover my favorite products (I may receive a commission on purchases made through these links):
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https://myshlf.us/camilacanabal
📲 Follow me on social media:
Facebook: ccanaval1
Instagram: camilacanabal
https://x.com/camilacanabal
📧 Business inquiries: media@camilacanabal.com
🎥 Filmed by: Román Quijano
Edited by: Edmi Pérez - Guayoyo Creative Studio
Video optimized by Miravision
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Quiero decirles con toda honestidad que, lamentablemente, no interpreté en el momento que hice esta entrevista las palabras de Norkys como algunos de ustedes.
Los que me conocen, en mis 30 años de carrera pública, saben que nunca ha sido ni será jamás el irrespeto, y mucho menos la inhumanidad, parte de mi contenido. Todo lo contrario.
Lo que interpreté en contexto al escuchar a mi invitada fue que “toda persona que hace mal, le va mal”. Claro que esto es algo que no es así en todos los casos; de hecho, hay gente malísima que está feliz y sanita, y gente muy, muy buena y santa que ha atravesado enfermedades cruentas. Tristemente, lo sé por experiencia propia, pero también sabemos que es un “decir”, que “todo el que hace mal, le va mal”. lo decimos a veces coloquialmente y así lo interpreté.
En ningún caso escuché que “todos los enfermos son malos”. Por Dios, para mí eso es un absurdo que escapa a toda lógica y no me atrevería ni a pensar eso. Tal vez por eso, les digo con toda honestidad, ni lo pensé.
Para mí es OBVIO que esa enfermedad terrible que lamentamos tanto, y que tristemente a veces les da a niños indefensos, NO LE DA A GENTE MALA. ¡Por Dios!
Interpreté un contexto en medio de la entrevista. En ese momento, no vi más nada.
Igual entiendo perfectamente que alguna persona que esté peleando esta dura batalla, o algún familiar, pueda sentirse dolido por este comentario que hizo mi invitada y, aunque no lo dije yo, igual pido disculpas porque mi podcast está hecho para inspirar, jamás para herir.
Ofrezco mis disculpas honestas y sinceras porque tomé lo que ella dijo, como ya les expliqué. ¡JAMÁS se me hubiese ocurrido pensar que la gente que sufre esta tragedia es mala! Si lo hubiese visto así, lo habría borrado antes de subirlo, sin dudar un segundo, porque si hay algo que jamás quisiera hacer en mi vida es herir a alguien.
No se olviden que yo tengo en mi historia familiar el dolor de la enfermedad y la muerte a flor de piel. Es una realidad que me golpea a diario y que me hace ponerme en los zapatos de todos los que sufren, siempre.
Vamos a extraer del episodio esa parte que ha generado tanta tristeza porque esto es algo que no me representa a mí ni al trabajo hermoso que hemos hecho por años en este podcast.
Lamento profundamente que mi interpretación no me haya advertido que este comentario pudiera dolerle a alguien. Lo lamento de verdad porque conozco el dolor de la enfermedad y no quisiera sumarle a ese dolor de alguien ni una pizca de sufrimiento.
¡Todo lo contrario! Estoy y estaré siempre con ustedes, con la empatía que me ha caracterizado desde que me conocen por aquí.
Los quiero 🩵🙏🏻🥹