Sandra Barneda (50 years old) has become a citizen of the world: when she is not in the Dominican Republic filming “Temptation Island”, she is in Madrid, where she has finally started a horse riding course that she had wanted to take for some time, or on foot … through the canals of Amsterdam with his partner, Pascalle Paërel: “It should be compulsory for all young people to travel for a year. There is no better experience to open your mind, discover other realities and understand that there are many ways to see the world. Now I live between two cities, I see the cultural differences and I reaffirm that diversity enriches us. After being tasked with ringing the Chimes for the first time in her life by Formigal, she feels as flattered as she is excited: “It’s a recognition of my work that also allows me the luxury of entering spectators’ homes on the happiest night of the year, when all is hope and plans for the new year.”
The ninth season of “dating” which saves the Telecinco public is coming to an end soon, but it has already announced its extension. Sandra recognizes that “no one has the recipe for success”, but points out the keys which make “The Island of Temptations” the fashionable format: “The quality of the editing, the music, the casting… Everything is taken care of to involve the couple’s conflicts with which the viewer identifies, love, betrayals, disappointment.”
As a novelist, he could write a book with everything he experienced during these bonfires, but for now he prefers to apply the lessons to his life: “I learned to practice active listening, because the easy thing is to judge. At first it was difficult for me, but in the end the key is to understand them. They think they know the rules, but they don’t know how they will react to their feelings, to separation, to jealousy, or how they will deal with pain. And they do it from the heart, there is no screenwriter capable of creating these dialogues.
Success
Sandra defends the game that the participants experience: “You have to understand that there is no lifeline for love. You might not fail, but they might fail you. What I like about them is that they are unconscious, they live and let go. I think that It’s good to let yourself be carried away by your desires. We focus on the mistakes and forget about the incentives of this bet. I bet I’ll give it a go, I always have. I was unconscious because I had idealized love, then over time I understood its complexity and, above all, that you cannot love if you do not love yourself. We must learn to love ourselves in order to love.
“I learned to practice active listening, because it is easy to judge”
She does not consider herself a capricious woman: “I am rather eager, if I want something, I do it or I try to do it.” But she recognizes herself as a dreamer: “I have always been one because I create all the time, I never get bored. “It’s essential to be excited about something.” And he recognizes his secret to finding peace: “In me, in silence”. Ideas bubble up inside with which he later creates universes on paper, but he does not run away from reality using imagination as an excuse: “I am deep inside, I live everything intensely, I squeeze out life. Although I am a writer, I do not leave my reality to see the world as a spectator. “I practice gratitude and love every day of life because we always find something that comforts us.
Honoring the program that brought her so much joy, Sandra confesses: “My last temptation was to fall in love.” This was an important step, which should not be taken lightly: “When you are alone, even if you complain about it, you become stronger in your comfort zone, you feel safe, secure. But falling in love means taking risksmake yourself vulnerable.
personal diary
The “emoji” you use most: One who has eyes wide open, expressing surprise. I love him. As I am very ironic, I play with its different meanings.
I would take a “selfie” with: Well, if I met him on the street, I would ask Rob Jetten, possible new Prime Minister of the Netherlands, for a photo. Liberal, gay, with an Argentinian hockey player boyfriend, he ousted the ultras.
One moment “earth, swallow me”: I am very distracted, I have terrible moments when someone greets me effusively, obviously because they know me, but I am unable to remember their name.
A sacrifice for glory: I don’t think I’ve done much because I led a normal life. In any case, not having more time for my loved ones is something I would like to change.
A place to get lost: Amsterdam.
He is afraid of: The death of my nephew made me question a lot of things, but above all it made me understand that I had to live in the present. I assumed that I couldn’t control everything in life, that I had to live it leaving my fears aside. This painful loss completely transformed me.
Something that cannot be missing in your daily life: Good coffee and good conversation.
her first kiss: The awkwardness, the nervousness of the previous moments, the tension.
A goal that never comes true: Be more spontaneous and less structured, but it’s hard for me.
In 10 years we will see: Surrounded by people I love, writing, doing television, living in the countryside and getting away from the noise of the city. I’m not going to cultivate a garden, but I’m going to cultivate myself, by reading, by meeting interesting people.
Sandra Barneda, child
Little Sandra: I remember always getting into trouble. Curious, social (I signed up for everything), adventurous, but I wasn’t really a member of the group because I don’t like being conditioned. I was the type to pick friendships between different gangs, so I had very different friendships. In this, I have always been very eclectic. And then, since I was little, my brothers always took care of me, even if they also told me what I shouldn’t do.
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