The journalist and actress Nerea Pérez de las Heras won a Idol Award in the Social Awareness category. The most popular thing came when he went on stage to collect his award and took advantage of his speech precisely to raise awareness in society.
“I am here with the influencers the most followed in Spain and I would like, now that I have you locked in here and you can’t get out, I’m going to influence you.he began by telling an audience full of social media personalities.
“You invented this profession, this profession has dignity and you invented it from scratch. I understand that you are intelligent and I will treat you as intelligent people: these awards are called Idol, which is a very strong word. You are the idols of many people, millions, and some are very young and listen to you more than their parents.more than to their teachers, more than to politicians, more than to any institution,” De las heras explained.
“I just ask you to think about it a lot. That you are important and that you have a great responsibility. Think about this before pushing girls to consume clothes and cosmetics. to maintain their self-esteem, before advertising for brands that support the genocide in Palestine, that finance the bombs that kill children,” he warned.
Regarding the controversy surrounding the Revuelta association, close to the Vox party since the influencer Roro was very criticized for having collaborated with them shortly after the Dana tragedy, he added: “(Think about it) before collaborating with associations which we now know stole the money from Dana’s donations but before that, we already knew that they were neo-Nazis. And before going to Andorra to escape taxes,” he concluded by saying, to the applause of many and the astonishment of others.
Born in 2021, the Ídolo Awards, created by Dulceida, recognize the talent of digital creation in Spain, “claiming its role in cultural transformation and in the entertainment industry“. Its objective is to “make visible and professionalize the creators who mark the conversation, generate impact and lead new forms of communication”.
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