Roberto Leal is experiencing one of the most complete moments of his career. Every day he appears on television with the ease and proximity that has made him one of the country’s most beloved presenters. This authenticity is one of the keys to … its popularity. Today, in full professional and personal maturity, Roberto has decided to look back and rediscover an essential part of his life: his roots and, above all, the figure of his mother, Mercedes.
Even though his schedule is filled with recordings, events and commitments, Roberto has always made it clear that his family is his refuge. His wife, Sara, and children are his greatest support, and He tries to maintain a normal family life, away from the spotlight, with the routines of any father.: running in the morning to take the kids to school, improvising dinners between two recordings or simply sitting on the couch at the end of the day. However, if there is anyone who holds a special place in his personal history, it is his mother. Mercedes has appeared a few times on television or on social networks, always with a natural humor and an energy that instantly conquers. Many viewers feel a connection with her as she reflects the warmth and freshness of lifelong mothers.
Roberto’s childhood goes a long way toward explaining the adult we see on screen today. He grew up in a neighborhood of Seville as a curious child, very observant and easy to talk, although he was also a little shy when he had to do so in front of strangers. His mother kept telling him a simple phrase that he transformed into a professional rule: “Before you speak, listen”.. This advice, which seemed like just another domestic lesson, ended up defining his way of working.
At this point in his life, when he achieved enviable stability on television, Roberto wanted to share a new project with his mother. More than a program, it is an opportunity to spend time together and discover each other from another angle. Both They will travel the world facing physical, cultural and emotional challenges it will test your ability to overcome your fears and trauma. They will do it in ‘We’re leaving mom’, a format that allows them to show a much more intimate side. When Mercedes expresses a fear, remembers an anecdote or simply makes fun of herself, Roberto returns to being the child who listened to her in the kitchen. These are moments that do not respond to any scenario, which are born of complicity and affection, and which reveal what their relationship is really like.
Mercedes also represents a generation of women who traveled little, who did not have great leisure opportunities and who devoted most of their time to their family. Seeing her now having new experiences and daring things she would never have imagined is exciting for many viewers and also for her own son, as he himself explained. Roberto knows this and accompanies him with patience, admiration and humor. He does not seek to direct or transform it; He lets her be herself. This respectful gaze transforms every step they take together into something deeper than a simple TV challenge. It is also a tribute to all those mothers who gave everything and who, finally, allow themselves to enjoy.
Both will travel the world confronting physical, cultural and emotional challenges that will test their ability to overcome their fears and trauma.
This project with his mother does not change his career, but it brings a much more unknown part of him. This allows us to see not only the confident presenter who appears every afternoon on television, but also the son who listens, accompanies and is moved. In a television panorama full of fast formats and noisy broadcasts, Roberto is committed to showing something simple and real: the affection between a mother and a son who admire each other. And this also confirms something that the public already sensed: that it is always one of those presenters that almost everyone loveswhich, seen with chain eyes, is never bad news.
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