On her personal Instagram account, which she maintains with great care and dedication, the former First Lady shared a curious story of her ex-husband, Belgian millionaire Bruno Barbier, hugging her current husband, former president Mauricio Macri, in a fraternal manner. The three personalities maintain a consolidated emotional bond, which Juliana Awada takes the trouble to publicize on social networks.
Originally from Belgium, but residing in Monaco, Barbier is considered a low-profile aristocrat, in fact he usually stays very far away from European paparazzi and European celebrity publications. Currently, he is married to Charlotte Barbotin-Larrieu and he usually visits his exclusive holiday residence in Maldonado from time to time, very close to Punta del Este. Together with Awada they share the teenager Valentina, their common daughter.
The relationship between the magnate and the former president is one of mutual cordiality, although it was not always like this. A very curious fact, according to journalist Franco Lindner in “Juliana”, the unauthorized biography of the former First Lady, is that the tension between Barbier and Macri was related to “dates that do not close.” In Awada’s life, the period of time between the separation from her European husband and the romantic arrival of the Argentine leader is almost non-existent.
“If we must be guided by official data, and not by the justifications of those who manipulate dates to hide the sloppiness of the whole matter, the truth is that Barbier and Awada were still a couple in December 2009,” the year in which the relationship with Macri began, according to the journalist. An affair that, finally, the two gentlemen let pass by in favor of maintaining the emotional bond.
The Barbier family is heir to the Vandermoortele group, a Belgian company specialized in food products that was born at the end of the 19th century and became large in the first post-war period, selling food to the rest of Europe and the world. This family company, which began producing oil, transformed into an emporium and is one of the largest firms in the region. Currently, the business group is valued at approximately 400 million euros.
The legend that Barbier has the title of “count” is a creation of Elsa Esther “Pomi” Bekermother of Juliana Awada, who used to brag to her friends about the royal inheritance of her daughter’s boyfriend at that time. Although the Belgian millionaire did not take the trouble to deny the rumor, in his inner circle, Awada clarified that his partner never had any noble title. Beyond the anecdote regarding his offspring, the European’s impeccable charm and his image as a man of the world dazzled the local jet set.
Over the years, he managed to build great friendships in the country, such as Karina Rabollini and the Roemmers brothers. Upon separating from the textile businesswoman, the supposed count followed the path of romance in Argentine lands. The journalist Viviana Canosa She had an emotional relationship with the millionaire. During their courtship, the host abandoned the furious red of her hair, which had characterized her for so many years, to have a more touch of aesthetic sophistication.
Within the albiceleste showbiz, many celebrities recognized that the tycoon has a distinguished demeanor that ends up infecting his partners. Behind closed doors and sottovoce, local celebrities claimed that “everything they associate with him, levels him up.”
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