There are characters that you have to know before judging them. He doctor Ivan Mañero It is one of them. Before the CEO of You&Me, Yolanda Llamazareshe will introduce me to him, the former politician Josep Maldonado, one of the people who best knows the African continent, tells me that a few years ago he arrived in Guinea-Bissau and wanted to visit an orphanage. They told her to go to Casa Emanuel. Once there, in the Hafia neighborhood, she became interested in the work they did and they told her about a Spanish doctor, from Barcelona. It was Dr. Mañero. Maldonado discovered that in Bissau they adore him. They explained to her that he frequently visited the country and that every time she did he carried out hundreds of operations altruistically. In other words, he had saved thousands of people.
Well, after a spectacular white jacket, with a black lapel and looking like a dandy Madrid, hides a charming guy and a supportive doctor capable of bringing together celebrities from very different backgrounds. This Thursday the 20th anniversary of the Dr. Ivan Mañero Foundation and the AMIC NGO was celebrated with a spectacular gala to raise funds to help disadvantaged women and children.
For 11 years, the event has been presented by the Foundation’s elegant ambassador, Elsa Anka. It was at the Masía Can Magí in Sant Cugat. Next to Anka was his daughter, also a presenter and model, Lidia Torrent accompanied by her partner Jaime Astrain. And, of course, our colleague Carme Barceloalways inseparable from the great Gemma Mengual, that now looks high…
between the hairdresser Alberto Cerdanbullfighter Frank Riverathe television Poty Castillobusinessman Joan Ferret or the president of Mesoestectic, Joan Carles Font, I managed to reach one of the stars of the night. The cameras surround him while they ask him about her friend’s affairs, Bertin Osborne… Is about Jose Luis Lopez, ‘The Nougat’. A businessman born into a humble family in Ubrique who was dedicated to the street sale of nougat. However, his meteoric business career has led him to be a millionaire patron capable of inviting more than 1,500 celebrities to his 60th anniversary party. It was this summer in Seville and they came from the Bertin until Susana Griso, Albert Ribera, Fernando Esteso, The Morancos either Joan Laporta. Yes, what they hear.
His appearance at dinner was not a surprise. ‘The nougat’, he doesn’t mind being called that, he is a friend of the doctor and also a very supportive guy. In Sant Cugat there were not as many celebrities as on his birthday, but it had been a long time since Catalonia had had a solidarity gala with so many well-known faces.
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The nougat maker’s friends say that he is still a humble guy, that he takes care of his people and that he helps many people. Dr. Mañero explains to me that the problem is contacting him: “The only way is to call him by phone.” He still uses an old Nokia that doesn’t support messages let alone WhatsApp. Being rich has these things. Of course, there are rich and rich. The nougat maker and the doctor are as rich as they are supportive and that says a lot about them. At the end of the dinner it was ‘el Turronero’ who bid the most for a sculpture of Lorenzo Quin. He paid 16,000 euros and in total 75,000 were raised for new educational projects and to fight against child malnutrition in Guinea Bissau.
Jordi Basté’s wig
This Wednesday nearly 400 people had the opportunity to see the film They know thatWith the presence of the director, David Trueba, and the protagonist David Verdaguer. And not only that, at the end of the film there was an interesting conversation between them. The same day, Pep Guardiola, a personal friend of Trueba, wrote a tweet recommending the story. And, of course, everything suggested that it was a good film. He got it right. Trueba brings to the big screen the life of this unrepeatable comedian who was Eugene. An exciting biopic that goes beyond the comedian’s performances. In reality, it is a love story that causes as many laughs as it does tears. By the way, the journalist Jordi Baste, a good movie lover, appears as an extra. A wig makes him unrecognizable, but it’s him.