Famous Spaniards and people from around the world trapped under the bombs of the Middle East

BarcelonaI've always said that rich people are the best at recounting their misfortunes. They're so unaccustomed to the inherent miseries of being alive that they speak of their misfortunes with such emphasis, from a place of strangeness and surprise that we working-class people find magnetic. You see adults absolutely traumatized by having experienced things that you discovered—and also overcame—before finishing high school. Sometimes, they even lament things you hadn't even internalized as negative. Just normal. In fact, since they've never experienced any misfortune before, they're much more frustrated than usual, they get very angry, and their situation seems utterly horrible to them. This also amuses us poor people because, when we see it, we think that if we got so angry every time something negative happened to us—the kind of thing that irritates millionaires so much—we'd have chronic ulcers, since it's our daily bread.

These misfortunes that so many degavells entail for the emotional stability of the most privileged can be found from the fact that they have a lot Queuing to pay in a shop or to access a place, only to discover that the trains aren't running or that there are places where something is actually happening. awful Called self-service. Don't think I'm talking about serious things like languishing on a public healthcare waiting list, okay? That doesn't happen to them. This is the exclusive domain of poor citizens, who are the ones who complain the least.

Trapped in a 'golden cage'

If they're already raising a fuss over minor incidents, I don't want to think what will happen when all the famous millionaires we currently have trapped by drones, missiles, and fighter jets in the Middle East can escape the region and start explaining everything that might have happened to them—which we hope is nothing serious. Let's see if their reaction isn't even worse than when they were all incredibly bitter during the pandemic, making videos of themselves... all that they suffered Trapped inside their mansions with gyms, saunas, solariums, gardens, and pools. I'm sure they'll all do their... reel They will weep to release the post-traumatic stress caused by watching the place where they had sought refuge—to avoid paying taxes and live completely detached from humanity—collapse conceptually. They will not, under any circumstances, mourn the dead, nor will they condemn the right-wing leaders who caused the situation. They will lament aloud the cruelty of fate, which has forced them to empathize with a global problem like war, something that, in their minds, was also not their concern.

Many will post testimonials on social media, others will give interviews to radio and television programs, and some will even sell exclusive stories about their horror. Afterward, some—who may have been saved from the war thanks to our taxes through the services of Spanish embassies in the countries where they resided—will decide to leave the region. Then comes another surprise: they will not move to Spain to pay taxes and return to the society that saved them in return for the favor they did them. They'll prefer to live in Switzerland, Monaco, or Andorra, and the rest of us will look like fools. Utter fools. Especially those who bought theHello! To witness firsthand the misfortune of the famous millionaires who only remember the Spanish state when it's in crisis. It's a different story for professionals who have to live there because they find well-paid jobs that often don't exist in Spain.

A long list

Among the most well-known figures in the Persian Gulf is Ana Boyer, daughter of Isabel Preysler, who moved to Doha, Qatar, in 2016 with tennis player Fernando Verdasco and their children. In fact, the airspace closure has just erupted over her beautiful home in the very expensive La Perla development, as she is in the final stages of her fourth pregnancy. This week, Boyer was unable to attend the reopening of a jewelry store on Passeig de Gràcia, which her mother opened years ago and for which she regularly acts as an ambassador.We are okay and hopeful that this will end soon"," wrote the daughter of the former socialist minister, who had planned to give birth in Madrid, something she doesn't know if she will be able to do.

Also noteworthy is the presence in the Persian Gulf of King Juan Carlos and his grandson Froilán. Unlike the 30,000 Spanish citizens in the area, according to some media outlets, the former monarch has a reinforced security detail. He has been staying in a hotel since the conflict arose because he is having renovations done on his home, adapting it to his current mobility needs. The same is true for Froilán, who has not shown much anxiety about the situation to those close to him and, according to some media reports, is now working from home as a precaution.

Cristiano Ronaldo, his fiancée Georgina Rodríguez, and their five children also reside in the region. There has been a stir this week because some media outlets claimed that he fled Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in his private plane. The Portuguese star, who has lived there since being signed by a local football club for a hefty sum – €400 million annually, according to some media outlets – has denied fleeing, presenting photos of himself training with his team. The speculation that he had left the country stemmed from his private jet landing in Madrid on Monday. Some media outlets claim he leases it out for profit and that he wasn't traveling on it. Perhaps one day we'll know the truth about all this...

"We came to Dubai to feel safe"

On an international level, names like Lindsay Lohan and Petra Ecclestone stand out. The former, who has lived in Dubai since 2014 – with her Emirati husband and their son – has already made the necessary arrangements. story Praying and pleading for peace. "Praying for peace. Take care everyone. God bless us all," wrote the actress, who fled there because she was broke and couldn't stand Hollywood anymore. "We came to Dubai to feel safe, and when we finally felt like we were settling in, this happened," reflected Ecclestone, daughter of former Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone, on the conflict. She didn't lament any deaths or injuries or violence. She lamented that she no longer feels safe in Dubai. A tragedy bling-bling In the first person. Tennis players like Roger Federer and Paula Badosa also have homes in Dubai, but so far they haven't said a word.

The presence in the region of athletes who go there to finish their careers, or who, having already finished them, seek to further capitalize on their talent, is commonplace. The media has reported on Iñigo Martínez, Michel Salgado, and Jota Peleteiro. But perhaps the most compelling story known so far has been that of Iván Sánchez and Munir El Haddadi. Together, they wanted to leave Saudi Arabia, but the airspace was closed just before they took off, forcing them to disembark and return home. Then, El Haddadi said, he decided to leave the country by road across the Turkish border. "I would sleep for an hour and wake up. You can't relax. You don't know if a missile might land near you," he explained about his 16-hour journey to safety. If there is any safety left in this agonizing world.