Rufián and Montero juggle on 'La revuelta'
BarcelonaOn Tuesday night, the collaborative left-wing duo formed by Gabriel Rufián and Irene Montero visited La revuelta. The La 1 program, in which Broncano harasses his guests by asking about their sexual relations over the last month, encountered two candidates who went beyond his usual calculations and turned sex into the background noise that ran through a good part of the interview.
They arrived carrying a box with gifts intended for future candidates. Montero brought kneepads for Abascal and Feijóo, in allusion to their submission to Netanyahu and Trump. She also included a pink, soft-furred leash to tie the plastic dog that Pedro Sánchez gifted to Broncano the week before. It was a leash more typical of erotic games than for walking a beast, and she explained that it would serve to subdue the Socialists so they wouldn't drift too far to the right.
The rapport between Rufián and Montero worked better as the interview progressed. At first, it seemed like they were getting in each other's way because every collaboration implies giving up a certain amount of prominence. Since the ERC member hogged the spotlight a bit with his rhetorical showmanship and his need to appear witty, he later knew how to lubricate the situation by praising his political partner. He recalled the time when Montero suffered loneliness in Congress while being harassed at the doors of her home. Rufián, who has a tendency to boast about being a visionary, showed off his kindness by explaining that he would strike up conversations with Montero when she was having a hard time.
Broncano is improving in political interviews, basically because he prepares for them. He asked about everything that was necessary and with a simplicity that politicians are often not accustomed to. He even asked what had become of Errejón and if the harassment allegations surprised them. When asked for proposals to better manage immigration, the guests resorted to generic speeches and the lack of concrete proposals became evident. That is where they seemed most insecure.
In a program where camaraderie between men is the secret to success, it was noticeable that the host tended to give more focus to Rufián. He ironically reproached him that he seemed to find himself very comfortable in Madrid and his link with ERC. “Los partidos no tienen que ser iglesias”, he replied. “Do you still support independence?”, Broncano asked him. And Rufián remarked that in a self-determination referendum he would vote yes. “But I notice you seem less so, eh...”, the host insinuated to him. “Not at all, not at all...”, he assured.
In the final stretch, the usual question about his sexual frequency became the big show. Montero demanded a score with a gender perspective that would better value oral sex: “It's increasingly difficult to find a guy who goes down on you well”, she denounced. Rufián asked how many points “eating ass” deserved and Broncano ended up talking about “dicks”. A juggling act to close the interview that, obviously, will be what runs through the networks. The miseries of politics.
