The first joy came when Juana was chosen as Best Driver for the role she has been occupying in place of her grandmother since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
Later, it was Mirtha herself who went on stage. First, he asked for more applause for her “What a welcome a little cold, more warm” -, then he shared her joy and emotion for Juana’s award, and later he put order in the room. “A little silence back there please”, she requested energetically before recounting how her time away from television had been.
“I was locked up in my house for 300 days without going out on the balcony, until one day I called Facundo Manes and told him that I wanted to be the one from before. And he told me, ‘work, Mirtha’ “, recounted. And to make the neurosurgeon’s words come true, he publicly compromised El Trece: – “There you have Nacho Viale to ask him if I’m coming back or not” -, and then submitted the decision to those present: “Do you want me to come back?” he asked, getting a resounding yes for an answer.
“Last night I could not sleep, I did not know what I was going to say. I have not appeared on television for two years and they have made me very happy to be among my peers,” said Mirtha Legrand, in another emotional moment lived at the gala.
And he closed very emotionally: “I have had a wonderful life. I always worked nonstop, I never lowered my arms, until today. I am 95 years old and you have to be here at 95 years old. And I promise you, I swear that I will continue working, I will not give up“, he concluded to the applause of those present