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Alejandra Espinoza Gets Real

April 10, 2024
Host and actress Alejandra Espinoza reveals her surprising passion, why she switched to a (mostly!) plant-based diet, and tells us why, when it comes to motherhood and career, “there’s no such thing as balance.”
Show transcript
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Today we are here with Ale Espinoza.
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Mm Thank you for joining us,
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Ale. So I wanted to ask,
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what is your favorite question to ask on interviews?
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My favorite question. my favorite subject has to be
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like everything about my son because I know every single like answer
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it has it has to be that.
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Yeah, that's nice.
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And then can you describe the outfits you have planned for the
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Latin A MA s this month?
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The outfits I, I,
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I'm not sure yet.
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I'll be like pretty sure two days before because we're always
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changing. I ha I also have to know how many
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times I can change.
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That's probably probably I'll have like four or five.
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Really? No, once I think I changed like 11.
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Every time I was on TV,
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I was with a different outfit.
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And what designers are you collaborating with you right now?
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I don't have like anyone in mind.
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I'm, I'm such a weird person.
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Not, not weird.
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I mean, I'm just like,
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I don't care about the designer if the look or if I
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put the dress on and it fits and I feel good and
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I feel empowered. I don't care if it's someone that just
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like, graduated from the design designer school or no,
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I, I really just,
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I have to feel the outfit,
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I have to feel it.
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And that's why I always,
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tell my,
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my, my,,
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stylist don't tell me where is this dress from?
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And sometimes she wants to push like stuff like,
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oh, this is from this designer.
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And I'm like, but I don't like it.
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I don't like it.
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So, so I don't,
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I don't really care about the designer.
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I like the, the,
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the, if, if it fits like you,
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I mean, if you feel the outfit,
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like once you put it on,
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it's, it's going to shine.
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I, I, it's gonna make you feel good and that's
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what I look for.
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Like when I, when I try on dresses,
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I agree. No,
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no. So much De Marcas Pero,
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if I feel good and like it could be from that.
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Yeah, they were that,
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see, sometimes people ask me like,
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on social media,
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where's that jacket from?
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And it could be like,
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probably Pue Costo Quince la de that.
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And,, but if I like it,
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I like it and you make it look expensive,
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right? When did you adopt a plant based lifestyle?
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And why, like,
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was your grandma, like,
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was there kind of like?
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Yeah, everybody loves me too.
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Just me.,
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last year.
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I also do marathons.
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So, I was training for a marathon in April and I
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have an injury in my,
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my leg and I was like going to therapy and everything and
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nothing like it, it wasn't healing.
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I was walking one day and I was watching Netflix and I
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saw this, it was about plant based diet and how
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it helps you like to like Rena come on Cuerpo,
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you heal faster when you're in a plant based diet.
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So I said, OK,
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I started like, looking,
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I don't know,
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I mean, just to see and then I make,
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made the switch and I felt like so good after,
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yeah, right away.
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And I, I don't know.
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And it just made me feel good and my,
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my skin was, was better.
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My hair was better.
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I had a lot of energy.
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I did like, I don't know,
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two or two or three marathons.
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after I started,
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I lost a lot of weight.
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Now I'm trying to recuperate my weight because I lost like,
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I don't know, like £20.
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I think what muscle?
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Yes, I'm trying to build muscle.
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So I'm, I'm right now I'm,
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I'm sometimes I eat chicken and fish,
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fish but no red meat.
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No, no, no,
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I, I probably got ta El Paso for la,
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LA. So how do you balance like career success with motherhood
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Because I'm like right now with me,
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I'm like everything I have to do.
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And then I'm like,
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how can I have a kid in the mix?
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Like, how do you do it?
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I don't think there's like such a thing as balance if you
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like, put your head in something,
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something else is going to at least a little bit that's gonna
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fall off. I mean,
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but I, but I know my priorities,
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my, my family,
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my husband, my son,
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God, that's my,
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my top priority and then everything else And that for me
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that's, that's the way I try to,
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I try to understand or,
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or, or make me feel good,
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understanding that there's no such a thing as balance of,
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at least not for me.
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I mean, you,
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there is no way if you are like one day,
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let's say tomorrow if I have to work,
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I have to leave my son,
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like with my husband,
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I have to like,
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don't be with him and sometimes IIW when I wanna be with
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him, I can't work or I,
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I at least that's me.
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I know a lot of people,
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they know how to balance balance things.
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But iii I can't,
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have you ever faced like body shaming in the industry?
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And how have you navigated criticism and bullying?
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Yeah. Now like I maybe Al Principe Mi Carrera JCA
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Me so and oh,
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you're like, oh you've gained weight or you're like too skinny
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or blah, blah,
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blah. That wasn't very important since probably a year and
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a half ago. I lost a lot of weight and
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people, it's like every single photo,
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like picture I post video.
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Everything has to do with that.
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Like, oh, you're so skinny.
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Oh, you're like,
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you look like a skeleton and,
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but the thing is it's always gonna be there like body
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shaming people always, I don't know why they feel like so
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attracted to,
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to, to that,
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area, that topic.
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Huh? I don't know but I mean,
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I just try to do my best.
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I thank God I'm healthy.
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That's why I don't feel bad because I said I'm not doing
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anything wrong. I'm not doing anything wrong if like sometimes people
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like right. Oh you're a bad example for my daughter or
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for my niece or whatever.
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And I'm like my example should be like my career.
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Toque Toque de de loque Grado,
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not my body. Yeah.
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If you think you're a great example,
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you, you, you have an amazing career,
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you're good at what you do.
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You're a mom like it's like you're doing all these things.
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You're a really great example for women everywhere I feel.
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Yeah. So whoever's saying that doesn't help I can ask you
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So where can we see the Latin A MA S
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Thursday, April 25th.
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We're gonna be there at Univision 8 p.m. The great event.
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It's gonna be awesome,
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Talia. It's going to be hosting with me.
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Also who else is gonna be hosting with me Oh Carlos
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Ponce. Sorry, I did a whole day of press with
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him and I forgot now.
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Yeah, Carlos Poons and Talia will be ho hosting with
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me. So I think it's gonna be so much fun.
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That is gonna be fun.
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It's gonna be lit.
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Guys don't miss out.
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And then where can people find you on social media?
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Instagram, Alejandro Espinoza at Alejandro Espinosa Facebook,
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Alejandro Espinos, official tiktok,
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Ale Espinos. I have,
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I don't know, I should have the same handle for everything
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but no, and what else?
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Snapchat still on? I think so at Ale Espinosa.
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Thank you, Ale.
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Thank you so much.