Alba Carrillo's farewell from TEN was marked by an unexpected scene. This Thursday, October 15, the presenter left the set of El Sótano Club in tears when there was still about an hour of broadcast left. The communicator got up from her seat visibly affected, with her hand near her face and her mobile phone, and left the frame to the surprise of her colleagues. Everything happened while the program was addressing the relationship between Shakira and Antonio de la Rúa, without it being revealed at that moment what had happened to her.
The reaction on set was immediate. Jorge Yorya explained to viewers that Alba was unwell and asked Alberto Guzmán to take over the hosting of the magazine to continue with the planned schedule. "Something has happened to Alba that she is unwell and has had to leave the set," commented the collaborator, without offering more details about what happened. Carrillo's departure generated bewilderment on social media, especially because it occurred live and without a farewell to the audience.
Hours later, the presenter reappeared at the Ateneo de Madrid during the presentation of La Séptima, the new channel where she is preparing her next professional stage. There, with a smiling attitude, she confirmed that this Friday, October 16, would be her last day at TEN. The coincidence between both events raised numerous questions, although it has not been confirmed that the episode experienced during the program is related to her decision to leave the channel. It was at that same event where she explained that combining the two projects had become too complicated.
In statements to 'ElPlural', Carrillo was clear in justifying her departure: "In the end, he who grasps at too much, holds on to little. And so, I believe it is essential to do things well." The presenter explained that she was dedicating time to the preparations for La Séptima and that she was missing important parts of the new channel's launch. She also acknowledged that fatigue had begun to take its toll, after a week in which she was sick and had voice problems. "I have had to make the decision out of a matter of prioritizing, with all the pain in my heart," she assured.
Alba Carrillo ends her time at TEN to focus on La Séptima
The departure from El Sótano Club marks the end of six months at the helm of the afternoon format, a period that the communicator has described with special affection. "El Sótano Club has been my baby. It will continue to be so all my life," she affirmed, thanking the freedom she has had to show herself to the public from a different register.
Her television future now lies with Fuera de control, the program she will present alongside Marta Márquez on La Séptima. The venture will combine social current affairs, culture, and entertainment, with a perspective that Carrillo wants to distance from frivolity. While preparing for this new challenge, it remains to be clarified what motivated her sudden tearful departure from the set: the presenter has explained the professional reasons for her leaving TEN, but has not publicly clarified what happened during the live broadcast.
Could Alba Carrillo have received some personal news that explained her tearful departure from the set? Or was her departure related to the difficulty of combining her work at TEN with her incorporation into La Séptima? For the moment, the presenter has not clarified what happened during the live broadcast, although she has explained that she needs to focus exclusively on her new professional project. A venture in which she is willing to get 100% involved and whose journey we will follow very closely.