—I am doing everything very seriously. What you are seeing is reality. Those feelings that overwhelm me, the anxieties, the sorrows, the joys, the mischief, that’s who I am. I don’t act or exaggerate, I’m a disaster, I’m very distracted.
I have a very healthy background and my points of view from having done so much theater for children have been incorporated into my way of being, so that my expressions are very accentuated. That’s why people see me as an anime, a cartoon.
—You suffered an episode of anxiety in ‘The Great Chef: Celebrities’, how do you deal with moments of frustration?
—I’m ashamed, I get very frustrated and feel very sad when things burn. I surprise myself to see myself so confused and the truth is that it has left me thinking. She considered me faster and more resourceful.
That time when this episode of anxiety happened to me, I was so ashamed of looking bad in front of the jury, I couldn’t stand it, I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t contain my frustration and cried from shame.
I have never had the responsibility of cooking and, now that I have tried, I have realized that I am a disaster, it has upset me, but I am learning. However, I say, ‘How come he made a stuffed potato the size of a baby?’
People laugh, but deep down I’m ashamed. I don’t laugh at my mistakes, I suffer, I feel sorry and I would like to go as far as possible so as not to disappoint those who are trusting in me and believe that I will succeed in having the pot.
Zelma as a businesswoman
—In addition to your role as an actress, you are also a businesswoman…
—I have a company called D’PROMART, it is an event production company that was born in 1987 and the specialty is ticket sales for plays and circuses. For 15 years I have been involved in seeing lands, tents, and circus season programming. In parallel, we organize private events for corporates.
Carlos Alvarez
—What memories do you have of Carlos Álvarez, with whom you started in the world of TV?
—It’s incredible the opportunity I had for Carlos to discover me on television, I had been doing theater for children and he took me out of one of those rooms. For me this is number one in the country, to this day there is a relationship of respect, cordiality and familiarity.
—What do you think about the threats that Carlos Álvarez received after his criticism of Dina Boluarte?
—If Carlos were a comfortable person, he would have a live program right now on television. He is a man very committed to his point of view and one of the few patriots who takes a risk. The result is that they have apparently closed the doors of the small screen. However, he is finding his way in the digital world. I follow him and I hope that freedom of expression is not hijacked by the Government of the day.
