Chilean actress Berta Lasala shared deeply personal reflections on her life and career during a recent segment of the Mega network reality show El Internado. The conversation, part of a series focused on contestants’ formative years, touched on Lasala’s challenging upbringing and the pain of two divorces. Lasala, 68, is a veteran of Chilean television-known for roles in series like Rojo and Perla-and her willingness to discuss private struggles resonates with a growing audience seeking authenticity from public figures. The segment aired Tuesday and quickly garnered attention for its emotional honesty.
Chilean actress Berta Lasala opened up about a difficult childhood and the lingering pain of divorce during a recent appearance on the reality cooking show El Internado, which aired Tuesday on Mega. The emotional segment, led by host Tonka Tomicic, focused on the contestants’ early lives, prompting Lasala to reflect on her relationship with her mother.
Lasala became visibly emotional when discussing her youth, explaining that her mother’s long-term illness meant she wasn’t as present as she’d hoped. “Childhood isn’t as easy as people think, it’s hard, lonely, children suffer,” she shared. “I’ve struggled to tell myself ‘what a beautiful little girl I was,’ I never thought that little girl was pretty, I’d say ‘how ugly,’ because, deep down, mothers unintentionally don’t teach you to love yourself. Old-fashioned mothers were very harsh, not all of them, and not because they were bad.”
She later admitted to feeling guilt over those feelings. “My mother was good but she was always sick, so I had to do the things around the house, do the things she couldn’t do, and sometimes I would get very angry, angry that she got sick, that she wasn’t strong, that she was fragile. Then she died and I felt very guilty for having blamed her,” she recalled.
Lasala took the opportunity to send a message to her children, saying, “Afterward, I became a mother very young, around 22 or 23 years old, and I would like to apologize to them if I wasn’t the best mother in the world, but they love me, they care about me a lot, and sometimes you don’t tell them that: ‘love yourself, value yourself.’”
Still Reflecting on Past Relationships
Tomicic also asked Lasala about her childhood dreams, and the actress said she’d achieved some of them.
“To be a famous actress, to act in a movie, and to have a restaurant called ‘La Picá de la Berta’—some things came true, others didn’t, and I wanted to have a family, not like a fairytale, but I do have one,” she said.
Lasala surprised viewers by revealing that her divorces still affected her, as she had envisioned a more “traditional” family life. “I would have liked not to have separated from either of my two husbands, but the children are not to blame for that,” Lasala commented. The candid discussion highlights a growing trend of celebrities openly addressing personal struggles, fostering a deeper connection with their audiences.
