Carlos Ponce and Karina Banda are married: Details!

The news of the marriage between Carlos Ponce and Karina Banda took us by surprise. It turns out that the couple secretly got married on July 30 in Florida, according to Hola! Magazine. “We are super happy. I think that happiness really cannot be hidden and the truth is that something very funny happened to me that right after we got married, people told me that they saw a special shine in me, they even asked me if I was pregnant, that it showed something different in his face and I think that’s it, that I was happy because it really was knowing that I am going to spend the rest of my life with him, if God allows us. It wasn’t so much that we didn’t know; but I am already his wife, we are officially a family and yes, I am happy because… I even gained pounds because love makes you fat, ”Banda said with a laugh to the magazine.

Banda was the one who made the news public through their networks. She posted several images of a romantic photoshoot with her lover for Hola! Magazine. “Mr. & Mr. Ponce ”, says the caption. He also thanks his accomplices, among them the photographer Alan Phillip, the creative director of Gerardo Briceño magazine and the star makeup artist Claudia Betancur, among others.

Congratulations from her friends were not lacking. “May God be the center of your marriage and your home,” commented Ana Patricia Gámez. Clarissa Molina added: “Congratulations !!! ???? may God fill you with many blessings! ???????? wohooooo !!!! ”,“ Congratulations pretty couple! May they continue to be full of smiles and in a good mood! God bless your love! I send you a hug !!! ❤️????????❤️ ”, added Karla Martinez.

Julian Gil, Francisca Lachapel, Quique Usales, Maria Salina, and Angelique Boyer, are some of the talents who congratulated her after the surprising news.

Carlos’s daughters were the witnesses to the secret wedding

Carlos’s daughters – Sienna and Savannah – were the witnesses of the civil union that took place in Florida on July 30. They had no guests at the ceremony, reports Hola !. “It was not an intention to get married in secret, that was not necessarily the intention; I think I speak for both of us. Simply, the commitment was in the New Year, welcoming 2020, to our union and my commitment to Karina and to God that we are going to make a life together for life; however, things happened that tried to derail our plans, but the wedding was also planned for the same year. This is simply a union that we made, but we consider that we need the wedding. We decided not to make too much noise with this because our families also deserve to see us in this union and we owe them, and we owe each other, a nice meeting ”, Carlos said to Hola !.

It is worth mentioning that the couple got engaged during the 2020 New Year celebration.

Carlos takes 16 years to Karina, with whom he began a relationship in 2018

At the beginning of 2018, Carlos revealed that he was single and very comfortable during an interview with People en Español, last April. “I am single and I am too comfortable. That scares me a little. I’m too comfortable and too happy, “Carlos commented:” And I even suddenly laugh at the comments of people who say: ‘Your eyes are sad.’ It is urgent for you to see me as a couple, however I believe that as I am working so hard and I have had an extremely productive year and my children are also at a very interesting age [eso me ha mantenido ocupado]”.

Carlos is older than Karina. She is 29 years old and he is 45. That’s right, Carlos is 16 years old for the Mexican reporter.

After confirming her relationship with Carlos, Karina explained that the reason she had kept their relationship a secret is because they are just getting to know each other, they have been together for a few months and she would not like to receive bad vibes.

But that does not mean that they are hiding from the public. Before Raúl de Molina announced the romance, some already knew about the relationship because they went out to walk hand in hand through the streets of Miami.

Karina works for Univision and Carlos for Telemundo

Karina joined the team of Salt and pepper, from Univision, in 2016. She is now one of the collaborators of The fat and the skinny. While Carlos has worked for Telemundo since 2007. For that network, Carlos has acted in several novels such as Dame Chocolate, Santa Diabla Y Silvana sin Lana.

After the news of the new romance, Carlos responded to what is being said about his new partner. “I’m not doing it for myself, I’m doing it for comments like ‘this poor woman doesn’t know where she’s getting into,'” Ponce told People en Español. “She is a studied journalist. Karina knows what she is doing. It is not a girl. We were both taking care of each other, we were both being very low key knowing that at some point it would come out if we continued and it has been the case and it happened, a little earlier than we would have liked, but it was going to happen ”.

“I read the comments and see ‘Another one for your list.’ Which list? ”Added the actor, who assures that he is not afraid of marriage as long as it is with the right person.

Karina was married to Douglas Riggs

In 2015, Karina married civil and church marriage to Douglas Riggs, an American helicopter pilot. Riggs doesn’t speak Spanish.

The marriage did not last long and they divorced. It is not known when and why they separated. What we do know is that her separation was on good terms and she is still friends with her ex. They had no children.

Carlos had a six-year relationship with actress Ximena Duque

Carlos spent 23 years with the mother of his children. Carlos and Verónica Rubio were boyfriends since high school and then they married and had four children, two girls and two boys. Their names are Giancarlo, Sebastián, and the twins Savannah and Sienna.

Carlos divorced Verónica in 2010. Afterwards, he began a formal relationship with the Colombian actress Ximena Duque and they spent six years together. It is said that the reason they ended was because Carlos did not want to get married and Ximena already wanted to start a family. “I am not a person to be with 500 women, it is not what catches my attention. What I am against is not marriage but divorce, therefore when you ask me what you need to have [esa mujer] I only know what I don’t want in a woman. And what I don’t want in a woman is very abundant. What I don’t want in my partner is what I am very clear about, ”Carlos told People en Español.

Karina has no children and Carlos has four children

In 2016, Karina expressed her desire to want to become a mother. While Carlos says otherwise. Carlos has no plans to have any more children, according to People en Español. Carlos has two sons and two adopted twins.