Roca Rey After the Split: Emotional Message and Return to Peru

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On 9 October, it was over in Valencia: Tana Rivera and Andrés Roca Rey had ended their relationship after they had first gone public around six months earlier. The split followed a summer in which the couple was together in Cádiz and speculation arose about a wedding.

Their relationship first became public on 10 April. Around 24 hours later, Tana attended the Corrida de Primavera in Brihuega near Guadalajara and watched Roca Rey from the stands. Her visit thus confirmed the new relationship. After things ended in Valencia, neither of them initially commented on the circumstances.

A Picture, a Heart and a Sad Song

The message came only a few hours before publication

Roca Rey shared a photo on his social networks showing him at the Albero with a muleta and a sword. He wrote “Tarde de lluvia” – “Rainy afternoon” – and added a heart symbol.

He accompanied the photo with a song that carries a clear emotional resonance in this context: “Cuando los hombres lloran” by Taburete. He had selected the verse that refers, among other things, to having more heart, to tears and to almost crying forever over someone.

“I almost had to cry forever over you.”

The message does not name Tana Rivera or explain what happened on 9 October in Valencia. Nevertheless, according to the report, it has a direct temporal connection to the split. Its emotional impact stems precisely from this gap: the text sounds like a farewell and a moment of grief, but leaves open exactly what it is referring to.

Tana had previously said: “No, I won’t say anything, because I really never say anything.” Roca Rey had initially responded to the split with silence. His message was therefore the first public response from the bullfighter to the end of the relationship, not an explanation of its cause.

Two Birthdays, Two Separate Celebrations

Separate parties had originally been planned

The split coincided with two personally important dates. Tana Rivera turned 27 on 16 October, while Roca Rey celebrates his 30th birthday on 21 October. Initially, it had seemed possible that the two could organize a joint birthday celebration. According to ¡HOLA!, that was not the plan from the start: they intended to celebrate their birthdays separately.

Tana’s celebration had originally been scheduled for 17 October at La Consentida, the torero’s finca. Because of the changed circumstances, she canceled the party at short notice. Her closest friends and acquaintances then congratulated her at a small, low-key celebration in Seville on 17 October.

Roca Rey, by contrast, stuck to his plan. A celebration was scheduled for 21 October at his ten-hectare finca in Andalusia. According to the source text, the property has luxurious amenities and a private arena. The separate celebrations are among the most concretely documented consequences of the split, even though the report cites no direct dialogue between Roca Rey and Tana Rivera about how they had arranged them.

Family Members Carefully Assess the Situation

Fran Rivera: “This Is Not the End of the World”

Fran Rivera, Tana’s father, was among the first people to react publicly to the split. He told LOC that relationships are generally complicated, and a bullfighter’s relationship is even more so. He then made one thing clear: “I can’t tell you now that Tana is happy, but she is doing well, and there is a lot of affection between them.” In doing so, he rejected any notion of complete emotional indifference without portraying the split as having been fully processed.

Tana’s uncle Cayetano Martínez de Irujo also spoke with her after learning about the news. He said he had subsequently invited her to the birthday party and stressed: “I like Tana very much.” These statements came from the family and do not replace a joint explanation from the couple. However, they show that Tana remained in contact with her relatives after the split and received support from them.

Return to Peru Announced — No Exact Date

The return to his homeland

While Roca Rey was attracting attention with his personal message, according to the source text, he initially remained away from the spotlight. At the same time, he is preparing an imminent return, or reappearance, in Peru, his homeland.

The report gives no exact date, location within Peru or further details about the trip. It also does not establish any direct connection between the return and the split. The only certainty is that, alongside his emotional message, the announced return to Peru marks his next publicly discernible step.