Spanish television presenter Cristina Pedroche has returned to social media to show off her belly button after a viral video recorded in Ibiza sparked claims that she edited out her navel. She shared new photographs from her Mediterranean holiday to demonstrate that she was born with a belly button like any other mortal.
The controversy began several days ago when Pedroche posted a video showing herself swimming in the clear waters of Ibiza. Viewers noticed that her navel appeared to disappear and reappear with the movement of the waves, leading followers to accuse her of overusing photo editing software or generating the video with artificial intelligence.
In the original video caption, Pedroche wrote that she did not know how people managed to look good while floating in the water, adding that although she nearly drowned, the clip might be the best 25 seconds of her summer holiday. Followers quickly filled the comments section, with the most frequent message pointing out that she seemed to have no belly button.
Pedroche has been spending the final days of August on the Balearic island alongside her husband, chef Dabiz Munoz, and their two children. The family has been enjoying sunny weather and swimming to cool off during successive heatwaves, while also keeping an eye on their StreetXO restaurant opened on the island.
Paddle surf photos and response to AI claims
To address the viral debate and show that she possesses a normal anatomy, Pedroche published a new carousel of photographs of herself on a paddle surf board. Posing in the Mediterranean waters while displaying her midriff, she started her post by calling the island a dream location.
She wrote that she understood why followers suspected the new pictures were fake or made using artificial intelligence. With her characteristic sense of humor, she added that the only fake thing in the photos was the belly button she had to manually put on after fans caught her the other day, ending her post with the hashtag PedrocheExtraterrestre.
Background on Pedroche and Dabiz Munoz
Cristina Pedroche is a prominent Spanish television presenter, journalist and model known for hosting high-profile entertainment programs and annual New Year Eve broadcasts in Spain. Her husband, Dabiz Munoz, is an internationally recognized Spanish chef who runs the acclaimed three-star DiverXO restaurant in Madrid alongside his casual street-food brand StreetXO. Ibiza is an island in the Balearic archipelago off the eastern coast of Spain, widely known as a summer destination for international celebrities.
