A photograph from an institutional LGTBIQ+ Pride event in June 2026 shows Alba Carrillo with her arm around Félix Bolaños’s shoulder. Carrillo shared images from the gathering, where the two appear smiling and at ease. Social-media insinuations attributed to journalist Marta Riesco have revived speculation about the pair, but neither has confirmed a romantic relationship.
The photographs capture a public encounter at an institutional event. Periódico de Ibiza reported that neither Carrillo nor Bolaños had confirmed a sentimental relationship. Bolaños serves as Spain’s Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes.
The online comments have also brought renewed attention to Carrillo’s work involving politics. On El Sótano Club, the programme she presented on TEN, she interviewed Irene Montero and expressed interest in speaking with Gabriel Rufián. Rufián shared a video in which Carrillo said she wanted to interview him. An interview with Carrillo published by El País on 31 October 2026 also drew attention to her comments about Rufián; she said she did not know him personally.
Coverage of El Sótano Club described the Rufián exchange as a joke or television game. Carrillo left the programme in October 2026 and later began presenting Fuera de control with Marta Márquez at La Séptima. Those appearances provide context for Carrillo’s public engagement with political figures, but they are separate from the speculation surrounding Bolaños.
Carrillo has also said she prefers to keep aspects of her sentimental life private. Her public comments about political figures and television appearances do not establish a relationship with Bolaños, whose private life has generally stayed out of public view.
