Raúl de Molina lost his patience this week on El Gordo y La Flaca and publicly criticized Pepe Aguilar and Christian Nodal for boycotting the Univision program after years of coverage and support.
The trigger was Nodal's concert in Altos de Chavón, Dominican Republic, last Saturday, where the singer arrived two and a half hours late and gave interviews to other outlets, but completely ignored El Gordo y La Flaca.
"It started two and a half hours late, right? He gave interviews to everyone except us. I don't get it. What do these artists think they are?" De Molina shot back without filters in front of the cameras.
But the true target of his annoyance was Pepe Aguilar. The Cuban-American presenter revealed that the Mexican singer explicitly asked him not to interview him on the red carpet of the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards, and that since then he has been avoiding him in restaurants and public places.
"I have never done anything to Pepe Aguilar in my life; I have been his friend since the beginning of my career, and I have treated him wonderfully," De Molina declared, visibly frustrated.
According to the host, someone directly instructed Nodal to cut contact with the program: "Someone told him, hey, Christian Nodal, don’t talk to El Gordo y La Flaca anymore. Raúl soared after I interviewed him 20,000 times, that I've said here that I love him, that I support him, that I've always been on his side."
De Molina attributes this distancing to the coverage the program provided on the controversial relationship between Nodal and Ángela Aguilar, daughter of Pepe, which included mentions of Cazzu, the singer's ex-partner and mother of his daughter Inti.
And he concluded with a phrase that many on social media turned into a rallying cry: "When they need us, they are the first to call us to promote their album."
The clips from the program went viral immediately on TikTok, accumulating nearly one million views, over 50,000 likes, and thousands of comments within a few days.
The audience's reaction was overwhelmingly in favor of Raúl. The comments were filled with "Team Raúl," and phrases like "they're afraid of your questions" and "you're straight and direct" dominated the response section. One of the most popular comments, with 40 likes, summarized the general sentiment: "Pepe Aguilar is having his moody days."
Skeptical voices were not lacking. One user bluntly wrote: "He is not your friend... Don't say you are his friend," questioning De Molina's account of their closeness.
What adds more spice to the situation is the timing of all this: the Pepe Aguilar tour in the United States is facing a serious crisis, with two concerts already canceled in Connecticut and New Jersey for May, and five more dates at risk due to low ticket sales, with between 85% and 90% of seats unsold according to Ticketmaster. In other words, the artist who rejects media coverage is precisely the one who would need it the most right now.
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