MIAMI.- Gerard Piqu continues to garner controversy when it comes to Latin America. Now, the former Catalan soccer player has aroused the rejection of many on social networks, after making an offensive comment to the Argentine singer-songwriter. Mara Becerra about his presentation in Bolivia.
It all happened during a Kings League broadcast in which Becerra participated as a guest. The hosts, including Piqu, asked her about her tour and where she would perform next, to which the artist responded: “Now I’m going to be in Bolivia, giving two shows.”
Immediately, the Catalan interrupted her, saying between laughs: “Damn… who’s going to Bolivia? Fucked up.”
“Wait, I’m counting. People from all over are seeing it,” Becerra added with some uncomfortable laughter, while Piqu’s colleagues tried to deflect the offensive comment by saying that they see them from other places in the world and those who live in Bolivia will be interested in the show.
“People were expecting Barcelona, Santander, Madrid… But, damn it, Bolivia,” Piqu continued.
At this, Becerra, who kept his nervous laugh, responded: “I screwed up. The truth is, I was throwing away my quiet date.” Immediately afterwards, the artist indicated that she has dates scheduled in Mexico, but that as of now she has no dates scheduled in Spain.
To reduce the tension, the rest of the team invited the defender to send a message to the Latin American country: “Good luck Bolivia, he said.
Rejections and criticism
It didn’t take long for the fragment of the interview to be uploaded and go viral on social networks, where Internet users have canceled the former soccer player and recalled his slights towards the region after his separation with Shakira.
“Long live Bolivia and Shakira”, “As Shakira said: ‘a lot of gym but work your brain a little too'”, “Clearly we don’t want you in Bolivia”, Now I understand why Shakira left him, were some of the messages that They flooded the networks.
In
In April 2023, the former FC Barcelona player told journalist Gerard Romero in a derogatory manner: My ex-partner is Latin American, you don’t know what I have received on social networks from people who are fans of her, but barbarities, Miles!”
Given this, the Colombian singer responded: “Proud to be Latin American.”
