Facu Díaz and other comedians denounce pressure not to make humor about Pablo Motos: "He asks for accounts and makes calls"

Pablo Motos has been in the media spotlight in recent hours.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
25 November 2023 Saturday 22:05
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Facu Díaz and other comedians denounce pressure not to make humor about Pablo Motos: "He asks for accounts and makes calls"

Pablo Motos has been in the media spotlight in recent hours. The renowned television presenter has been the subject of several criticisms on

Precisely, it was the comedian Facu Díaz who denounced on his Twitch channel that, despite the fact that Motos claims in his program that lately there is not the same freedom of expression as before, he himself and those around him "demand accounts and make calls to ask for explanations." about jokes" when they didn't like a joke about the presenter. Other comedians have joined these words, who have also raised their voices about the situations they have experienced with the Valencian journalist.

"Pablo Motos tells you that you can't say anything while he calls to pressure comedians to remove jokes from their shows that have to do with him," Díaz, visibly angry, expressed on his Twitch channel. The young man believes that the Motorcycle team should not "give lessons" to anyone. "He is obsessed with his public image and with no one laughing at him," says the comedian, about the presenter of El Hormiguero.

These statements have unleashed a large number of reactions on social networks, where other comedians have given their opinion and have revealed episodes experienced with the show's host. The cartoonist and illustrator of El Jueves, Raúl Salazar, revealed that the program team contacted him in 2019 to ask him about some satirical cartoons about the presenter. "I can confirm what Facu says. I myself was called out of good spirits by a lackey of Pablo Motos for some cartoons. And I have not been the only collaborator of El Jueves to whom this has happened," he explained in X.

For his part, Bob Pop, a contributor to Hoy por Hoy, has compiled several messages on the social network from comedians and columnists denouncing the calls and warnings they have received from the presenter's team for making jokes about him. "And this non-stop is joined by private messages that I receive from colleagues who Pablo Motos tried to get fired from their jobs for speaking or writing about him," the screenwriter wrote on his X account, after citing several publications in the that the communicator's attitudes were criticized.

Pablo Motos is a renowned Spanish presenter, radio host and comedian. Since 2006, he is the host and producer of the talk show El Hormiguero. He is also co-owner, along with television producer Jorge Salvador, of 7 y Acción, the current producer of the program, as well as others. These statements by several comedians catapult the presenter back into the media spotlight. We will have to wait to see if Motos comes forward to defend himself against all the criticism.