Overview
- The exchange, which aired Saturday on El Trece’s Otro día perdido, erupted after the show ran an AI-made clip of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wearing an electronic ankle monitor.
- Pablo Echarri objected on air, calling it “a very ugly video,” noting an off-camera pledge to avoid politics, and labeling host Mario Pergolini “quite gorilón.”
- Mario Pergolini framed the segment as humor, said humor carries consequences, and joked that the team would evaluate the ankle monitor image and keep it anyway.
- The back-and-forth ended on friendly terms, and reports from Clarín, La Gaceta, and TN noted no formal complaints, removals, or sanctions as of publication.
- The ankle monitor references Kirchner’s legal controversies in Argentina, and “gorila” is a common slur for anti-Peronists, which explains why the bit carried sharp political weight.