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Fede Bal Calls His Mother ‘My Girlfriend’ on Live TV, Unsettling Pergolini

The on-air exchange spread quickly across Argentine media, intensifying scrutiny of his mother–son dynamic.

Overview

  • Appearing on eltrece’s Otro día perdido, Bal declared “Mi mamá es mi noviecita,” adding that she is “mía y de nadie más.”
  • Host Mario Pergolini showed discomfort, warned the line would become a headline, and urged him to seek therapy, mentioning his psychologist relatives.
  • Panelist Laila Roth suggested his mother struggles to refuse him, and Pergolini invoked Cristian Castro as a point of comparison for fraught public mother–son ties.
  • Bal acknowledged asking his mother for money to pay credit cards at age 36, said he feels embarrassed, and noted he later pays her back.
  • He framed his approach as living for the moment and spending while he can, and clips of the segment went viral with reactions ranging from amusement to calls for professional help.