Kobbo Santarrosa: “I have no regrets at all” | Stage

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Who is the Comay? For some it is the doll that entertains them at 5:55 PM, for others it is simply the purpose of their rejection. But what does Antulio “Kobbo” Santarrosa represent to its maker?

“To me he is a character, to people he is a person. Sometimes I am amazed how people talk to the Comay. Every time they write, they call the lines, they call her human. As we have said, we have humanized it and that is something I am satisfied with, ”assured Santarrosa THE SPOKESMAN

He started with the doll on Telemundo and jumped to Wapa, where it spent 14 years, until January 2013, after a boycott of SuperXclusivo. He ended his retirement on January 28, 2019, with the return of La Comay on Mega TV, where he remained until December 18, 2020, after not renewing the contract. Yesterday, he joined TeleOnce, formerly Univision Puerto Rico, where he worked Monday through Friday at 5:55 PM.

In the various boycotts that have been carried out against the program and its person, it has been branded as racist, homophobic and xenophobic.

“That even makes me laugh. I have never been, never will and never was homophobic. I am an individual from my home … I have so many friends and co-workers from the area who laugh at me. : “out there they say and how homophobic you are”. Not so racist, my dad was like that (in black) and my sister, we’re all black. But if someone says something vacilón there is no way. parents are Dominican, everything, ”he replied.

He said he was not sorry.

He also distanced himself from those who blame him damage from his space.

“Have someone come and say, ‘Kobbo Santarrosa or La Comay broke my marriage, he hurt me’; because that’s what they say: ‘La Comay damages, damages reputations’. But what reputation, from whom, tell me a name. In fact, everything that has been talked about in my program, be it on Telemundo, Wapa or Mega, is completely true. That one or the other makes a mistake, but that mistake is not like breaking a marriage or inflicting evil, ”said the puppeteer.

He added: “There are people who have commented that because of La Comay of Kobbo the mother or father has died. But how, where, to explain, but they can not explain. He is never, never hurt, the person believes he has been harmed ”.

However, he said that “many things” have been kept quiet. “If I leave a lot of gossip here, at least 30% tell people it can’t go because it could cause tragedy. Not everything can be thrown away, I can’t pick it up like a submachine gun. It is not my duty to destroy a person, I am not going to name the cases, but they have been very strong, ”he said.

The new entertainer

Given Rocky the Kid’s impossibility at the Comay, Santarrosa chose announcer Yan Ruiz, who replaced Héctor Travieso on Wapa TV in his early years.

“Yan is very versatile, she has a beautiful verb, she is a dandy, and I have no doubt that we will put her in China. He is a well-prepared man and we are going to form the vacilón. The main thing here is Comay, she’s the star of the show. Yan like Eddie (Miró), Naughty and Rocky were his wild cards. It will be a success, people will love it just as much as the others, ”he said enthusiastically, who hopes to have several reporters in addition to Ricardo Eladio.

To that end, he spoke to Jessica Serrano, but she didn’t accept it because she was in her care in the morning and couldn’t meet cover.

As to whether he had contacted his former reporter Sylvia Hernández, he said, “I have not considered that.”

Respond to Mega TV

La Comay’s new studio is exclusive to the program and is the largest he’s ever had. The concept was in charge of the set designer Edgar Viruet.

From elsewhere, THE SPOKESMAN he sought the response from the Spanish broadcasting system (SBS) Puerto Rico, after Santarrosa’s statements that he was living “hell” during his time on Mega TV.

“We have no comment on that matter,” said Michelle Torres, a relations officer for SBS Puerto Rico.