Kobbo Santarrosa: “I don’t regret anything at all” | Stage

The second in a series

Who is Comay? For some it is the doll that entertains them at 17:55, for others it is simply the object of their rejection. But what does Antulio “Kobbo” Santarrosa represent for his creator?

“For me he is a character, for people he is a human being. Sometimes I’m surprised by the way people talk to Comay. Every time I write, I name the lines, I refer to her as a human being. The way I expressed it, I humanized it and that is something that satisfies me “, assured Santarrosa Spokesman.

With the doll he started on Telemundo and jumped to Wapa, where he spent 14 years, until January 2013, after a boycott of SuperXclusivo. He ended his retirement on January 28, 2019, with La Comay returning to Mega TV, where he remained until December 18, 2020, after not renewing his contract. Yesterday he joined TeleOnce, formerly of Univision Puerto Rico, working at 17:55, from Monday to Friday.

In the various boycotts carried out against the program and its person, it was marked as racist, homophobic and xenophobic.

“It simply came to my notice then. Homophobic I have never been, never will be and never have been. I am an individual in my house … I have so many friends and employees of the environment, who say to me laughing: “they say there and how homophobic you are”. Not so racist, my father was like that (in black) and my sister, we are all black. But if someone says something hesitant, there is no way. Xenophobic no, my parents are Dominicans, everything, ”he replied.

He said he had no regrets.

He also distanced himself from those who attribute damage to his space.

“Let someone come and say, ‘Kobbo Santarrosa or La Comay broke up my marriage, it hurt me’; because it says: “At Comay it hurts, it damages the reputation”. But what a reputation, from whom, tell me a name. Basically, everything that was said in my program, whether it’s Telemundo, Wapa and Mega, was totally true. That one thing or another makes a mistake, but this mistake is not like breaking a marriage or doing harm, “said the puppeteer.

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

However, he said “many things” were kept quiet. “If I put a lot of gossip here, at least 30% tell people that it can’t go, because it can create a tragedy. Not everything can be thrown away, I can’t lift it like a machine gun. It is not my duty to destroy a person, I will not mention the cases, but they were very strong, “he said.

The new animator

Given the impossibility of Rocky the Kid accompanying Comay, Santarrosa selected the announcer Yan Ruiz, who replaced Héctor Travieso in the early years of Wapa TV.

“Yan is very versatile, he has a beautiful verb, he is a dandy and I have no doubt that we will put him in China. He is a well-prepared guy and we will form vacilón. Important is here Comay, she is the star of the show. Yan as Eddie (Miró), Naughty and Rocky were his wild books. It will be a success, people will love it just like the others “, he was excited, who, besides Ricardo Eladio, hopes to have more reporters.

For this purpose, he spoke with Jessica Serrano, but she did not accept, because in the morning she is in the care of her daughters and could not respect the coverage.

If he contacted his former reporter Sylvia Hernández, he indicated “I did not take this into account”.

React Mega TV

The new La Comay studio is exclusively for the program and is the largest it has ever had. The concept was in charge of the set designer Edgar Viruet.

On the other hand, Spokesman he sought the reaction of the Spanish broadcasting system (SBS) Puerto Rico, according to Santarrosa’s expressions in the sense that he lived “a hell” during his time on Mega TV.

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