At 80 years old, Carlos Villagran He remains active doing live presentations and gatherings with followers characterized as ‘Kiko’the endearing character of El Chavo del 8. Although some fans of the program created by Roberto Gomez Bolaños celebrate the actor’s vitality, a large group of social media users ask that the actor hang up his suit “for dignity.”
These criticisms have become constant after the release of videos where Carlos Villagrán stumbles before going on stage, or is seen overexerting himself to perform routines that he did three decades before.
Recently, the comedian has once again found himself at the center of a controversy after the announcement of a meeting with fans in La Gran Plaza Fashion Mall, in Guadalajara. The event is promoted by Hey Jalisco and the Collectors Autographs store. In a recent publication made on Instagram, the organizers announced the meeting and the cost of access to have a personal coexistence with Carlos Villagrán. However, the price for an autograph from the comedian has been classified as excessive.
The autograph signing will take place next June 1 at 5:00 pm in the Collectors and Autographs store. Access has been available since last May 1, with a pre-sale limited to 30 people, at a cost of 2,600 pesos.
Benefits of VIP access:
- Coexistence with ‘Kiko’
- Cap or printed photo
- Photo taken with the fan’s cell phone
- Autograph
- Certificate
- For an extra cost of 300 pesos, 30 people will be able to personalize their autograph.
- For the rest of the public, the price of access will be 2,950 pesos.
- You can personalize your autograph, limited to 30, with an extra cost of $300 pesos.
For the rest of the public, the cost of access is 2,950 pesos with the same benefits, except coexistence with the actor. In both cases, the organizers establish that people can bring an item to be signed, however, this must be approved by Carlos Villagrán, who will refrain from signing objects of the Chavo del 8 character.
Two days after the announcement and the release of tickets, social media users have criticized Carlos Villagrán and the organizers for the excessive cost of entry to the event. In addition, other users have accused the actor of taking advantage of fans’ nostalgia to continue generating income.
“Don’t they lose him?”; “I would be surprised if someone is a Kiko fan in a non-ironic way to pay for this”, “that goey knows nothing more than to exploit the character he stole, he has never done more and it is despicable that he continues to do it at almost 100 years old”appears in the Autograph Collectors publication.
In November 2023, Carlos Villagrán faced rumors that he suffered from a very aggressive type of cancer. The actor took to his Instagram account to confirm that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer some time ago and that he had undergone surgery to eradicate the disease.
Her announcement came months after her daughter and manager, Vanessa Villagrán, announced that she had also been diagnosed and was undergoing cancer treatment.
Last January, after a video of the actor stumbling before giving a live show went viral, Vanessa defended her father from the criticism he received on social media and, although she acknowledged that cancer triggered a family crisis, Villagrán said: He remained active for the love of his profession and not out of necessity, as thousands of Internet users claimed.
