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Thanks to his coverage of the Copa América from the United States and his interview with Lionel Messi, Marcelo Tinelli It became news. The host and programming manager of América TV was criticized and many claimed that Cousins of America, the program that aired in two installments on the day of Argentina’s debut against Canada, had been taken off the screen. After downloading it, an old intimate enemy appeared on the scene to add a new chapter to the scandal: on his streaming show, Mario Pergolini He ironically criticized his hair color and tattoos, criticized his interview with the national team’s top scorer and revealed how he has it scheduled on his cell phone.
Before the start of the tournament in which the national team seeks to become two-time champion, Messi gave an exclusive interview to Tinelli. In addition to talking about his personal life and his football career, the player was surprised to see the tattoo that Tinelli got on his left leg, in which you can see the man from Rosario kissing the World Cup in Qatar 2022. “No! It’s freshly made on top. How crazy, impressive,” Messi reacted.
In addition to the interview, América TV aired two more broadcasts with Tinelli at the helm. Cousins of America, a segment designed to cover the color of the sporting event together with Luciano “El Tirri” Giugno, had two broadcasts, and was not broadcast again. Immediately, rumors began to grow, and the one that sounded the loudest indicated that the American authorities had been responsible for the cancellation of the program.
Among those who gave their opinion on Tinelli’s alleged failure was Beto Casella. The journalist was blunt when a reporter from Show Partners He asked him about the topic. “It is an interview between friends, I am not happy that Tinelli is in this kind of decline that I hope is temporary“, commented the driver of blessed about the interview with Messi. In relation to the absence of Cousins of America, He shot: “It is curious that a guy who created so much content for 30 years, it occurs to him that the adventures of two boys through the streets of the United States are going to have a large audience. His own channel is angry with what was aired”. “When they don’t see you with Messi, he smells like cancellation. I hope he stays on screen for 20 more years because TV owes a lot to him, he has given a lot of work. It is a fatal, disastrous moment for Marcelo“, he completed, lethal.
After hearing the criticism, Tinelli spoke from Miami with Karina Mazzoco In the afternoon. First, he made reference to Messi’s drawing on his leg. “It is impressive how tattooing has been seen throughout America. Yesterday I was walking through Times Square, recording all the things we are doing with El Tirri for Instagram and it was impressive all the people from any country who wanted to see the tattoo,” he acknowledged. “Today I already took out the shorts and no one asked me for a photo of the bottom,” she joked later.
After the relaxed moment, Tinelli prepared to talk about the criticism. “What happened to me is that on the weekend Everyone wrote to me to tell me that I was the cover of a newspaper, that they had lifted my program. It was strange. That had appeared everywhere and in some with incredible viciousness”, he started his defense.
“First I want to say that the program Cousins of America It was not scheduled to appear on the screen nor did we have it planned for TV,” he explained. He then clarified that when they arrived in Atlanta and saw that they had a lot of material, they made a proposal to José Nuñez, programming director of America, and for that reason they made a special with the material they had, unedited. He also revealed that the idea was to do the pre-match, the post-match and then see how to continue. “At no time was it planned for more,” he said.
Regarding the first shipment, Tinelli revealed that it did not have a good rating. “I didn’t even have a promotion,” he justified. Since they were not allowed to film on the field, they did not have the Conmebol rights and they did not have a credential, they decided not to do Friday’s program. “We plan to do it right later. But at no time was the program lifted. I lifted it myself. I put it on myself and I lifted it myself. That’s why I didn’t understand everything they said. I felt a lot of cruelty”, he concluded, although he did not refer to anyone in particular.
As expected, Mario Pergolini, Marcelo Tinelli’s historic television and business rival, saw the opportunity and did not let it pass: in stop your hand, the streaming program hosted by German Beder, Luquitas Rodriguez, Alfredo Montes and Roberto Galati, the director of Vorterix once again hit his eternal rival. “It seemed like a note to Tinelli. Tinelli spent a lot of time talking about him“, he noted about the driver’s interview with Messi. “I’m going to show you something I did to myself, Lucas,” he continued, and with a fake voice he got up from the chair, showed his leg and added: “Look, I want to show you the permanent hair removal I did“, he imitated his archrival with a content license.
“We want Tinelli to come,” they complained in the studio. “Let’s ask him,” said the former driver of Do it for me He grabbed his cell phone. “Can you tell how he is scheduled?” They asked him. “Marcelo del sur”, they read and laughter broke out. “I have less hair than him and that kills me. And if he continues like this he won’t have hair. He won’t even have skin”Pergolini continued, while they asked him for a little mercy. “Stop, Mario. For”.
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