Overview
- The La Revuelta interview recorded on Monday used a studio audience selected at Vox's request, a production choice David Broncano later said skewed the tone and made the encounter unequal.
- Broncano has publicly apologised on air, saying he 'messed up' and that shifting from his usual comic approach to a more serious tone left him unsettled during the exchange.
- Vox says about 40 minutes of the recorded conversation were omitted from the broadcast and has cancelled Santiago Abascal’s planned appearance on Jordi Wild’s show while announcing it will suspend appearances that do not guarantee its conditions.
- RTVE and the programme’s producer have defended standard pre‑recording and editorial editing practices and said some format adjustments were made for security and editorial reasons.
- The dispute has drawn criticism from politicians and media figures and is intensifying a broader debate over public‑service broadcasters’ rules for hosting polarising candidates and how editorial control is balanced with campaign‑period access.