Overview

• The HBO Max biopic Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo casts a character named “Margarita,” clearly based on Florinda Meza, as the villain blamed for ending Roberto Gómez Bolaños’s first marriage.
• A Facebook event titled “Todos a quitar la escultura de Florinda” has drawn over 17,000 interested participants and more than 2,000 confirmed to protest on July 24 in Juchipila, Zacatecas.
• Archival video showing Meza delivering a light blow to Bolaños during a videoconference has resurfaced online, intensifying criticism and support for the statue’s removal.
• Meza has publicly disputed the series’ portrayal with statements insisting “así no pasaron las cosas” and recalling Bolaños’s final incomplete words “mi bonita, tú has sido…” from past interviews.
• Entertainment reporters say Meza is reportedly preparing a defamation lawsuit against the series’ creators to challenge her fictionalized depiction.