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Gustavo Cordera Apologizes on TV After Backlash Over Gelatina Interview

The episode has reignited debate over journalists’ responsibility when giving airtime to figures linked to harmful speech.

Overview

  • Cordera used Mario Pergolini’s Otro Día Perdido to offer a public apology, saying he wanted to “close that wound,” acknowledging he “hurt many people” and adding, “I didn’t intend to harm anyone.”
  • Days earlier on Gelatina with Pedro Rosemblat, he portrayed his 2016 fallout as an “organized persecution,” said he felt “very alone,” and described years without festival bookings or radio play.
  • Rosemblat defended inviting him under Gelatina’s editorial line of hosting controversial voices but admitted he was “very condescending” and said the appearance followed Cordera’s request to discuss the use of Bersuit songs.
  • Feminist figures and audiences condemned the platforming and the lack of challenging questions, with critiques from Malena Pichot, Florencia Freijo and Thelma Fardin amplifying the pushback.
  • In 2016 Cordera made statements interpreted as endorsing rape and sex with minors, prompting mass repudiation and a case for incitación a la violencia colectiva that concluded with his overseimiento in 2020.