Overview
- Valentino Palacios made the remark during a TikTok live, and a short clip of him calling people who wake very early to work “miserables” circulated widely on Tuesday.
- The circulating fragment was read by many users as an insult to Peru’s workforce, which triggered thousands of critical comments and turned the comment into a trending topic.
- Palacios publicly defended himself by saying a single viewer had repeatedly attacked him with homophobic insults and that his reaction was aimed at that person, not at workers in general.
- He also accused detractors of running a 'funado' campaign and spreading 'fake news'; none of the coverage reports a formal apology from him or any platform action so far.
- The episode highlights how edited live‑stream clips can amplify disputes and raises broader tensions between online harassment, creator accountability and respect for labor dignity in Peru.