George Lopez Criticized for Putting Down Latino Comedian Ralph Barbosa

George Lopez is getting dragged by the coals for what some say is him appearing like a gate-keeping elitist in standup comedy — this after kinda placing down a fellow Latino comedian.

The legendary humorous man was on a podcast this previous week for the All Things Comedy community — chatting with Steve Treviño and others … and so they have been speaking about George’s legacy, particularly because it pertains to paving the trail for different Hispanic comedians.

Trevino stated it was incumbent on the OGs of the biz — like George — to move down the information and help up-and-comers in breaking by … however GL disagreed on the way in which to go about that. He acknowledged he hadn’t all the time been essentially the most useful, however famous he had proven the way in which … arguing it was on others to chart their very own path, the way in which he has.

Trevino pushed again, invoking Ralph Barbosa — a younger man who’s blowing up proper now in standup — and George virtually instantly took subject along with his title being talked about.

George requested why Trevino was bringing RB up, suggesting he wasn’t well-known/worthy of getting roped into the convo. He then requested the room if it was tousled he was saying that … however in the long run, he stood his floor in writing Barbosa off as a relative no person.

His takeaway level was … look out for your self. It would appear, in his thoughts, meaning not speaking about different comics or giving them a plug of any form — one thing Paul Rodriguez has alluded to with regards to what he says is George’s monitor report on this type of factor.

A resurfaced clip of Paul telling a narrative about George is now making the rounds within the wake of this Barbosa snub … and it paints an fascinating image. It would appear that even amongst George’s contemporaries … he is received a foul rep for not extending a serving to hand to Latinos.

George would probably disagree with that characterization — however he is additionally fairly clear in how he thinks he can greatest serve individuals, together with Hispanics. A bootstrap method, little doubt.

As for Ralph … he is responded to all of the chatter this has spawned, and a clip he reposted is sort of telling. It’s a scene from the film ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ — the place Benjamin Bratt is getting grilled by his relative for turning his again on his personal individuals.