Chef Guillermo Calabrese, the face and signature who decreed the success of Cocineros Argentinos, the culinary cycle that had its space on public TV, has died at the age of 61.
As confirmed by his family, Calabrese suffered a cardiac arrest in the early hours of this Friday and was transferred from SAME to the Fernández hospital, where he died.
He was currently riding the cycle what a morningon the Canale 9 screen, where he had arrived in early 2022 to replace ariel rodriguez. He himself had defined the program as a “clear gastronomic message, neither pompous nor ceremonious”, in a face-to-face meeting with clarion before the first.
The anti-Macri strikes
But in his time on Public TV, with Argentine Cooks. Calabrese was part of a controversy, as he played an anti-Mauricio Macri theme on his program, which had become popular on football fields. And the strange thing is that it was done by the state channel, Macri being the president of the nation.
At the time and on the air – we are in the first days of May 2018 -, Guillermo Calabrese, who officiated as host of the cycle, called it “the hit of the summer”. And what did the subject say? Well, it was used to insult the president.
Even if on this occasion the text was not heard, which is limited to accompanying the rhythm with the phrase “Mauricio Macri the p… who gave birth to you”, the definition of the chef turned entertainer has revolutionized social networks.
When it seemed that the controversial comment had gone unnoticed, a Twitter account captured the moment and shared it in the social network. And the criticisms were not long in coming.
Many users said that what happened on public TV was “a scandal” and It has even been asked to kick out members of Argentinian cooksprogram that aired in 2009, in full Kirchner government.
Calabrese’s apologies
After the controversy on social networks and the strong criticisms of the head of Media Systems, Hernán Lombardi, the members of Argentinian cooks They made their apologies public.
“We made a mistake. We had a very unfortunate moment, obviously unintentionally, and then something very big spawned on the networks. We have to apologise. It is what corresponds. We’re recognizing that,” said Juan Braceli, another of the cooks, opening a new cycle broadcast the following Tuesday.
Guillermo Calabrese was not, however, on the screen. “Cala (for Calabrese) should be there, but he has two very important herniated discs. We wish him the best and he will come. He is hospitalized, in fact”, explained Braceli on the absence of the visible face of the cycle.
After, Guillermo Calabrese has broken the silence through social media: he referred to the controversy, apologized and told why he wasn’t on the Public TV program in those days.
“Since Sunday afternoon I have been hospitalized for a herniated disc. In other words, incommunicado,” the cook began to explain through his Twitter account and said he also learned of the “bondi” who got together about what happened a few days ago in the program.
“I begin by apologizing“, he said and explained that in the program they always try to create a festive atmosphere where, in addition to cooking, they have fun, sing, dance and make jokes: “It’s been 10 years”.
He then referred to the episode itself, in which he called the instrumental song that fans use on the pitch to insult the President the “hit of the summer”: “This time it would seem that although it was never a direct commentary and only a failed allusion to music, the degree of susceptibility is enormous and we didn’t know how to measure it”.
“Apologies again. I haven’t done this sooner as I was hospitalized and didn’t account for the roll of film that was put together. At no time was there more than one sad comment towards the music. I’m sorry a lot for all that is put together. Have a good life everyone,” Calabrese closed.
Source: Clarin
