Telemundo suspends actors and presenters by gesture

Telemundo suspended five actors and two presenters for making a gesture deemed offensive after the triumph of South Korea against the 39; Germany Russian Football World Cup 2018.

Actors Carmen Aub, David Ponce, Alejandro Felix, Ivan Arana and Antonio Lopez Torres of the series on traffickers of drugs Lord of the Skies as well as presenters James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme of the program A New Day were suspended Thursday after having Tore their eyes at Celebrate the Korean team's 2-0 win on Wednesday, which allowed Mexico to access the knockout stages of the championship.

"The gestures of certain actors of the" Lord of Heaven "… offensive and insensitive to the Asian community Says Telemundo in a statement sent to The Associated Press Friday announcing the temporary suspension of actors.

"Our society regards this conduct as extremely inappropriate and contrary to our values ​​and norms."

In the case of the actors, the gesture appeared in a video posted on the Instagram account. Aub, where the actress has 1.6 million followers.

Friday afternoon, he had been cleared and Aub had posted a video in which he apologized.

"From the bottom of my heart, "said Aub." The video that I published yesterday celebrating the triumph of Korea offended some people and I wanted to tell you that it was never my intention "

The network of television also released Thursday a statement in the count of in which he announced the indefinite suspension of Tahhan and Bencosme.

"Our society takes this type of inappropriate behavior very seriously because it is contrary to our values ​​and standards," said the statement sent by Telemundo. "As a result, James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme were suspended indefinitely."

Tahhan and Bencosme apologized in a message broadcast on Telemundo after the announcement of the suspension.

"It was a lack of sensitivity on my part and I confess that I made a mistake and I wanted to apologize to those who offended," Tahhan said. .

"I have also made the same mistake and I also want to excuse myself," Bencosme said in the same message.

Both also apologized for their personal Twitter accounts.

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