Rodner Figueroa (born 1972) is a Venezuelan television show host. [1] Figueroa has hosted shows on Univision, such as El Gordo y La Flaca , [2] Sal y Pimienta, and for Al Rojo Vivo on the Telemundo network.
Early 2015 during a segment on the work of makeup artist Paolo Ballesteros, Figueroa stated multiple times in Spanish that Michelle Obama "looks like a character from the movie Planet of the Apes ." His co-hosts contested, but Figueroa made the statement again. Figueroa was subsequently fired by Univision for the comment. [1] After losing his job, Figueroa later publicly apologized about the comments.
In October 2017, Figueroa joined María Celeste Arrarás on the Telemundo network news program Al Rojo Vivo . [3]
Figueroa and the man who replaced him as host of Sal y Pimienta, Mexican show host Carlos Calderon, are personal friends. Figueroa stated he is happy that Calderon replaced him. [4] Rodner Figueroa is in a relationship with Ernesto Mathies and publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.