George Lopez Criticized for Putting Down Latino Comedian Ralph Barbosa

George Lopez is getting dragged through the coals for what some state is him imitating a gate-keeping elitist in standup funny — this after kinda putting down a fellow Latino comic.

The famous amusing guy was on a podcast this previous week for the All Things Comedy network — talking with Steve Treviño and others … and they were discussing George’s tradition, specifically as it refers to paving the course for other Hispanic comics.

Trevino stated it was incumbent on the OGs of the biz — like George — to give the understanding and help up-and-comers in breaking through … however GL disagreed en route to tackle that. He acknowledged he had not constantly been the most handy, however noted he had actually revealed the method … arguing it was on others to chart their own course, the method he has.

Trevino pressed back, conjuring up Ralph Barbosa — a young person who’s exploding today in standup — and George nearly instantly disagreed with his name being discussed.

George asked why Trevino was bringing RB up, recommending he wasn’t famous/worthy of getting roped into the convo. He then asked the space if it was ruined he was stating that … however in the end, he stood his ground in composing Barbosa off as a relative no one.

His takeaway point was … watch out for yourself. It would appear, in his mind, that suggests not discussing other comics or providing a plug of any kind — something Paul Rodriguez has actually mentioned when it concerns what he states is George’s performance history on this sort of thing.

A resurfaced clip of Paul narrating about George is now making the rounds in the wake of this Barbosa snub … and it paints an intriguing image. It would appear that even amongst George’s contemporaries … he’s got a bad representative for not extending an assisting hand to Latinos.

George would likely disagree with that characterization — however he’s likewise quite clear in how he believes he can best serve individuals, consisting of Hispanics. A bootstrap method, no doubt.

As for Ralph … he’s reacted to all the chatter this has actually generated, and a clip he reposted is rather informing. It’s a scene from the motion picture ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ — where Benjamin Bratt is getting grilled by his relative for turning his back on his own individuals.