Days ago Erica Rivas gave an interview where, among other things, she claimed that she was fired from the play “Married with Children” and that she was labeled feminazi. Faced with these controversial sayings, Florence Peña was consulted by the Primicias.Ya medium and gave her version of the facts, responding directly to the actress. At first Peña began by saying: “We as a group always wanted Erica to be there and she at the outset raised her concern for the text and this is clear to me because I met with her, also with Luisana and Guillermo met several times. From the beginning we were very perceptive of her need, that she wanted this not to hurt susceptibility because times had changed and we always agreed.” He then added: “Obviously the spirit of Married with Children is the spirit of Married to Children, that wasn’t going to change. It’s like modifying The Simpsons and Homer’s character. Guille’s character is a mockery of the Argentine male and Moni represents the machismo a woman can tell, and Maria Elena is a feminist character. His character always got into a fight with Pepe’s for his troglodyte ideas. And while it’s true that there are things we can’t laugh at as much as women’s physical issues, because times have changed, we always try to have one more position in between. But the truth is, no agreement was reached. That’s what happened. She had a sharper posture, and it’s not bad. I respect her very much, I love her and I love to have fun with her.”
“I was softer out there on some things and she was more rigorous, but I can assure you there wasn’t anyone who didn’t do anything for her to be.”
“I always respected his not wanting to be and his perceptions of the libretto. We really wanted him to be there, but I don’t know what happened. And at no point was she alone, I’m a feminist woman because I’m in a place like I do anything and she was just asking. It wasn’t like that. I was softer on some things and she was more rigorous, but I can assure you there wasn’t anyone who didn’t do anything for her to be. We all tried to do it and it was actually very sad when we found out it wasn’t going to be there. When we went to Susana’s show to present Married, I spoke to her and she told me that she was going to be and after that, everything changed,” Florence said that she wanted to make clear her position and stitch on this issue.
“She was important to the story. Maybe at the point where I feel uncomfortable it’s like that truth is like you didn’t do anything to keep her, and the facts weren’t like that.”
“I’m not going to get into her perception as a woman, but I worked hard with Guille and I love him very much. I know everything he did to get Erica there. Besides, she was important to the story. Maybe at the point where I feel uncomfortable it’s like that truth is like you didn’t do anything to keep her, and the facts weren’t like that,” she explained.
“You’re not telling the whole truth. I have nothing to say, it’s his truth, but there’s another truth too. And it’s not for me to say it because I’m not production.”
He was then asked about Calú Rivero’s support for Rivas in nets to which Flor Tajante replied: “Calu doesn’t know what happened, it’s all right. But you also have to be careful, it’s a complex time. The truth is that I would have liked not to have to clarify anything right now because I find everything complicated, I will not tell in detail that I will never count. But I can assure you that the group never left him alone, at all it was. I’ve been working for many years and you know me, you know that I defend… When I find something unfair, I say it. And I bank the reviews, I bank everything. If I didn’t go out and say something, it’s because I feel like it’s not that way. And the whole truth isn’t being telled. I have nothing to say, it’s his truth, but there’s another truth too. And it’s not for me to say it because I’m not production.”
“But when she says no one banned her or that she felt alone, I feel involved. That’s why I go out talking, I’m a deaf woman and it’s so weird that I’m fighting a woman.”
With regard to the comment that Rivas claims received from Guillermo Francella, who is also the director of the piece adapted for the theater, who would have told him “feminazi” and “altered” replied: “I do not know about that phrase, I do not know. I think at one point when we tried to put Malena Pichot and explained that she had nothing to do with this project, because it is a project that comes from Sony and was all closed already. We couldn’t cut ourselves to change or modify some of the characters. It took you a long time.for Sony to give the ‘ok’ so we can take Married to the theater. It was a tough process. I as a partner love her a lot and respect her. But when she says no one took her or felt lonely, I feel involved. That’s why I go out talking, I’m a deaf woman and it’s so weird that I’m fighting a woman.” Closed.
