Modern Family Pisses Off Peru—Yup, the Entire Nation

[Brian Damage]

Sofia Vergara's hot and spicy Modern Family character Gloria always speaks her mind, but this time she's gotten an entire nation in a tizzy.

Peruvian websites lit up with commenters defending their culture after a recent episode featured Vergara's Colombian character dissing the country while in an argument with her older husband Jay, played by Ed O'Neill.

"Now, maybe in Colombia..." Jay says, in typical fashion during their fights.

"Ah, here we go," Gloria says. "Because, in Colombia, we trip over goats and we kill people in the street. Do you know how offensive that is? Like we're Peruvians!"

Now the head of Peru's People's Defender's Office is demanding an explanation and wants to talk to the U.S. ambassador about the episode.

So how is Sofia responding to the situation?

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"Get a life!!!!!!" she tweeted in Spanish in response to one critic who twittered negatively about the show. (It's not the first time Vergara's gotten hot-tempered or spoken her mind.)

Milagros Lizarraga, founder of Peru USA Southern California, says it was "no coincidence" and that Vergara had the power to control the script and not offend the nation.

"It's incredible that in a country where everything is politically correct, ABC would have a line of this sort," said Lizarraga. "Many Peruvians think this is no coincidence, that she knew what she was saying, because an actress has the power to say, 'No, I can't say this because it would hurt my image.' Unless she agrees with what she said."

In Peru, Beatriz Merino, head of the People's Defender's Office, said she will seek an explanation form the U.S. ambassador about the wording. "No country should have to be offended," Merino told broadcaster Radioprogramas.

ABC has not yet commented on the brouhaha.



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[Marvo301]

American sitcoms have been making those kinds of jokes about Canada for years. And you don't hear us having a hissy fit about it. It's just a joke. Not a very good joke. But a joke none the less. No need to blow it out of proportion and make a federal case out of it! Like Sofia herself said, get a life!

[PracTz]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Sofia Vergara's hot and spicy Modern Family character Gloria always speaks her mind, but this time she's gotten an entire nation in a tizzy.

Peruvian websites lit up with commenters defending their culture after a recent episode featured Vergara's Colombian character dissing the country while in an argument with her older husband Jay, played by Ed O'Neill.

"Now, maybe in Colombia..." Jay says, in typical fashion during their fights.

"Ah, here we go," Gloria says. "Because, in Colombia, we trip over goats and we kill people in the street. Do you know how offensive that is? Like we're Peruvians!"

Now the head of Peru's People's Defender's Office is demanding an explanation and wants to talk to the U.S. ambassador about the episode.

So how is Sofia responding to the situation?

MORE: Sofia hits the town with her recovering boyfriend

"Get a life!!!!!!" she tweeted in Spanish in response to one critic who twittered negatively about the show. (It's not the first time Vergara's gotten hot-tempered or spoken her mind.)

Oh, come on, that entire exchange was showing that Gloria herself wasn't above having her own predjudices NOT that the show itself hated Peruvians!

Milagros Lizarraga, founder of Peru USA Southern California, says it was "no coincidence" and that Vergara had the power to control the script and not offend the nation.

"It's incredible that in a country where everything is politically correct, ABC would have a line of this sort," said Lizarraga. "Many Peruvians think this is no coincidence, that she knew what she was saying, because an actress has the power to say, 'No, I can't say this because it would hurt my image.' Unless she agrees with what she said."

¡ Ay caramba! Does this mean that she thinks that every single time a character in a movie,play or television program makes a harmful, offensive or threatening statement, the performers themselves actually wants to do harm to the other characters? Does she think that every single performer should halt productions to protect the performers' images unless they rewrite the scripts to make their characters say and do only nice,friendly, harmless stuff! Unless a performer actually is majority producer of a production, they do not have that kind of power because all the directors,writers,producers would have to do is say 'You don't believe you should say this line? Fine, there are about 10 thousand starving actors who'd gladly say it and we'd have no problem getting one of them on the set ASAP!'

[catlover79]

Good grief!!