The journalist recalled a meeting at the channel that ended in a lawsuit against the channel due to discrimination against Gutiérrez due to his homosexuality.
The journalist Ignacio “Nacho” Gutiérrez recalled on Monday night the complex moment he experienced regarding the lawsuit he filed against CHV, a channel to which accused of discrimination because of his homosexuality.
The ex Foreground spoke about it on the show text gamewhere he recalled that, due to his legal action, He had to reveal his sexual orientation publicly.
“I had not come out of the closet because each person has their time. But To put the Zamudio law I had to come out of the closet “the communicator recounted, pointing out that he never hesitated to go to court despite the fact that that would mean losing his job and submitting himself to the public eye.
Specifically, Gutiérrez recalled the moment that ended up triggering his lawsuit, which It happened at a signal meeting that took place in 2016. “They told me that Homosexuals couldn’t host television programs.”he recalled, assuring that he was blocked at the moment.
But the meeting did not end there, since Gutiérrez assured that minutes later “They introduce me to an actor who was going to be my coach to be more mannered and to be homosexual on screen.”
“I remember reading it in a newspaper, where an executive said that homeowners cannot be homosexual. He was like the gay guy, like in the 80s.”lament.
Likewise, Gutiérrez pointed out that although he was the animator, after that signal position he assured that “it was less painful to be kicked out. It was like saying ‘You know what else? We don’t like you’ but when a teacher comes in, they talk about how homeowners can’t be gay (…) the situation was violent, painful and sad”.
After the meeting, “Nacho” Gutiérrez contacted his parents for advice, to which they decided to take legal action. After that, there was a second meeting, where the animator He asked to receive an apology from the producers.
“And they, silent. They never did. They insisted that the owners of the house could not be homosexual.he portrayed, pointing out that he then took legal action for the Zamudio Law.
“There it was David against Golliat. And what they told me was going to happen to me happened to me, but worse. They told me that all the sorrows of hell would fall on me and There were people who said that it was all a lie, that it was a show business scandal without talking to me ”lament.
He also recounted that as a result of the harassment he was locked up in his home for two months after suffering different homophobic insults, assuring that the support of his close circle was essential, although he noted that, to date, still not recovered.
“I have been in therapy for years. I don’t know if that feeling of feeling that they are going to betray me will ever go away. I would love to be the Nacho from before, but I couldn’t,” he lamented.