A comedian who was punched in the face by his furious father has apologized for an “inappropriate” sexualised joke about his attacker’s three-month-old son after footage of the attack went viral.
Jaime Caravaca, a Spanish comedian, was performing a monologue during a show in Madrid on Monday night when he was suddenly interrupted by his enraged father, who came on stage and dealt him a brutal blow to the head.
The attacker, named Alberto Pugilato, was heard saying: ‘Those pedophile comments about my son… say them to my face… piece of trash… now!’
In response to today’s brutal scene, the comedian apologized for “an unfortunate and inappropriate comment,” and Pugilato accepted the apology and said he wished his opponent “all the best.”
The far-left comedian had posted the day before about far-right activist Pugilato’s baby on social media, saying: “No one will be able to avoid the possibility that (his son) is gay” and that when he is older he will get sick. of ‘sucking black penis’.
Spanish comedian Jaime Caravaca was performing a set in Madrid on Monday when an enraged Alberto Pugilato approached him on stage.
Pugilato then threw a punch at Caravaca, sending the comedian to the corner of the stage.
Pugilato had posted a photo of himself and his young son on X, with a caption that read “Pride and Joy.”
She then appeared on the comedian’s show to confront him, as audience members attempted to diffuse the situation, but not before he managed to land a blow.
Speaking today on social media, Caravaca said: “After what happened, what was intended to be a joke, in the end was an unfortunate and not at all appropriate comment on my part.
‘My apologies to anyone who feels affected. Let’s put violence aside and leave a good world for people to grow in freedom.’
And posting below, Pugilato responded: ‘I accept your apology, Jaime. I defend freedom of expression in the same way that I defend the right to respond.
‘I wish them no harm and hope this helps others understand that children are sacred. All the best.’
Shouting at Caravaca during his presentation, Pugilato said: ‘What were you saying, huh? That my son was going to eat c***? He is three months old. Trash. Now what? Say it to my face… tell it to my face now.’
Cornered, Caravaca watches in shock as Pugilato scolds him for making “pedophile” comments about his three-month-old son.
‘What were you saying, huh? That my son was going to eat c***? He is three months old. Trash. Now what? Say it to my face… tell it to my face now,’ Pugilato was heard saying in a video that has gone viral in Spain
An unidentified man tries to interfere, to which Pugilato responds: ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m just a father defending his son. ‘He has made sexualizing comments about my three-month-old son.’
He then points to Caravaca and says, “That has its consequences,” before calling him a “clown.” She then punches him in the face again and leaves the stage.
Police were later called to the scene, but no arrests were made as the comedian decided not to file a complaint against the attacker.
Pugilato has since commented on the attack, saying multichannel radio, ‘I have been very uneasy, with a feeling that I have never had in my life, very unpleasant and until I have had it before me I have not found peace.’
The video, which appeared on X, has spread like wildfire, putting its two protagonists in the spotlight..
Pugilato’s reasons for hitting the comedian were related to a comment that Caravaca had made the day before in X, after the father published a photo with his son. In the comments, Caravaca said the baby was gay and would get sick from “sucking black c****.”
Pugilato, a member of a music band of the same name, is also known for his participation in far-right movements, according to a Spanish media outlet. The world. He often shares messages against illegal immigration and the LGBT community.
According to El Mundo, there are also homophobic, xenophobic and racist comments in his songs.
In their song ‘I Swear’, the lyrics say: ‘an iron eagle shows us the way’, referring to the Nazi imperial eagle.
He also has an active presence on social media, with more than 30,000 followers on X.
A few days ago he reposted a video in which a person is seen burning an LGBT flag and giving the Nazi salute.
Far-right activist Alberto Pugliato has become the center of attention after a video of him punching Spanish comedian Jaime Caravaca on Monday night went viral.
Pugliato’s attack on Caravaca came after the comedian made inappropriate comments on X about the activist’s three-month-old son
In the photo: Pugliato is a far-right activist, known for posting messages against illegal immigration and the LGBT community.
Caravaca is his polar opposite, known in Spain for his left-wing stance and LGBT activism, as well as his irreverent and sarcastic comedy style.
Several have defended the comedian and his right to freedom of expression.
‘He (Pugliato) is not able to understand that his son could be gay,’ commented one X user, while another stated: ‘What father doesn’t defend his son? What a disgusting comedian…if he needs to say those things to gain notoriety…’.
Another user said: ‘Don’t mess with children’, while another commented: ‘it’s not very funny anymore, is it?’, in reference to the beatings received by the comedian.
It is not the first time that Caravaca makes jokes about children.
Spanish comedian Jaime Caravaca (left) was punched in the face while performing on Monday night by Alberto Pugilato, after leaving inappropriate comments about the latter’s newborn on X
Caravaca is a comedian known in Spain for his left-wing stance and LGBT activism, as well as for his irreverent and sarcastic comedic style. This is not the first time he has made inappropriate jokes about children. He did the same thing in X about the post by politician Mónica Lora in which a child appeared holding a Vox flag.
When Catalan deputy for the nationalist political party Vox, Mónica Lora, posted on social media an image of a child holding a Vox flag, Caravaca commented that the child “was going to be gay, whether you like it or not.”
He also added that the boy “was going to swallow the shit of a black worker.”
After the attack, Pugilato turned to X to post a photo of his dinner: a plate of ham and steak, with the caption: “Enjoying a job well done.”
The attack is reminiscent of Will Smith’s famous slap at the 2022 Oscars, in which the American actor went on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face while presenting the Best Documentary Feature.
The slap was in response to a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.