Rodner Figueroa
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Rodner Figueroa (born 1972) is a Venezuelan television show host.[1] Figueroa has hosted shows on Univision, such as El Gordo y La Flaca,[2] Sal y Pimienta, and for Al Rojo Vivo on the Telemundo network.
Univision
Early in 2015 during a segment on the work of makeup artist Paolo Ballesteros, Figueroa stated multiple times in Spanish that Michelle Obama "looks like a character from the movie Planet of the Apes." His co-hosts contested, but Figueroa made the statement again. Figueroa was subsequently fired by Univision for the comment.[1] After losing his job, Figueroa later publicly apologized about the comments.
Telemundo
In October 2017, Figueroa joined María Celeste Arrarás on the Telemundo network news program Al Rojo Vivo.[3]