“It was a prop, it’s AI”: Yeri Mua and his creative defense
The scene was clear for the more than 90 thousand people at the Veracruz Carnival. In the middle of the show, Yeri Mua paused. He addressed the Navy agents with a request that few expected.
“I’m going to ask the Veracruz Navy a favor, with all due respect, let us smoke marijuana.”
The video, as expected, went viral in a matter of hours. But when the media approached her at the Mexico City airport, the official version changed radically. According to her, it was all a technological misunderstanding.
“Oh zero, it was a prop, I don’t want to gaslight them, but, it’s the AI, yes really, it’s the AI, I never smoked marijuana.”
The response was so implausible that even one of his companions laughed out loud. But Yeri didn’t stop there. He launched a direct criticism of the double standard he perceives in the industry.
Defense: is it a gender thing?
For her, the scandal only exists because she is a woman. He gave clear examples:
“And if it had been like that, so what? There is Bob Marley, Whiz Kalifah, Snoop Dogg… the problem is that I don’t have vergand, since I don’t have verg, everyone would be fine.”
He argued that other artists have done the same without generating this reaction. Their point: gender makes a difference in how these actions are judged.
Between jokes and serious statements, he mixed everything in his final response. From saying that he has a schedule that is too busy to consume much, to minimizing the controversy by comparing it to real world problems.
“There are more worrying things… a while ago a lady was passing by and she fell, wow.”
And as an ironic culmination, he left a comment about the agents present: “Oh the sailors, they looked delicious, handsome, in their suits.”
The controversy continues. The images speak for themselves, but Yeri Mua’s defense is already part of the show. An argument between the absurd and the socially awkward that keeps everyone talking.
