Ester Expósito defends in 'Al cielo con ella' her presence in Bad Bunny's 'La Casita' and appeals to feminist freedom against "stale puritanism"

Ester Expósito addressed on the program Al cielo con ella the controversy generated by her presence in La Casita de Bad Bunny, where her image alongside other guests has been the subject of debate on social media.

The actress first defended herself against criticisms related to diversity, assuring that she finds it “wonderful” that the presence of women with different bodies and realities is demanded, although she clarified that she was unaware of some details of the VIP space's format.

Next, Expósito lashed out against what she defined as “stale puritanism,” emphasizing that there is no contradiction between feminism and enjoying urban music, stating that “you can be a feminist and enjoy reggaeton and twerk to the ground if you feel like it.”

The actress was emphatic in rejecting certain criticisms and questioned what she considers a lack of legitimacy to impart “lessons” on feminism from positions that, she said, deny gender violence or use derogatory expressions towards women. She also denounced the use of feminist discourse to impose rules on women's lives, behavior, or tastes. In that context, she offered a critical reflection on this type of discourse and warned of what she considers a contradiction: the attempt to appropriate feminism to restrict individual freedoms.

“I am not perfect and you can agree with me or not, but lessons on feminism from those who spend the year denying gender violence and calling us feminazis, just enough. What I do find to be the height of hypocrisy is that they appropriate our discourse, our words to take away our freedom, to tell us how to be good women, to tell us what we should like, the music we should like and how we should dance it. No, I'm sorry.”

Afterward, she closed her intervention by quoting the jurist and political scientist Alejandra Martínez Velasco, highlighting the idea that women can inhabit contradiction without renouncing feminism or personal enjoyment: “What bothers is that women inhabit spaces of contradiction and that we are combative and critical feminists, but that we also have the right to twerk, to enjoy and to manage our pleasure however we want, and amen.”

The program concluded on a relaxed note with a musical moment on set with dancers.