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Mexican comic offends leftists, youths before movie opens

11 of May 2018

In this May 8, 2018 photo, Eugenio Derbez, left, and Anna Faris pose for a portrait to promote their film Overboard, or “Hombre al agua,” in Mexico City. The film, a remake of the 1987’s comedy, premiers in Mexico on May 10. (AP Photo/Berenice Bautista),In this May 8, 2018 photo, Eugenio Derbez, left, and Anna Faris pose for a portrait to promote their film Overboard, or “Hombre al agua,” in Mexico City. The film, a remake of the 1987’s comedy, premiers in Mexico on May 10. (AP Photo/Berenice Bautista)

Mexican comic actor Eugenio Derbez has alienated young people and supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with comments before the Mexico premiere of his movie "Overboard." Twitter users launched a campaign to boycott the movie Thursday after Derbez told a local radio station, "I'm not sure Lopez Obrador is the best choice." Then in another interview, he complained because a young person asked to be paid for handling the actor's social media accounts.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — It wasn’t a particularly good way to prepare for a movie premiere.

Comic actor Eugenio Derbez alienated young people and supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with comments before the Mexico premiere of his movie “Overboard.”

Twitter users launched a campaign to boycott the movie Thursday after Derbez told a local radio station, “I’m not sure Lopez Obrador is the best choice.” Derbez is probably Mexico’s best-known movie comic, but Lopez Obrador is popular, too, running far ahead in polls for the July 1 election.

Then In another interview, Derbez said he was shocked when a young person asked to be paid for handling the actor’s social media accounts. Many took that to mean Derbez thinks young people should be happy to work for him for free.