George Lopez is getting dragged by way of the coals for what some say is him appearing like a gate-keeping elitist in standup comedy — this after kinda placing down a fellow Latino comedian.

The legendary humorous man was on a podcast this previous week for the All Issues Comedy community — chatting with Steve Treviño and others … they usually had been speaking about George’s legacy, particularly because it pertains to paving the trail for different Hispanic comedians.

Trevino mentioned it was incumbent on the OGs of the biz — like George — to cross down the data and help up-and-comers in breaking by way of … however GL disagreed on the best way to go about that. He acknowledged he hadn’t all the time been probably the most useful, however famous he had proven the best way … arguing it was on others to chart their very own path, the best way he has.

Trevino pushed again, invoking Ralph Barbosa — a younger man who’s blowing up proper now in standup — and George virtually instantly took challenge together with his identify being talked about.

George requested why Trevino was bringing RB up, suggesting he wasn’t well-known/worthy of getting roped into the convo. He then requested the room if it was tousled he was saying that … however ultimately, he stood his floor in writing Barbosa off as a relative no one.

His takeaway level was … look out for your self. It could appear, in his thoughts, meaning not speaking about different comics or giving them a plug of any form — one thing Paul Rodriguez has alluded to in relation to what he says is George’s observe report on this type of factor.

A resurfaced clip of Paul telling a narrative about George is now making the rounds within the wake of this Barbosa snub … and it paints an attention-grabbing image. It could appear that even amongst George’s contemporaries … he is received a nasty rep for not extending a serving to hand to Latinos.

George would probably disagree with that characterization — however he is additionally fairly clear in how he thinks he can greatest serve folks, together with Hispanics. A bootstrap strategy, little question.

As for Ralph … he is responded to all of the chatter this has spawned, and a clip he reposted is kind of telling. It is a scene from the film ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ — the place Benjamin Bratt is getting grilled by his relative for turning his again on his personal folks.