Cristina Saralegui Enterprises, Inc. published full page advertisement-apologies in several daily newspapers in response to Dominican criticism to her talk show. The producer of the No. 1 rated Hispanic talk show is mainly accused of inviting more than a normal share of sordid Dominican candidates to her talk shows. She has replied that the Dominicans are very expressive and has increased the ratings of her show. A recent expose by Dominican investigative talk show revealed that while the Dominican talent bank was larger as many Dominicans were attracted by the offer of a free trip to Miami with all expenses paid and many times compensations for taking time off from work. The accusations, indeed, received a new twist when Dominican TV investigative talk show, Nuria Piera, revealed that several of the Dominicans presented on the TV show were not who they said they were and were instead impersonating characters. Once this was revealed the local TV channel that showed the programs accepted to change the show time to 10 pm up from 5 pm, and the Cuban-born former editor of Cosmopolitan, went through the expense of publishing several advertisements in local newspapers although she would not admit her guilt in allowing the impersonators on her show. "Logically it is always possible to lie even when the person be who he is and deceive the most careful of production teams," was as far as she went to acknowledge her fault. She stood behind her team saying that no one on her team knew the guests were impersonations.Dominican TV host Nuria says that while it was possible that Cristina herself was not aware, there were strange things going on if her production team was not aware. In an interview for El Siglo newspaper’s show business supplement, Nuria said that it is strange especially in the case of a woman who appeared on the show in November and then was back with makeup job by Cristina’s production team and a wig in February. Nuria said that Cristina has yet to show the documentation that she says she has that would prove that the stories on her talk show are real and not fake drama as demonstrated by Nuria’s TV show. After meeting with a group of Dominicans in Miami, last week Cristina promised Consul General Javier González that she would take special care to investigate the stories before airing them on television. Cristina apologized to Dominicans and said it was not convenient for any of the parts that the controversy continue. The consul general favored that the issue end there.
