No one is safe from the crosshairs of La Comay.
This five-foot-tall character with a foam head painted with outrageous red lips, a shrill voice and a penchant for salacious details rules Puerto Rico’s gossip circuit, with legions tuning into her show every afternoon ready for the latest bombshell.
La Comay dishes it out with ominous music playing in the background, talking about everyone from Mexican crooner Luis Miguel to Puerto Rico's own Miss Universe beauty queen Zuleyka Rivera. With her trademark “Ayayayayayay!” shriek punctuated by the kind of wailing sirens reserved for nuclear meltdowns, La Comay delivers what has consistently been one the most popular shows in Puerto Rico for a decade.
“Ladies and gentlemen, listen to this," La Comay says in one show while going after a well-known local journalist. "Apparently and allegedly, the reporter and crew member apparently and allegedly were drunk.” With a wicked drawl, she asks, “Have I mentioned the name?” A drag queen then appears in a clip repeating one of La Comay’s catchphrases, which translates roughly as: “Throw it out there, Comay! Throw it out there!”
The program has been derided for being over-the-top sensationalist and for broadcasting derogatory comments against women and gays, but “Super Xclusivo” remains the main news source for thousands in the US territory and hundreds of Puerto Ricans in Florida and New York. The island comes to a stop every afternoon to watch La Comay.