Feud Continues Among 'Chespirito' Stars Continues

The ongoing and bitter feud between the stars of the vintage comedy show Chespirito seems to show no signs of slowing down. The show's writer and co-star, Roberto Gómez Bolaños told Mexican outlets that he had no interest in having a friendship with Carlos Villagran, who played Quico, and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves,  who portrayed La Chilindrina, any time soon.

Chespirito, who now lives in Cancun said, "They have looked for me, they have even called my house, but I don't want to know anything about them, if they want to make peace it means that they don't have a very clear conscience. My friendship with them was broken long ago. "

The comedian added that, "I'm not a resentful man, but I have no interest in seeing them, not even on television. With whom I do have a relationship is with Ruben Aguirre and Edgar Vivar, and I don't even see them, I'm already older and I have health problems, no one comes to visit because I can't see them in a proper state," he said.

A few days ago Villagran told Peruvian television that Chespirito was being "punished by God" with health problems for being selfish and greedy in relation to the revenues that were associated to the characters they played on the show. Both Villagran and Nieves sued Gomez Bolaños, despite the fact that he created the characters, claiming that they portrayed the characters and they owned them to some extent.

Villagran has also said that he has tried to put the resentment behind him to have a relationship with Gomez Bolaños. "Recently I met again with La Chilindrina and we have sworn not to lose touch. I want to reconcile with Roberto. To be able to talk to him again would be a great joy in my heart. I've called him several times, but he never answers," he said.

Bolaño recently relesed a book of memoirs in Mexico entitled "Sin Querer Queriendo," where he chronicles how he stumbled into television work at a young age by accident and was soon writing comedy scripts for Televisa. The actor also shares the story behind how he rose to be one of Latin America's most famous comedians during the 80s and 90s.