By Staff Reporter (media@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Jun 26, 2015 06:56 PM EDT

After his rant about Mexican immigrants being rapists and drug dealers, not only did Donald Trump lose a major television deal with Univision for his Miss Universe Organization, he is also smack in the middle of a Mexican backlash.

Donald Trump later on explained his comments on Fox by saying that he loved Mexico and Mexican people in general and that his remarks were directed to immigrants in general whether from Central America, the middle east or from all around the world. He stood with his remarks, however, regarding many immigrants crossing the southern U.S. border not being the finest people to enter the U.S.. 

His remarks sparked a media frenzy and here are some of the responses of high-profile latinos in the U.S. that fired back at Donald Trump.

Co-hosts Roselyn Sanchez and Cristian de la Fuente have backed out as the hosts, as announced in their social media, in protest to Donald Trump. Moreover, Colombian J Balvin also announced cancellation of his performance in the show.

Here are some of the things we gathered from the celebrities:

Actor/Host Cristian dela Fuente

Musician Jayson King

Social Media Producer Diego Garces

Actor Eugenio Derbez

In an El Universal report, Eugenio Derbez spoke about the controversial comments that the US businessman Donald Trump made about Mexican immigrants and noted that his statements only proved his ignorance. "They are totally racist comments and I am sure that the day that Mexicans are not in this country, Latinos in general, on being deported, the country stops. Latinos are the driving force to the US". He concluded that the commentary by Trump is "totally absurd, stupid and racist."

Colombian Singer J Balvin

Translated into English, his Instagram caption would say: "I think that music is to have fun. It is there for people to have a good time. I am not a Savior and I am not Robin Hood but in this case, I feel totally comfortable and responsible with my decision to cancel miss USA. Opportunities will come if God wants the National Television in the USA but as Latino, it is my decision to lift up Latinos And lift up Mexico!!"

Puerto Rican Actress Roselyn Sanchez

Her Instagram post would be translated as, "As a Latina, I am proud of my roots, culture and everything I have contributed to this nation. I decided to cancel my participation as co-host to the Miss USA pageant. I will not tolerate the disrespectful and hurtful words out of the mouth of Mr. Trump. It seems incredible that in a speech to announce his candidacy, he had that amount of intelligence and decency. Mexicans, like all Latin brothers, have contributed positively to this great nation. We are the force that keeps this country afloat. I was very excited and grateful for the opportunity to serve as co-host of this great event in which many Latinas have shone, but I am more excited to show my loyalty to my people. Enough of racism. "

Como LATINA orgullosa de mis raices, cultura y todo lo q hemos contribuido a esta nacion, he decidido cancelar mi participacion como co host en el certamen Miss USA. No tolero las palabras tan irrespetuosas e hirientes que salieron de la boca del señor Trump. Parece mentira que en un discurso para anunciar su candidatura haya tenido ese lapso de inteligencia y decencia. Los mexicanos al igual que todo hermano latino si contribuye de manera positiva a esta gran nacion. Somos la fuerza que mantiene este pais a flote. Estaba muy entusiasmada y agradecida de la oportunidad de servir como co animadora de este gran evento en el cual muchas latinas han brillado, pero mas me entusiasma tener lealtad con mi gente. Ya basta del racismo y de personas "influyentes" de menospreciarnos. A photo posted by roselyn sanchez (@roselyn_sanchez) on Jun 25, 2015 at 8:04am PDT

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