George Lopez accused of walking out on sold-out show early over hecklers: ‘Never bring him back’
nypost.comin a Facebook post.The venue, which holds 2,000 people, revealed Lopez had hired his private security team who could’ve “easily escorted any hecklers out.”A pre-show meeting had also been reportedly held to form a plan in case hecklers did manage to interrupt the show.“He could have provided us an opportunity to allow our security and team to escort any hecklers out since his own private security did not,” the casino said. “George decided to not continue with the show and leave.”Fans on social media confirmed the person who interrupted the show wasn’t a heckler, but instead people showing the “Blue Beetle” actor support.“It was not like he had 100 people heckling him,” one person claimed on Facebook. “Maybe like 4.
All it was was people yelling we love you and making references to old jokes. Nothing bad in my opinion happen tonight for George Lopez to walk out!!”“‘Can I buy you a drink’ is all she said to you,” one user commented under a post from Lopez on X.This is the second time Lopez has disappointed his fans, who paid at least $65, at the Eagle Mountain Casino.Lopez was forced to cancel his show at the venue on April 20 due to a medical emergency, which set up Friday night as the rain date. “Soo disappointed we drove an hour and a half to see him twice now….
really a let down,” one fan said.“He never wanted to be here to begin with and it showed. Sad little man. That’s why he’s divorced.”Fans weren’t the only ones let down by Lopez as employees at the casino also shared their frustration with the fiasco.“Took my facilities team and I, 3 days midnight to 8 am (twice) to set up the event center for that dude.
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