{"id":352710,"date":"2026-03-18T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:36:23","slug":"bobby-pulido-faces-scrutiny-over-controversial-music-video-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352710\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Pulido faces scrutiny over controversial music video, posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Latin Grammy-winning singer Bobby Pulido, now the Democratic nominee in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas\u2019 15th Congressional District<\/a>, appeared in a controversial music video depicting lewd behavior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In a 2010 music video for his song &#8220;Dias de Ayer,&#8221; Pulido portrayed a character wrapped in a red blanket engaging in indecent acts and appearing to expose himself to a woman seated next to him on a plane.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, Pulido faced questions from the Mexican press about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/foreign-policy\/human-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his sexuality<\/a> following the release of the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are opening up more. I can even tell you that when I started my career, I saw the whole situation (of gays) very differently. At first, they said I was gay; there were rumors that I was like that,&#8221; Pulido said in a 2010 interview with the outlet El Norte, translated from Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cornyn-clashes-progressive-rep-greg-casar-heated-airport-face-off-over-dhs-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CORNYN CLASHES WITH PROGRESSIVE REP GREG CASAR IN HEATED AIRPORT FACE-OFF OVER DHS SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773844582_451_bobby-pulido-stumping-for-talarico.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Pulido\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bobby Pulido speaks during a &#8220;Take Back Texas&#8221; campaign event with State Rep. James Talaricos in Edinburg, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2026. (Gabriel V. Cardenas\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Pulido responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">comments about sexuality<\/a> in several posts, including a 2019 post on his personal X account: &#8220;Igualmente amigo, no homo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a 2015 post, Pulido taunted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who later served a seven-year prison sentence, writing, &#8220;Don\u2019t drop the soap a\u2013-hole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After announcing his campaign last fall, Pulido faced scrutiny over resurfaced posts linking to explicit websites on his personal X account, as well as a post that appeared to show him urinating on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dem-official-pleads-guilty-child-abuse-driving-drunk-triple-legal-limit-enters-diversion-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DEM OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE FOR DRIVING DRUNK AT TRIPLE LEGAL LIMIT, ENTERS DIVERSION PROGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bobby-pulido-and-trump-hollywood-star-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Pulido, left, pictured alongside Trump's Hollywood star, right\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A resurfaced post appeared to show Bobby Pulido urinating on President Donald Trump\u2019s Hollywood Walk of Fame star, prompting backlash. (Medios y Media\/Getty Images and\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic nominee also drew backlash over past vulgar attacks against Trump, including posting the Spanish translation of &#8220;f&#8212; your mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019d like to give you the biggest \u2018f&#8212; you,\u2019 you piece of s&#8212;, a&#8211;hole, d&#8212; head, son of a b&#8212;-,&#8221; Pulido wrote in another post.<\/p>\n<p>Pulido also drew attention after previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-candidates-unearthed-winter-texan-comment-could-haunt-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">describing himself as a &#8220;winter Texan&#8221;<\/a> for spending much of the year in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773844583_827_bobby-pulido-latin-grammys.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Pulido\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bobby Pulido holding his award at the Annual Latin Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Nov. 13, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Greg Doherty\/Getty Images for The Latin Recording Academy)<\/p>\n<p>Pulido is vying for the seat currently held by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, a two-term incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Pulido for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Leo Briceno contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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