Presenter Jessica Cediel, who is part of 'Exatlon Estados Unidos', is at the center of controversy for the photo shoot she did during the funeral of her father, Don Alfonso Cediel, who passed away on December 20th.

“Always united by For you and always for you! ? Today was our last hug, Cediel. ? Today I'm not saying goodbye, Daddy, but see you soon. ?? Thank you for everything, my sweet daddy of my life and my heart ? My life changes from this moment on. I feel lost. ? I feel an immense void. ?,” Jessica posted in a fragment of her farewell message.

In the images in question, Jessica and some members of her family are seen posing next to the coffin and the niche where they placed her father's ashes, which divided opinions among her followers.

The way they said goodbye to their father caused such a stir, as some considered that it wasn't the time to do a photo shoot, that the actress also reappeared and defended herself.

Her reaction came after the criticism she received from the TikToker Tuti Vargas, who She questioned her actions during her father's funeral.

“Ma'am, stop being so presumptuous. Don't mess with my family's pain and my father's memory. Everyone grieves in their own way. No one has the final say on the matter. And if we make this public and you have nothing nice to say, then keep quiet,” Jessica responded at the beginning of her defense.

In another part of her response, she lashed out at her critic, whom she accused of trying to get attention because of the pain she and her family are experiencing.

“Get your one brain cell working before you speak and make a spectacle of my family's pain. Go find some other kind of attention. Insensitive. What a lack of empathy. That's why society is the way it is, because people don't put themselves in someone else's shoes,” Jessica concluded, thus defending the way she and her family decided to say goodbye to her father.Jessica Cediel's father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2021 and has been battling the illness ever since.