A new controversy has been added to the media battle that Julian Gil and Marjorie de Sousa have been waging for several years over the custody of their son Matias. This time, it is related to the campaign that the actress is promoting for the little boy to meet soccer player Lionel Messi. The reason? The Argentine argues that it's a low blow that the celebrity prefers everyone to spend time with her son, except him. In an interview with the program "Despierta America," which promoted the actress's initiative, he expressed that while the soccer star is one of Matias's idols, he considers his own meeting with the boy more important so that he has the opportunity to spend time with him. "If she wants to do a campaign, I challenge her, I challenge 'Despierta America,' whoever is producing the show, to do a campaign so that Matias can meet his father, his siblings, his nephews," he stated emphatically to the morning show's cameras. He even described as "a lack of respect" the fact that more weight is given to the 8-year-old's interaction with a public figure than with his paternal family: "He has a family, these things seem disrespectful to me," he added.

Following this same line of reasoning, the heartthrob of telenovelas like “Eva Luna” and “Sortilegio” stated that there's no need to make a spectacle of his son's dream; it would be enough for Marjorie de Sousa to contact him to make it a reality.

“When I have access to Messi, you've all seen it,” he said, alluding to the meeting he had with the Argentine athlete a few months ago after one of his matches.

To conclude, Julian Gil reiterated that nowadays Marjorie de Sousa ignores his requests and refuses to give statements to the press about their situation because she lacks arguments to prevent father-son contact.

“She doesn't have the guts to stand in front of you and say it. The more time passes, the less she'll talk; she only spoke when it suited her,” he concluded.