Eugenio Derbez Disapproves Of Lucero Hunting Animals, Asks Her To Change

Eugenio Derbez, an animal rights activist, has lashed out on Lucero after a photo's surfaced of the actress hunting for wild animals with her millionaire boyfriend. The Mexican actress has been in the middle of controversy after a Mexican tabloid magazine published a series of unauthorized photos that shows her hunting and posing with their animal victims. The pictures have taken Twitter by storm and been the talk of the social media world for days now. During a radio interview with Flor Rubio on "Formula Espectacular," Derbez, a personal friend of Lucero, was asked to weigh in on the situation.

"Everyone that works in this industry love Lucero, but there are things that one cannot defend," Derbez said during the radio interview. "Even though she is a friend, I am absolutely against what she did and the hunting of animals. I don't think there is anything that justifies the killing of a live being and I disapprove of it. It truly saddened me because I would've never imagined Lucero would be involved in something like this. I love her very much but I do not approve and hopefully she reflects on it. We are living in a violent Mexico and we don't need these type of images. We need to be congruent and hopefully she doesn't get angry but changes."

Lucero had been tipped off that the tabloid was going to publish the photos and released a statement prior to the publication going live. The statement focuses on photos with her children practicing on a shooting range, what Lucero didn't know was that what would cause public outrage were her pictures with the wild animals. "I am very hurt and I find it incredible that they stole photos of my personal life for publication," she said in the statement. "What I really find off-target is that they mix pictures of different moments and activities making everyone believe that it was all the same event." The telenovela star was infuriated that in the article her children were included practicing on a shooting range, but Lucero insists they were with an instructor for this summer activity.