Last March 18th Jose Manuel Figueroa shared a video of himself performing the song on his Instagram account ‘Forbidden fruit’which Anna Barbara He assures that he has written and that he has legitimately registered.
In the clip, Joan Sebastian’s son begins by saying that the song is his: ” Something that was stolenbut that he is already returning to the El Becerro ranch” and winks a few times at the camera. The release is also accompanied by the following message: “‘Forbidden fruit’… My songs and compositions saved, even if he leaves the El Becerro ranch, he gives the cow back to the cattle rustler”.
Ana Bárbara reacts to the statements made by José Manuel Figueroa
“I have to see it to give you the exact info from my point of view, but if that’s what he said with those words, that song is his, well What provokes me is machismobecause ‘Oh, Ana Bárbara couldn’t write ‘Forbidden Fruit’,'” he said in an interview with ‘Venga la alegría’.
She affirmed that she was the song’s author: “Of course and I wrote ‘Qué poco’, I wrote ‘No es brujería’, I wrote ‘Actually’ by Ángela Aguilar and I wrote many others more than 25 years ago written, my works are perfectly in order and registered,” he said.
Ana Bárbara calls José Manuel Figueroa a “misogynist”
The 51-year-old singer expressed anger at Figueroa’s comments and clarified that her musical works are legally registered.
“It would be a great pity if a misogynist commentbecause that makes me feel that You can’t accept a woman making a song about those qualities so cool…like ‘Fruta Prohibida’ and from the first day I made ‘Te quese Olvidar’ which I recorded on a CD over twenty years ago they are duly clear and registered”.
“There is no situation, at least legally, that it’s something she hasn’t done, it would be something terrible and if she did, hopefully she would think about it because it would be terrible,” added the Mexican in an interview with the morning paper.
‘Forbidden Fruit’, subject published by Los Elegidos
In 2004, Antero and Pancho Ugalde, Ana Bárbara’s brothers, founded the group Los Elegidos and in 2005 released the song “Fruta Prohibida” to the rhythm of the band.
The song’s video clip was performed by actress Vanessa Guzmán and Francisco Ugalde, one of the singers.
In 2021 Ana Bárbara recorded the song with a new version.
The love story of Ana Bárbara and José Manuel Figueroa
In 2001, the famous singers began a relationship that lasted only a year because according to some journalists such as Alejandra Izarrarás, Jose Manuel Figueroa he was unfaithful to the singer.
Joan Sebastian’s son said that the performer of “Bandido” was a very important woman in his life.
“Ana Bárbara Altagracia, ‘La Peque’, is a person who fills my soul with songs whenever she comes to my mind, it’s a relationship that has had beautiful things, I’ve been lucky enough to share music with someone “He shares his music with me. He was a person who taught me that landscapes can become infinite and he is a person I have a really great affection and love for,” he said in 2019 in ‘Sale el sol’.
