Editing Laura Bozzo

{{short description|Peruvian talk show hostess|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{family name hatnote|Bozzo|Rotondo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = Laura Bozzo
| image              = Laura Bozzo 2014.jpg
| birth_name         = Laura Cecilia Bozzo Rotondo
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|19}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Bozzo a días de sus 70 años: 'Me siento orgullosa de mi edad... ¡Critíquenme!' |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/gente/laura-bozzo-a-dias-de-sus-70-anos-me-siento-orgullosa-de-mi-edad-critiquenme-nota/ |website=[[El Universo]] |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=es |date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
| alma_mater         = [[Federico Villarreal National University]] ([[LLB]])<br>[[Central University of Venezuela]]
| occupation         = [[Talk show host]], [[lawyer]]
| years_active       = 1990–present
| nationality        = {{flatlist|
* Peru
* Italy
* Mexico
}}
}}
'''Laura Cecilia Bozzo Rotondo''' (born August 19, 1951) is a Peruvian [[talk show host]]ess, best known for her Spanish-language talk show ''[[Laura (TV series)|Laura]]'' that was broadcast in the [[United States]] on the [[Univision]] television network.

Bozzo has hosted other talk shows under her name, including ''[[Laura (TV series)|Laura en América]]'', back in the 1990s to early 2000s.<ref name="complaint">{{cite news|last=Navarro|first=Mireya|title= Complaint to Spanish TV: Not Enough Americans; Few U.S. Plots for Growing U.S. Audience|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E7DC113EF932A1575BC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2000-08-21|accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref> Her talk shows have been compared to the ''[[Jerry Springer Show]]'' due to the fights that regularly occur as well as the sensitive subject matter routinely discussed.<ref name="complaint"/> In 2008, a scandal erupted when it was discovered by the Peruvian press, led by important figures such as [[Jaime Bayly]], that some of the shows provided by Bozzo were staged.<ref name="El Universal">{{cite web|title=Retiran programa de Laura Bozzo en TV peruana|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/491502.html|publisher=LibertadLatina.org|date=2008-03-20|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Bozzo was born in [[Callao]], [[Peru]] to engineer Miguel Bozzo Chirichignio and Victoria Luisa Rotondo Mendoza, both of Italian, Spanish, and Quechua descent; She has triple citizenship between Peru, Italy and Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Bozzo presume que ya es mexicana |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/laura-bozzo-presume-que-ya-es-mexicana/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=El Universal |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PERU21 |first=NOTICIAS |date=2014-01-25 |title=Laura Bozzo: "Soy genéticamente 100% italiana" {{!}} ESPECTACULOS |url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/laura-bozzo-geneticamente-100-italiana-142075-noticia/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Peru21 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mendoza|first1=Jorge|title=Laura Bozzo dará conferencias sobre maltrato a la mujer|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/907838.html|publisher=[[El Universal (Mexico)]]|accessdate=9 October 2014|location=México, D.F.|language=Spanish|date=5 March 2013|quote=... la conductora de televisión Laura Cecilia Bozzo (...) de nacionalidad italiana que busca obtener la mexicana.}}</ref> She studied [[law]] at [[Female University of the Sacred Heart]] and [[Federico Villarreal National University]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-31|title=Bozzo defiende su Honoris Causa: "cuando se trata de mí hay que chin..."|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/farandula/cuando-se-trata-de-laura-bozzo-hay-que-chin|access-date=2021-03-27|website=El Universal|language=es}}</ref> in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] and at [[Central University of Venezuela]] in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] receiving degrees in [[law]] and [[political science]] there and teaching classes within such fields in various universities. In 1987, she became the appointed officer of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura and organized competitions to promote the conservation of the cultural heritage of Peru. In 1992, she became the ''regidora'' ([[alderman]]) of [[Lima|metropolitan Lima]].

===Career===
She began in television in 1994 with ''Las mujeres tienen la palabra'', a feminist show, on [[:es:Viva TV|RBC Televisión]]. In 1997, Laura Bozzo went to [[Panamericana Televisión]] and assumed the conductor role of the reality show ''Intimidades''. A year later, Bozzo was hired by [[América Televisión]] and launched ''[[Laura en América]]'', this program was very popular in Peru and other countries in the Americas, such as the United States.<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''[[Televisa]]'' (2014-03-19) [http://television.televisa.com/programas-tv/laura/acerca/2014-03-19/laura-bozzo/ Acerca de Laura Bozzo] Retrieved on March 08, 2017</ref>

In 1998, she organized the organization ''Solidaridad de Familia'' (Family Solidarity) as a charitable foundation to assist people from Peru and other [[Latin America]]n nations with legal, medical, and psychological problems; which has been under much criticism for increasing suspicion of being funded by former president [[Alberto Fujimori]].<ref name="libertad">{{cite web|title=Sobre Doctora Laura Bozzo|url=http://www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Peru_Laura_Bozzo.htm|publisher=LibertadLatina.org|date=2005-10-05|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>

In February 1998, the [[United States|American]] Spanish-language broadcast network [[Telemundo]] began broadcasting her show ''[[Laura (TV series)|Laura en América]]'' on its affiliates.<ref name="laura sin censura">{{cite web|last=Sutter|first=Mary|title=NBC U's Spanish "Laura" heads to PPV|url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/nbc-u-s-spanish-laura-heads-to-ppv-1117924362/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 13, 2005|accessdate=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106022653/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924362?refCatId=14|archive-date=November 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show soon began to be shown all over [[Latin America]].<ref name="complaint"/> Similar in nature to the American ''[[Jerry Springer Show]]'', it routinely featured guests usually having troubles within their lives, including [[infidelity]]. Usually, the show would expose evidence of wrongdoing by the suspect that the guest presents, leading to fighting between guests.<ref name="gotkine">{{cite news|last=Gotkine|first=Elliott|title=Peru's 'Jerry Springer' Battles Scandal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3012397.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2003-05-08|accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref> The authenticity of the show has been questioned, given the unusually sensational subjects explored.<ref name="groceries">{{cite news|last=Forero|first=Juan|title= She Earns Big Ratings, but Can't Buy Groceries|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/arts/television/10FORE.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 10, 2003|accessdate=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620003126/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/arts/television-radio-she-earns-big-ratings-but-can-t-buy-groceries.html|archive-date=June 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of the year, Bozzo moved to [[Miami, Florida]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|last=Hamre|first=Bonnie|title=The Curious Case of Laura Bozzo (page 1 of 2)|url=http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/television/a/laurabozzo.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|date=September 7, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531230342/http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/television/a/laurabozzo.htm|archive-date=May 31, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>

2006, Bozzo's RAT contract with [[Telemundo]] expired after five years, so she moved her production to [[Televisa]]; production of ''Laura en America'' ended in July 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ayala|first=Nancy|title=Bozzo Bows Out at Telemundo, Moves to Televisa|url=http://www.marketingymedios.com/marketingymedios/noticias/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002500712|work=Marketing y Medios|date=2006-05-10|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref> In October 2006, Bozzo appeared on the program ''¿Dónde estás corazón?'' on the network [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]] from [[Spain]], criticizing [[Alejandro Toledo]] for causing her arrest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peruvian talks show star says president Toledo persecuted her|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/21/europe/EU_GEN_Spain_Peru_Laura_Bozzo.php|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=2006-10-21|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>

Just a few days before the one-year anniversary of her release from house arrest, Laura Bozzo was convicted of all the charges against her and was sentenced to four consecutive years in prison. Laura later informed a local television station, [[ATV (Peruvian Network)|Canal 9]], that she planned to use a newly enacted law in her favor and sue the Peruvian government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laura gets 4 years, will sue Peru|url=http://vivirlatino.com/2006/07/11/laura-gets-4-years-will-sue-peru.php|work=Vivir Latino|date=2006-07-11|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>

In January 2007, Bozzo attempted to enter the Spanish TV market through Spain's [[Telecinco]], but once some executives saw pilots of the program, a proposal for a new Bozzo show was canceled.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laura Bozzo fired again...then re-hired? |url=http://vivirlatino.com/2007/01/26/laura-bozzo-fired-againthen-rehired.php |work=Vivir Latino |date=2007-01-26 |accessdate=2008-02-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315044343/http://vivirlatino.com/2007/01/26/laura-bozzo-fired-againthen-rehired.php |archivedate=2008-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 6, 2007, her new show ''Laura en acción'' debuted on [[Telemundo]] in the United States. However, in March 2008, lawyer Freddy Escobar started an investigation about the possible illegal use of minors in her program, being exposed on TV to present fake cases of family sex violence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laura Bozzo Threatened With Lawsuit |url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/en/articles/0,22490,1726718,00.html |work=[[People en Español]] |date=2008-03-31 |accessdate=2008-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402042233/http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/en/articles/0%2C22490%2C1726718%2C00.html |archivedate=April 2, 2008 }}</ref> A scandal involving an underage girl who appeared on ''Laura en acción'' caused the show to be canceled by Peruvian network [[América Televisión]], in which the show originally aired.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laura Bozzo's TV Show Taken Off the Air |url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/en/articles/0,22490,1724116,00.html |work=People en Español |date=2008-03-20 |accessdate=2008-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322123510/http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/en/articles/0%2C22490%2C1724116%2C00.html |archivedate=March 22, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Young|first=James|title=Bozzo shutters "scripted" talk show|url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/bozzo-shutters-scripted-talk-show-1117982745/|work=Variety|date=March 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106022739/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982745?refCatId=1043|archive-date=November 6, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref> [[Telemundo]] stopped airing the series by the beginning of May 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruiz|first=Isabel J.|title=Peru: Telemundo takes Laura Bozzo off the air in the U.S.|url=http://www.livinginperu.com/news/6321|work=Living in Peru|date=2008-05-06|accessdate=2008-05-07}}</ref>

In June 2009, Laura Bozzo made her television reappearance after her last [[talk show]], ''Laura en Acción'' was cancelled in April 2008. Bozzo relocated herself in [[Mexico]] and started working on many shows on [[Televisa]], the largest [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking television network in all the World, but then she went to [[TV Azteca]] and hosted the talkshow ''Laura de todos'' (shortened from ''Laura de todos: sin miedo a la verdad''), for two years and a half. Laura Bozzo's show aired on [[Azteca 13]] at 17:00 hrs. [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CT]] in the country. The show was also televised in the United States, through [[Azteca America]] at 20:00 hrs. Laura left the show after having differences with the executives of TV Azteca. Bozzo was replaced by the Mexican television host [[Rocío Sánchez Azuara]] with the return of the talk show ''Cosas de la vida''. Laura Bozzo returned to Televisa.

She signed a contract for five years with [[Televisa]] to make a new show called ''Laura'' herself and Federico Wilkins were the producers of ''Laura''. Wilkins was fired after making up that Laura's boyfriend, Argentinian singer Christian Suárez who is 24 years her junior, was cheating on her with Karina Alvarez; [[Gabriel Vasquez Woodman]] took over the production. The talk show airs on [[Canal de las Estrellas]] network in Mexico. The show premiered on January 24, 2011, at 16:00 hrs the show airs for 1 hour and 30 minutes. (CT), the show also airs on Saturdays at 17 hrs. The show's premiere live in Mexico was very successful with 18.9 points in rating and 40.5 in share and on its second day the show reached 19.4 in rating beating its competition. ''Laura'' started airing in the United States through Telefutura (now [[UniMás]]) at 7/6c pm competing with [[Telemundo]]'s ''[[Caso cerrado]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entretenimiento.univision.com/lo-ultimo/shows/article/2011-01-25/laura-bozzo-llega-a-telefutura|title=Laura Bozzo llega a TeleFutura|lang=es|access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> Although the show was cancelled due to low ratings and other factors in April 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,2066576,00.html|title=Telefutura cancela show de Laura Bozzo|trans-title=Telefutura cancels Laura Bozzo's show|date=20 April 2011|publisher=People en español|language=Spanish}}</ref> Telefutura aired ''Laura'' again at 2pm/1pm central on October 10, 2011, and since has become such a hit that it airs two hours a day starting at 11pm/10pm pacific.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tv.univision.com/telefutura/article/2011-01-25/laura-bozzo-llega-a-telefutura?|title=Laura Bozzo llega a TeleFutura (Revised)|work=Univision.com }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Reality shows
|-
! Year 
! Title
! Place
! Notes
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Las Estrellas Bailan en Hoy]]'' || {{eliminated|¿?}} || 5th / 4th eliminated   
|-
|2022 || ''[[La casa de los famosos season 2]]'' || {{eliminated|6th place}} || 12th evicted
|-
|2023 || ''[[La casa de los famosos season 3]]'' || {{CNone|–}} || Panelist
|-
|2023 || ''[[Gran Hermano VIP season 8]]'' || {{eliminated|4th place}} || 15th evicted
|-
|2024 || ''[[Gran Hermano Dúo 2]]'' || {{CNone|–}} || Panelist
|-
| 2024 || ''[[:es:MasterChef (programa de televisión mexicano)#MasterChef Celebrity México (2024)|MasterChef Celebrity México]]'' || {{Quit|8th place}} || Abandoned
|-
|2025 || ''[[La casa de los famosos season 5|La casa de los famosos: All-Stars]]'' || {{eliminated|16th place}} || 8th evicted
|}

==Criticism==
In September, 2013, Mexican social media<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegored.com/en/news/72062/Twitter-users-are-asking-for-TV-host-Laura-Bozzo-to-leave-Mexico|title=Twitter users are asking for TV host Laura Bozzo to leave Mexico - SanDiegoRed.com|website=SanDiegoRed}}</ref> ramped up criticisms against Laura Bozzo through [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]] with the hashtags #LauraBozzoFueraDeMexico and #LauraBozzoMexicoNoTeQuiere, for using official [[State of Mexico]] government helicopters during a telecast allegedly used for the benefit of her show in order to set dramatic staging for the TV audience, while deferring rescue labors during the relief efforts for [[Hurricane Manuel (2013)|Hurricane Manuel]]. Criticism was sparked on Televisa's competitor, [[MVS]] networks, by Mexican journalist and noted Televisa detractor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/columnas/aristegui-conflicto-televisa-personal-vs.html|title=Conflicto personal de Aristegui vs Televisa|website=sdpnoticias|date=9 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/15-05-2012/234485|title=Carmen Aristegui acusa a Televisa de estar detrás del ataque de Alejandro Puente|date=May 15, 2012|website=SinEmbargo MX}}</ref> [[Carmen Aristegui]]'s recount on the story, first published in the political journal [[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]. This was followed by Bozzo's public contest of the allegations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latinospost.com/articles/28560/20130927/laura-bozzo-trashes-respected-mexican-journalist-carmen-aristegui-video.htm|title = Laura Bozzo Trashes Respected Mexican Journalist, Carmen Aristegui &#91;VIDEO&#93;| work=Latinos Post |date = 27 September 2013 | last1=Post | first1=Latinos }}</ref> A petition on [[Change.org]] has been made by civil group "CREAMOS México A.C." to elicit her dismissal from Mexican TV.<ref>"Televisa: ¡CORRAN A BOZZO! Necesitamos más y mejores espacios para educarnos y no para embrutecernos más", at [[change.org]]</ref>

==Personal life==
Bozzo married lawyer Mario de la Fuente in 1980. The couple had two daughters, Alejandra and Victoria. After 20 years of marriage, they divorced in August 2000. In 2000, Laura Bozzo stirred controversy by starting a relationship with Cristian Zuárez; 24 years her junior and former member of the Argentine musical group [[Ráfaga]] ending the relationship in July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.musica.com/letras.asp?info=71795&biografia=26102&idf=5 | title=Biografía de Complot }}</ref>

==Legal troubles==
It was reported, in August 2021, that a judge in Mexico ordered Bozzo to be detained after she did not voluntarily appear at a jail to face charges of tax evasion. It is believed that she left Mexico and the [[Interpol]] has been asked to help find her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/2021/08/18/laura-bozzo-juez-ordena-su-detencion-y-fiscalia-ya-tramita-ficha-roja/|title = Laura Bozzo: Juez ordena su detención y Fiscalía ya tramita ficha roja| date=18 August 2021 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Federico Villarreal National University alumni]]
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[[Category:Peruvian people of Italian descent]]
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[[Category:Mass media and entertainment controversies]]
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[[Category:Peruvian women television presenters]]
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