Spanish YouTubers condemn Vox after Abascal cancels Wild interview

Santiago Abascal, the Vox candidate in the November 29 elections, will not be interviewed by YouTuber Jordi Wild. The decision followed Abascal's appearance on RTVE's program La Revuelta. Vox claims the broadcaster and production company refused to deliver or publish the full recording, which includes 40 minutes that were not aired.

Going forward, Abascal and Vox will only accept interviews that allow the party to access and use their responses. The first interview affected by this decision was the one scheduled to be recorded on Wednesday with Jordi Wild. It was due to air on November 13, coinciding with the start of the election campaign.

“You have just lost the trust of millions of Spaniards, and you deserve it.”

Hours after the announcement, Wild published a video explaining how the breakdown occurred. He had planned to interview the four candidates for the presidency of the government. Wild said he did not feel well about what happened and described the project as the largest he had ever done.

Wild stated that Abascal decided unilaterally, along with Vox's communication team, to cancel the interview just hours before it was to take place. He noted that at the time he recorded the explanatory video, he should have been interviewing Abascal. He described the scene as quite sad and said many things had disappointed him greatly.

The creator recalled that he was legally committed to not touching a single pixel of the interview. In return, he requested that no party or candidate demand any kind of cut. He said everyone signed, including Vox, although he added it was difficult to convince them because they claimed they do not sign contracts.

Fellow creators AuronPlay, El Xokas, and Ibai Llanos have positioned themselves against Vox in less than 24 hours. El Xokas recorded a message saying they had just lost the trust of millions of Spaniards and deserved it. The controversy follows Abascal's La Revuelta interview, which drew 4.815 million viewers and a 33.6 percent audience share, the most watched episode in the program's history.