Argentine TV host resigns after false on-air claim about Messi's father
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Argentine TV host Florencia Peña quit after she claimed live on air that Lionel Messi’s father had died. The Messi family said Jorge Messi is ill but alive, and the channel fired those responsible while Peña apologized and stepped down amid backlash from fans and President Milei.
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