Do we like them?Do we like Lali Espósito?
Our score: 8 out of 10. A long record of backing LGBTQ+ people and standing up to a powerful president, with one clumsy 2017 comment on feminism and a thinner record on charity than we would like.
Lali started young. By her own account she began working in television at ten, and she had put in 22 years by early 2024. She says she used her earnings to buy a house for her parents and herself. That is the arc of a kid from the telenovela circuit who became one of Argentina's biggest pop stars.
The big stoush of her career is with President Javier Milei. It began after she criticised his 2023 primary win on X, and he then went after her over festival fees paid by provinces and municipalities. She replied with a long open letter that said she respects his views but does not share them, and that demonising an industry is not the way. She even invited him to one of her concerts. The nicknames and attacks aimed at her say plenty about him, and nothing about her.
The one mark is old. In a 2017 interview she said she was not a feminist, because it would be as serious as being sexist. She also said she hates extremes and labels, and that her contribution is the attitude she spreads. That was clumsy, and plenty of people said so at the time, but it is a single comment from nine years ago and nothing in the record we read shows it hardening into anything worse.
The recent news is cheerful. She played a 45-minute set on the main stage at Madrid Orgullo in July 2026, with Miranda! joining her for a surprise number. Later that month she explained that she had been asked to repeat her Qatar 2022 anthem role at the World Cup final but was on holiday, and she praised María Becerra, who sang it instead. Nothing scandalous there.
We found no court cases against her and no credible allegations from established outlets of her mistreating anyone. We also could not open good sources on her charity work, so we are not putting figures on it. The record is thinner than for some people, but it is clean.