Kobbo Santarrosa

Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa (born 1949 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) is a puppeteer, television producer, right wing commentator and author from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Santarrosa produces and serves as the puppeteer/host of La Comay.

The show SuperXclusivo was cancelled after being boycotted in 2012. The puppeteer returned to Puerto Rican television in January 2019 with his character La Comay by Mega TV. In 2023, Santarosa was named among media personalities that were available to receive payments in exchange for airtime to help Ricardo Rosselló while facing the backlash of Telegramgate.

Legal issues Santarrosa has been sued for defamation on several occasions. In 2002, lawyer Adolfo Krans and three of his children sued WAPA-TV and Santarrosa after alleging that the cause of his divorce was an affair in which the plaintiff had supposedly purchased an apartment, jewels and a car for his mistress. These claims were aired to the public on SuperXclusivo and the plaintiffs sent a letter to WAPA-TV president Joe Ramos requesting a retraction. In the segment aired in 2007, a man identified as “JJ” was claimed to be the real father. The lawsuit was initially thrown out due to defects in form, but the Court of Appeals restored it citing that it had been mistakenly dismissed. Santarrosa and WAPA-TV appealed, with the court finding partial prescription of some charges. During the legal process, Santarrosa alleged that he had become infertile when his testicles became atrophied due to varicocele, flying in an expert witness from Denver Colorado to testify on his behalf. Starting in October 2007, Santarrosa failed to pay the child support checks of $2,750 for six consecutive months, and amassed a debt of $16,500 plus late interests. Santarrosa unsuccessfully requested to remove the judge presiding the case and was later found in contempt of the court, ultimately paying the debt and $2,000 in honoraries. Santarrosa lost an appeal to have the result overturned and after his son renounced the extended child support granted by the court, cut all ties and communication.