'El Gordo y la Flaca' hosts Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan get stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Talk show hosts Lili Estefan and Raul De Molina of Univision's "El Gordo y la Flaca" react after their stars were revealed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a special double star ceremony on February 27, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Fr
LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood Walk of Fame unveiled stars on Thursday for Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan, the beloved hosts of Univision's long-running entertainment news program "El Gordo y la Flaca."
What we know:
De Molina and Estefan unveiled their stars between La Brea and Sycamore avenues on Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday morning.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, singer Gloria Estefan, actor Paul Rodriguez, and the hosts' daughters, Mia De Molina and Lina Luaces, were in attendance.
"We made it to Hollywood," Estefan said during the ceremony.
De Molina said, "I never in my life (thought) that ... I would be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, really."
The backstory:
"El Gordo y la Flaca," which translates to "The Fat Man and the Skinny Woman," premiered on September 21, 1998, with De Molina and Estefan as its hosts.
The show has been a staple of Spanish-language television, earning multiple Daytime Emmy nominations.
Both hosts have achieved significant recognition in their careers. Estefan won a Daytime Emmy in 2018 and has been nominated for her work on "Red Table Talk: The Estefans." De Molina has received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations and was named one of People en Español's most influential Hispanics in the U.S.
By the numbers:
The stars for De Molina and Estefan are the 2,801st and 2,802nd since the Walk of Fame's completion in 1961.
The Source: Information for this story is from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. City News Service contributed to this report.