Career
Figueroa worked at Univision, at shows such as El Gordo y Louisiana Flaca and Sal y Pimienta. Early during 2015, Figueroa compared Michelle Obama to one of the characters in the movie Planet of the Apes. This was viewed as a racist comment by many and Figueroa was subsequently fired by Univision.
He later publicly apologized about the comments and wrote Obama a letter in which he commented that he, as a gay Hispanic man, felt marginalized by society at large sometimes.
Figueroa stated he is happy that Calderon replaced him.