Guanabee Talks To Judge Alex Ferrer About Padre Alberto Cutié, Hispanic Crimes & Being A TV Judge
6 May 2009, 1:36 PM. By Cindy Casares
Guanabee talked to Miami-based, television judge, Alex Ferrer, host of the popular, syndicated Judge Alex show, about being a TV judge and all kinds of Miami gossip like what crimes hispanics are more apt to commit and his thoughts on the Padre Alberto Cutié scandal.
Guanabee: Hi Judge Alex. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us.
Judge Alex Ferrer: No problem. I just got back from shooting in Houston so I’m kind of out of the loop on my gossip, though.
Guanabee: They do have the internet there, you know.
Judge Alex: Good point. But when I’m in Los Angeles, I’m shooting from sun up till late at night, so I don’t really have time.
Guanabee: Well, we’ll just have to catch you up. Have you heard about Father Cutié?
Judge Alex: I’ve never heard of him. At least not the way you pronounced it.
Guananbee: Yeah, it’s spelled like cutie, but with an accent on the e.
Judge Alex: What did he do?
Guanabee: He was photographed frolicking on the beach with a lady.
Judge Alex: Define frolicking.
Guanabee: He has his hand in her bathing suit.
Judge Alex: I guess you’ve got to give him props because the church has been suffering from the image that their priests are after little boys.
Guanabee: Agreed. We think priests should be allowed to marry, anyway.
Judge Alex: Well, I don’t think we should punish them.
Guanabee: Ha. We’re not married, so we wouldn’t know. Speaking of frolicking, we know you’re a happily married family guy, prior jokes notwithstanding, but do television judges have groupies?
Judge Alex: No, there aren’t a lot of women lining up to get with middle-aged judges.
Guanabee: No women waiting outside the studio? Or men?
Judge Alex: I have gotten letters from men. When you’re on television, it makes you a lot larger than life. I’m sure fans wouldn’t give me the time of day if I weren’t on TV.
Guanabee: Awww, we’re sure that’s not true.
Judge Alex: I don’t need your pity!
Guanabee:But we find it hard to believe you don’t have groupies. Some members of our staff have called you “very attractive.” We won’t out anyone. [Ed: It was Alejandra.]
Judge Alex: Is she Cuban? Then we’re cousins by default.
Guanabee: Possibly, yes. And speaking of Cubans, we saw a Miami TV news clip where they introduced you by saying you rule the courtroom “with a Latin fist.” What the hell does that mean?
Judge Alex: Ha. I have no idea. Unless I’m gonna hold it up in the air and yell, “Viva La Raza!”
Guanabee: That would be hot So, we learned in that clip that you used to be a cop, a lawyer and a non-TV judge before this show.
Judge Alex: I was a cop at nineteen. The youngest on the Miami Police force.
Guanabee: You overachiever. Were you a cop when Rick Sanchez had his DUI hit and run mishap?
Judge Alex: I think I was a lawyer at the time.
Guanabee: Do you know him?
Judge Alex: You think all Cubans know each other?
Guanabee: Don’t you guys all hang out at Gloria Estefan’s?
Judge Alex: Yes and we’re all related.
Guanabee: So are you and your relatives going back to Cuba now that the President has opened up travel for you guys?
Judge Alex: Well, I was born there, but we left when I was very young. So, I have a desire to go back and see the places my parents have told me about, but i have to temper that desire with the wishes of the Miami community.
Guanabee: Meaning?
Judge Alex: Well, I might want to return to the bench in Miami and that is an elected position, so I have to consider the political ramifications. It’s a complicated issue. On the one hand, I don’t think the embargo against Cuba is working, but on the other hand, I don’t want to give money to Castro’s Cuba by traveling there. And that guy seems like he’s going to outlive me.
Guanabee: That is a tough one. But getting back to your law enforcement career, what kind of crimes are Latinos more likely to try and get away with?
Judge Alex: Well, if you are talking about drugs, I’ve noticed that grow houses…
Guanabee: Meaning houses where they grow marijuana?
Judge Alex: Yes, marijuana grow houses tend to be run by Latinos. Whereas meth labs are usually run by Anglos. I don’t know why that is.
Guanabee: Well, Latinos are natural gardeners.
Judge Alex: Ha. Maybe. Now, I’m not saying that Latinos are drug dealers or anything. I’m just saying when you look at the drug trade, that’s the way it seems to break down.
Guanabee: Interesting. And what about all the crazy girls on your show? There seems to be a disproportionate amount of them. How much of that is played up for the cameras?
Judge Alex: We have people on our show who are characters because we look for characters. We have a good balance, I think, of informative aspects of the show where people can learn about the law and then that kind of drama. We look for relationships, co-workers, neighbors, lovers, relatives. Because there is more of a backstory there and the case you’re watching is just the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Guanabee: Now we have to ask you the obligatory, “What’s the strangest/funniest case you’ve seen on your show?”
Judge Alex: We had a woman on the show suing her boyfriend for a $20, 000 debt and the boyfriend said he paid her back in sex. The funny part is that she agreed he was worth that and more, but that wasn’t their deal. She wanted the cash.
Guanabee: That would have been a funny one to recreate.
Judge Alex: The computer recreations are great. We started doing them because we thought it was a good way to recreate accidents and the viewers started liking them because we use 1980’s looking computer graphics and they give us a chuckle while we watch them.
Guanabee: You guys are the first ones to do that, huh?
Judge Alex: I believe so. If I see anyone else doing it, I will say they ripped us off.
Guanabee: Well, Judge Alex. We’re about out of time here. Any parting words for a young person out there who is interested in going into the legal field?
Judge Alex: My advice to any young person at all who is in school is the same advice I got from my parents. When I became a cop at 19, I thought that’s what I wanted to do with my life. My parents weren’t thrilled, so they asked me to keep studying and I took that advice and I got my bachelor’s degree and then I went to law school because it was related to law enforcement and, by the time I finished, I was ready to try something different. Since I hadn’t given up on school, I had the ability to do something different. The more education you have, the more doors there are for you to walk through in the future.
Guanabee: Yeah, we went to school and now we’re a barely-above-the-poverty-line blogger without health insurance. All this can be yours, kids. Judge Alex, thank you so much for all the time you’ve given us. It was truly a pleasure.
Judge Alex: You’re welcome.
Guanabee: Don’t forget to check out those Father Cutié pics on our site.
Judge Alex: I’m going right now.
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Dude.. this conversation DID not happen! I’m calling toro-caca!
Nope. it’s totally real. Judge Alex is very cool and was unafraid to answer anything I asked him.
Father Cutie deserves to be expelled from the catholic church, for being a hypocrite to the church and his followers. The pain he has caused the church is unforgivable, personally I believe he is a coward, for the way he revealed his infidelity to the catholic church after twenty years of service. I ‘am stun by his poor judgment
JTPARDO
When I heard that Father Alberto had a girlfriend, all I could feel was joy because love is king. When I went to church, the priest asked us not to judge Father Alberto and this other priest reminded us that certain trends like the vow of celibacy could change. Unfortunetly, after hearing Father Alberto’s interiews, I can’t help but judge. 1. Falling in love doesn’t last two years. 2. Revealing that he had sex with the lady is disrespectful. 3. Not getting married right away means he doesn’t believe fervantly about marriage and he’s setting a bad example for this. 4. Taking weeks or more to make a decision shows that he doesn’t love her enough to do what’s right. 5. He’s allowing speculations about his integrity fester: ex. He need time to think because he doesn’t want to give up his profitable life.
His actions of saying he wants to think more about it makes him seem both unwise and unintelligent. As a Catholic person who has gone to Church by will for almost a decade, I can say that Catholic Priests are deserving of much pity: they seem like prisoners and those are probably used to being waited on and not working.
Ah, but we never see the ones that do work hard, committ themselves to painful labors with the sole purpose of sharing Christ’s pain. Those men and women are good, tormented, wonders that have their own vocation.
Only God knows who is who. The reality is that the priesthood is a profession and not a personal relationship between the conductor and the parishoner. The priest can say wonders and the parishoners need to heard the Word, but the conductor is not God.
The messanger loses all his powers and becomes human during inappropriate circumstances.
Do priests need to be unmarried to do their job? Not all of them, but some know how much it helps them in particular.
Is it inhumane to keep priests from marring? Yes.
Has it been necessary to have single priests? Maybe.
The question is: how will all the planet, as Church, help prevent the corruption that celibacy has helped prevent for about 800 years???
There is no doubt in my mind that the Catholic Church can be what God intended it to be. All we need is union, adoration of God and a respect for wealth: a respect for wealth means you respect that God intened that money be used for living expenses, but you don’t fall in love with money.
You don’t fall in love with riches. You don’t fall in love with a community leader. You don’t fall in love with a comfortable life.
After that, to participate as Church all you need to do is forgive, forgive and forgive. Seek justice not revenenge and be in peace.
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I would like to add: God bless you all and that God have mercy on our Soul.
I believe he is just weak compared with thousands of fellow priests who promised celibacy and sacrifice their lives. Rules are rules, and rules exist everywhere: home, school, military, work, church etc.On the other hand I believe he wants to start another church like the hundreds of other that due to certain disagreements with the catholic church are now in existence. May be it is about time the Vatican should change because rigth now not too many toung boys want to become priests because of celibacy.