The fact that he is the cactus in "The Singer in a Mask" was not accepted by everyone in a humorous way • "Girls left work because of him"
Baby or thorny?
Yinon Magal in "The Singer in a Mask"
Some people saw him as another character in "The Singer in a Mask," and others saw him as a thorny cactus even before participating in the reality show, including journalist and illustrator Racheli Rotner, who goes out against Yinon Magal - again.
In a post she published this morning (Wednesday), Rotner criticized the controversial media star's participation in the "Singer in a Mask" program that aired last night, and "Keshet," the franchise that broadcasts the program.
In the program celebrities perform songs when they are disguised, while a panel of judges has to guess their identities.
As mentioned, last night one of the perpetrators founding a sickle, in a cactus costume.
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"What a baby you are!", Rotner writes in an angry post.
"There are girls who cried because of him, who left work because of him, but what a babe you are!
In her remarks, Rotner referred to a memorable case from 2015, in which she published a post in which she claimed that Magal had made sexual remarks to her at his retirement party from his position as editor-in-chief of the Walla news site.
Rotner wrote during Magal's brief stint in Israeli politics as part of the Jewish Home Party.
Following the publication, several other women claimed to have harassed them and as a result Magal retired from the Knesset.
Rotner criticized Keshet's decision (which also includes the Mako website, on which she is employed) to show Magal on television, ignoring allegations against him, and presenting him in a light-hearted and humorous manner.
"'He's a naughty boy,' 'That naughty walk,' that word kept coming back on the show," she wrote.
"Because he's naughty, that's his definition, and that's why for years no one said anything when he shook hands with her. Because what does she have to complain about? He's just naughty!
Rutner later referred to memorable affair from the franchisee's past.
"The same 'Keshet' who whitened Yoram Zack (who I had no problem with the things he said on the broadcast without knowing that the microphone was open, is a legitimate mistake, but the repulsive things he said to Dana Ron in private at her audition were harassment in everything in my opinion) and Eyal Golan, now turned into Yinon "A child star on a show for the whole family. Hi, Kofiko was naughty too, wasn't he? Kids are dying for characters like that! What laughs to pour water on the fat rose, then cling to her ass in the dark and whisper that she's coming with you to the bathroom. What a babe!"
She ended her remarks with a proper revelation that read "I work at Keshet, (although after this post go, you know)", along with a screenshot from the show showing the moment of discovery of the disguised Yinon, and a quote from the judges that read "What a baby you are".
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The conflict between Rotner and Magal also made headlines in 2018, after when Magal was asked about her in an interview with a religious magazine and replied that he "despised her", Rotner responded to him in another poignant post.
Dose of a sickle was given the response: "I do not even ignore it."