Marcello Hernández Takes Rosalía’s Confessional Chair in NYC
Catch comedian Marcello Hernández confessing to Rosalía during the fan-favorite confessional segment at her LUX Tour stop in New York City.
The Saturday Night Live star stepped into Rosalía’s onstage confession booth at Madison Square Garden and delivered the kind of story that instantly had the room locked in. His confession? A Valentine’s Day setup, a fake ID, two bottles of wine and one date that never quite made it to the apartment.
Rosalía set the tone like a pop priestess, telling him he could speak in Spanish, English or whatever felt right — but that the most important thing was to tell the truth. Hernández took that assignment seriously enough, then turned it into comedy.
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“I was 18,” Hernández began, before setting the scene: Valentine’s Day, a dinner invitation, a YouTube tutorial and a very formal table. “Puse la mesa: tenedor, cuchillo, cuchara,” he explained, before dropping the line that sent the segment over the edge.
“Compré dos botellas de vino con mi fake ID. Hice un crimen por esta dama.”
The joke got even better when the date kept getting later and later. Hernández said he eventually drank one of the bottles on FaceTime with his mom, which is both tragic and honestly a perfect Marcello ending.
The exchange itself is what made the clip so rewatchable. Rosalía welcomed Hernández into the moment with playful warmth before switching into confessional mode, telling him, “Marcello, tú sabes que estamos aquí,” and letting him know he could speak “en español, en inglés, como tú quieras.” The only rule was the main one: “Es importante decir la verdad.”
Asked whether there was anything he wanted to confess, Hernández answered, “Bueno, tengo un cuento.” Rosalía immediately called it a “primicia,” and Hernández began setting the scene like only he could: “I was 18. Valentine’s Day. Fecha señalada.”
From there, he explained that he had invited a woman to dinner at his apartment. “Invité a una dama a cenar en mi apartamento,” he said, before admitting he had turned to YouTube for help. “Puse la mesa: tenedor, cuchillo, cuchara,” he added, then immediately undercut himself with one word: “Mal.”
Then came the confession inside the confession. Hernández told Rosalía he bought two bottles of wine with a fake ID. “Compré dos botellas de vino con mi fake ID,” he said. “Hice un crimen por esta dama.” One bottle was for the meal, the other was simply “para beber.”
The date-night ambition did not last. Hernández said the woman first told him she was on the way, then that she was “a little bit late.” Rosalía’s perfectly timed “Oh no” said everything the crowd was already thinking.
Then came the ending: “And then she told me she was really late,” Hernández said, “and then I drank a bottle of wine on FaceTime with my mom.” It is the kind of punchline that sounds made up until you remember that being 18 is basically one long, dramatic production error.
The beauty of the moment is that it played in both languages without losing the rhythm. Rosalía held the space like a pop priestess asking for the truth, and Hernández delivered a tiny coming-of-age disaster complete with a YouTube tutorial, badly placed silverware, fake-ID wine and an emotional FaceTime with mom.
It also fits the larger LUX Tour mythology, where Rosalía’s stage world moves between concert, ritual, theater and confession. The Marcello appearance gave the New York stop a perfectly local, perfectly chaotic little comedy cameo.
We love a pop concert that includes a confession booth, a fake ID crime and an emotional FaceTime with mom.
Watch Marcello Hernández confess to Rosalía.
Watch Marcello Hernández tell Rosalía the fake-ID wine story during her LUX Tour confessional segment in New York City.
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Sources: Billboard, Rolling Stone and LOS40 provided details on the Madison Square Garden confessional moment; the embedded YouTube clip and Instagram reels provided the video source material.
